Set Precedent (Oakland Mix)

[Intro: Mykestro]

Oh yeah

[Verse 1: Mykestro]

Ayy, I hear Skill still slept on, maybe y'all recollect wrong

Maybe me writing in retrospect done kept home at a standstill

Me and my Chevrolet roam

The song of salvation 'til my larynx gone

Leveraging, the resurrection was never set in stone

Plagiarist-proof endeavors embedded this alone

The subject at hand as if my predicates on song set precedent

I'm addressing thе elements indulgеd in finesse

You less eloquent, rhetoric is strong where I reside at

I see irrelevance condoned by the delegates

They regressin', it's evident they on

What I been off, fuck it, since the samaritans are sold

I'ma represent for self, this detrimental tone that I'm taking

The front runner of presidential polls

No arrogance, should've just got my Jurevicius on

A vulgarist, the only heir apparent to the throne

Can't wander the Serengeti in a brougham

Youngin, I'm eons beyond the box

Flow freon and still'll Ghost Recon a cop

So phenomenal by design, we still pushing the envelope

No kiosk to vote, but, uh

Most agree I am hope for the coast

Low-key, I'm consulting to triage your pulse

On me, I'm the most slept on

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]

Stepped on stepsons, father of rap songs

Rightin' my wrongs, writin' the Book of Psalms

This is the word, word to the Holy Quran

Or whatever that's fond to you

I find it funny that you embracing the storm

Wake up, ring the alarm

Or wake up with a bomb through you

It's Baghdad, kids with bad dads, cops with bad badges

Big bullets, no "my bads" when them guns shoot you

Mykestro, I might go

Out as the Mike Jordan, lacin' my Jordans and yelling out, "Iso"

Ike Turner your idol, whip him and bruise him

Stick poison inside of his pipehole, sad that you knew him

We influence the heart of thousands

That's nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, but who's countin'?

Thirsty for success and we drink from the youth fountain

Big-headed, tryna stay grounded like a delinquent in middle school clownin'

Drowning emcees, they want life jackets

While we swim backwards, we yellin', "Nigga, please"

Pay your respect and recognize the alphabet

You can't survive in a room full of G's

Coached by my uncle Lil' Mane, I resemble him

They tryna steal the game and we killin' all thieves

Make 'em draw blood, let 'em all bleed

Motherfucker die, put a ribbon in the sky, tell Stevie Wonder sing

King of all kings, jokers and new jacks'll get dealt with

Royal flush when I drop shit and say these things

May I lean on 'em? 'Cause half of these niggas Maybelline

All made up

I'm 'bout to go dummy on a dummy, what? What?

Treat 'em like some welterweights and stuff 'em in some trunks

Fuckin' with a giant

I'm Forest Whitaker sparring with some Forrest Gumps

What you want?

Huh? Kendrick Lamar

[Verse 3: Mykestro]

What a dilemma, tryna Dilla the charts with incentive

See, I'm a definitive nigga for starts, no one similar

Iller the way I deliver, they harp

I be rhythm and Ritalin, sittin', assemblin' sentiments

Diligence, then again, I did administer art in percentages

This is just another sinister start, so consider this

Exhibition as a privilege, park

And watch me Meadowlark Lemon my part

Shit's riveting what I've written, 'til a nigga depart, 'bout a dividend

Considering the withering of words

Nothing reelin' in the urge to revisit all the shit I been hearin'

Emerge through provision and of nerve

We stern, this here is endearing and deserved

Nothing like y'all as far as era is concerned

You don't know about us, then your ear ain't to the curb

Sermons be piercin' to your courage

For real, against all odds, I'm the fiercest with the term

The nonchalant nod when the iffiness occurs

Hella picky and done sweated out the prissiest of perms

I walk in the room, bitches' Vickies get submerged

Shit that used to be clear, the vindictive me done blurred

And I ain't satisfied 'til the denser me can splurge

At the embassy, my enemies can burn

I defer all amenities with hopes that my sins will be adjourned

Niggas diddle my abilities to remedy concern

We at SkillzStillAppeal let the chemistry converge

And the trilogies, the humility is in the urn

You ain't feeling me, the new humidity is here

I'm somewhere between bein' Kenny G and Murs

If shit don't blend like Hennessy and Kern's

I'll encourage infamy, you get an empty me in turn

[Verse 4: Kendrick Lamar]

I return before tables get turned, it's my turn, spur of the moment

I reproduce sperm, they tryna clone it

Stand firm, bumpin' The Firm, "Phone Tap," I'm on it

I slaughter every opponent to bits of components, pwn it

You can't fuck with the horsepower, y'all woofin' too much

And 'bout to go hoarse, coward, as soon as I bust, pause

You put your hands on a broad, then tellin' me you can brawl

You thought you saw me when you saw Saw, frightenin'

More reckless than a paisa driving without license

Hittin' your new truck, then leavin' you hikin'

They said no, the industry let it go

I cracked the window, then hit the back door like trick dices

Stickin' and movin' and movin' and stickin' the prices

Uppin' the ante before I'm an antique, I promise you hear me clear

Even if you need three ears with Tyson

Grippin' the panties, big booty, no whammies, they dykin'

I'm likin' 'em all, we sippin' pink panties, haters'll spike it

Voicin' opinions, but holdin' laryngitis

See, I don't hear 'em, I'm a winner by law

Track 'em down like a subway when they subpar

Subzero every time I jump in the synagogue

Send an angel, send a god, I don't make it look hard, I know (Know, know, know, know)

I just let the thoughts take its toll

More sentences than level-four yard

Bogart, go hard, black tar, concrete

Convict times Pappy Mason times three

Uncle Toms need Tums to stomach atomic bombs or die from my wizardry

RZA, GZA, Method Man, I'm a Killer Bee

Kill or be killed, make your embassy yield, this is not your cup of tea

And oh (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

They say waters run deep, dive in Bermuda Triangles and you'll see us

We must leave dust behind, emcees duck

Deduct, revenue decline when we touch

Down like a running back's grind, can you keep up?

Or keep away for keepsake and— fuck

We must leave dust behind, emcees duck

Deduct, revenue decline when we touch

Down like a running back's grind, can you keep up?

You keep a safe for keepsake, that ain't safe, bluh (Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh)

[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]

Kendrick

Kendrick Lamar (Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh)