Poe Means Dreams (His Vice) Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

1 [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]

2 Smoke good, eat good, live good [4X]

3 [Kendrick Lamar]

4 I used to want to see the penitentiary, way after elementary

5 Thought it was cool to look the judge in the face when he sentenced me

6 Since my uncles was institutionalised

7 my intuition has said I was suited for family ties

8 My mama is stressing, my daddy tired

9 I need me a weapon, these niggas ride

10 every minute, hour and second, ministers tried

11 to save me, how I'm gon' listen when I don't even hear God?

12 Heaven or Hell, base it all on my instincts

13 My hands dirty, you worried bout mud in your sink

14 You like to mistake a street nigga for real nigga

15 That same nigga that kill with ya squeal with ya

16 I deal with ya like my son, stare at the sun

17 and you'll be looking in my eyes homie

18 Stand for something or fall for anything

19 and you working with two left feet at the skating rink

20 But anyway, this for my niggas

21 Uncles, twenty-three hours sending me pictures

22 I want you to know that I'm so determined to blow

23 that you hear the music I wrote, hope it get you off death row

24 You came home to a pocket full of stones

25 A MetroPC' phone, then you went back in

26 So when I touch the pen, the pen is in my view

27 I'ma get it right just so you

28 [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]

29 Smoke good, eat good, live good [5X]

30 [GLC]

31 And I do this for the city

32 Got some Hennessy and my real niggas with me

33 Fuck the police, they gon' have to come and get me

34 If it feel good to ya, holler if you hear me

35 [Kendrick Lamar]

36 You like to mistake a street nigga for real nigga

37 That same nigga that kill with ya squeal with ya

38 I'd like to start it out from the bottom and build with ya

39 Be on my last dollar and split the bill with ya

40 I'm twenty-three with morals and plans of living cordial

41 Not rich but wealthy, there's nothing you can tell me

42 My killings are not remorseful, the city got my back

43 Before that, I give them my torso

44 You think about it, and don't call me lyrical

45 cause really I'm just a nigga that's evil and spiritual

46 I know some rappers using big words to make they similes curve

47 My simplest shit be more pivotal

48 I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals

49 Worry some individuals that live life critical

50 So won't you bare witness while I bare feet

51 so you can walk in my shoes and get to know me

52 But anyway, this for my pops

53 on his lunch break eating in that parking lot

54 On "Wanna Be Heard" probably thought he worked my nerves

55 But really he was stressing me, getting what I deserved

56 Somebody said my name on the radio, he ain't know

57 I was ready for the world that minute

58 So the next time he roll up and drop grams in it, he'll probably be

59 out of work, laid back, while he

60 [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]

61 Smoke good, eat good, live good [5X]

62 [GLC]

63 And I do this for the city

64 Got some Hennessy and my real niggas with me

65 Fuck the police, they gon' have to come and get me

66 If it feel good to ya, holler if you hear me

67 [Outro: GLC]

68 Church is definitely on the move, and now that we took it up to the cathedral

69 cause the ism is enormous, you know what I'm talking bout?

70 We out here rotating under the five Ps

71 Proper preparation prevents poor performance, you know what I'm talking bout?

72 Doing my thing, cause I'm rotating with my speakers thumping

73 from the Windy City streets all the way out here to the streets of Compton

74 Know what I'm talking bout? Church is definitely on the move

75 and we gon' continue to hustle and grow and develop by far

76 As I rotate with my true player partner by the name of Kendrick Lamar

77 You know what I'm talking bout?

78 This is the ism, this is the vision, you know what I'm talking bout?

79 You gotta get up off your ass and get it man

80 That's the only way your pockets gonna expand

81 I tell you everyday, you know what I'm talking bout?

82 Apply yourself to supply your wealth

83 Only limitations you'll ever have are those that you place upon yourself

84 Church is definitely on the move, you know what I'm talking bout?

85 Exercise your ism and don't depend on no one else

86 Cathedral, chuuch! Ism