Gang Member

[Verse 1]

When I jumped off the porch

I was forced into last resorts of a temper gone short

And, of course, when that took its course

I was hoarse from yelling out

Demons that fought inside of me taught society how to rejoice

The killers on sight of me, privacy obviously was lost

And the fraud piracy of the streets in my odyssey

Caught a bullet that probably destroyed

A good kid in a mad city, slightly annoyed

I walked down the street with no heat

And run into beef when I'm just a vegan

Reekin’ the scent of a saint, sinner smell it then start squeezing

Pellets that's tumblin' straight at my melon, apparent reason

Probably was because of my cousin cuzzin’ a blood

That was bloodin' in public

And Kendrick seen with him last weekend, cousin

But you ain't no kin to me, 'stead of Kendrick, I'm Kennedy

Assassinate my character, sure that's your remedy

Fair enough, I got enemies but I don't bang

But that's the repercussions like

When your cousin is cuzzin’ a blood

Then you’re by yourself at the Compton parade, he said:

[Pre-Chorus]

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (Pump, pump)

A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing (Pump)

I do my stuff (Pump)

I’m really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

[Chorus]

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

[Verse 2]

I seen 'em from afar then I seen a piece of my jaw

Like on the ground, you know the sound

When you hear the people in awe

Sympathetic 'cause they like seeing you

Tryna fight back at a pack of piranhas

I promised three of ’em, beat the black off my back

And pajamas was almost needed

I should've went to sleep and seen some sheep

When I greeted the pavement

Got up and seen the shock on their faces

Like "damn it, he made it"

My luck in the palm of a cherry bomb

And they waitin' to blow up on me

My homies are not alarmed

Then I heard someone's firearm

Make a sound like it waved around my direction

I'm guessing this is the part where my heart

Expected to drop in a second, look at the faults

I've made in the shortest amount of time

And in back of my mind I'm like "this the loss I'ma take"

My fate was distraught

A cape and some superpowers can't save me

I'm probably pushing up daisies

Before I can make my way to the car

Cross cancel and right before I seen

The black glove raisin' the handle, he said:

[Pre-Chorus]

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang (Pump, pump)

A gang member, I'm active, I do my thing (Pump)

I do my stuff (Pump)

I'm really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

[Chorus]

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

[Verse 3]

Bitch, I'm bustin' back, I'ma borrow my uncle's strap in a minute

Jump in a Civic then wear that bitch on my lap

I was timid but now I'm tempted

And tenants alert me on where you at

I'm a menace when I'm offended, relentless, I will react

Then somebody said the dispatch

Of an officer, got his mind made on off'n ya

That's a fact when you're black and undeveloped

You're profiled as a felon

I'm bailin' down Boulevards with my basketball and a backpack

Gym shoes and my nap sack

Hair nappy, my ball cap backwards

And then I look back, strobe lights on my tail pipe

Turned left then I turned right

Turned deaf 'cause the sirens is loud

As the colors of pink and yellow on Wesley Snipes

Pray to God I don't get sniped

Pray to God that the sunlight stay shining for 30 more minutes

Hope that a witness around when I'm 'bout to cut off the engine

Vengeance of hatred is what I'm facin'

Even though being a criminal ain't my memo

But this is what he said when I dropped the window:

[Pre-Chorus]

Aye, look, homie, I gang-bang

By the time you hear the next shot, you'll learn that L.A.P.D. is the biggest gang (Pump)

I do my stuff (Pump)

I'm really from the sect, tho (Pump, pump)

And if you is or ain't, I still need to know

[Chorus]

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay

Where you from, where you stay or where your grandma stay