Money Trees

Album: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)
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  • Uh, me and my niggas tryna get it, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Hit the house lick tell me is you with it, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Home invasion was persuasive (was persuasive, was persuasive)
    From nine to five I know its vacant, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Dreams of living life like rappers do (like rappers do, like rappers do)
    Back when condom wrappers wasn't cool (they wasn't cool, they wasn't cool)
    I fucked Sherane then went to tell my bros (tell my bros, tell my bros)
    Then Usher Raymond "Let it Burn" came on ("Let it Burn" came on, "Let it Burn" came on)
    Hot sauce all in our Top Ramen, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Parked the car then we start rhyming, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    The only thing we had to free our mind (free our mind, free our mind)
    Then freeze that verse when we see dollar signs (see dollar signs, see dollar signs)
    You looking like an easy come up, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    A silver spoon I know you come from, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    And that's a lifestyle that we never knew (we never knew, we never knew)
    Go at a reverend for the revenue

    It go Halle Berry or hallelujah
    Pick your poison tell me what you do
    Everybody gon' respect the shooter
    But the one in front of the gun lives forever (the one in front of the gun, forever)
    And I been hustlin' all day, this a way, that a way
    Through canals and alleyways, just to say
    Money trees is the perfect place for shade and that's just how I feel (now, now)
    A dollar might, just fuck your main bitch, that's just how I feel (now)
    A dollar might, say, "Fuck them niggas that you came with", that's just how I feel (now, now)
    A dollar might, just make that lane switch, that's just how I feel (now)
    A dollar might, turn to a million and we all rich, that's just how I feel

    Dreams of living life like rappers do (like rappers do, like rappers do)
    Bump that new E-40 at the school (way at the school, way at the school)
    You know big ballin' with my homies (my homies)
    Earl Stevens had us thinking rational (thinking rational, that's rational)
    Back to reality we poor, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Another casualty at war, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Two bullets in my uncle Tony head (my Tony head, my Tony head)
    He said one day I'd be on tour, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    That Louis Burger never be the same (won't be the same, won't be the same)
    A Louis belt'll never ease that pain (won't ease that pain, won't ease that pain)
    But I'ma purchase when that day is jerkin' (that day is jerkin', day is jerkin')
    Pull off at Church's with Pirelli's skirtin' (Pirelli's skirtin', Pirelli's skirtin')
    Gang signs out the window, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    Hoping all of 'em offend you, ya bish (ya bish, ya bish)
    They say your hood is a pot of gold (a pot of gold, a pot of gold)
    And we gon' crash it when nobody's home

    It go Halle Berry or hallelujah
    Pick your poison tell me what you do
    Everybody gon' respect the shooter
    But the one in front of the gun lives forever (the one in front of the gun, forever)
    And I been hustlin' all day, this a way, that a way
    Through canals and alleyways, just to say
    Money trees is the perfect place for shade and that's just how I feel (now, now)
    A dollar might, just fuck your main bitch, that's just how I feel (now)
    A dollar might, say, "Fuck them niggas that you came with", that's just how I feel (now, now)
    A dollar might, just make that lane switch, that's just how I feel (now)
    A dollar might, turn to a million and we all rich, that's just how I feel

    Be the last one out to get this dough? No way
    Love one of you bucket-headed hoes? No way
    Hit the streets, then we break the code? No way
    Hit the brakes, when they on patrol? No way

    Be the last one out to get this dough? No way
    Love one of you bucket-headed hoes? No way
    Hit the streets, then we break the code? No way
    Hit the brakes, when they on patrol? No way

    Imagine Rock up in the projects where them niggas pick your pockets
    Santa Claus don't miss them stockings, liquor spilling, pistols popping
    Baking soda YOLA whipping, ain't no turkey on Thanksgiving
    My homeboy just domed a nigga, I just hope the Lord forgive him
    Pots with cocaine residue, everyday I'm hustlin'
    What else is a thug to do when you eatin' cheese from the government?
    Gotta provide for my daughter 'n' 'em, get the fuck up out my way, bitch
    Got that drum and got them bands just like a parade, bitch
    Drop that work up in the bushes, hope them boys don't see my stash
    If they do. tell the truth, this the last time you might see my ass
    From the gardens where the grass ain't cut, them serpents lurking blood
    Bitches selling pussy, niggas selling drugs, but it's all good
    Broken promises, steal yo' watch and tell you what time it is
    Take your J's and tell you to kick it where a Footlocker is
    In the streets with a heater under my dungarees
    Dreams of me getting shaded under a money tree

    It go Halle Berry or hallelujah
    Pick your poison tell me what you do
    Everybody gon' respect the shooter
    But the one in front of the gun lives forever (the one in front of the gun, forever)
    And I been hustlin' all day, this a way, that a way
    Through canals and alleyways, just to say
    Money trees is the perfect place for shade and that's just how I feel

    Kendrick, just bring my car back, man
    I-I called in for another appointment
    I figured you weren't gonna be back here on time anyway
    Look, shit, shit
    I just wanna get out the house, man
    This man is on one, he feelin' good as a motherfucker
    Shit, I'm tryna get my thing goin', too
    I'm going to Marilyn house, just bring my car back
    Shit, he faded (I want your body)
    He feelin' good
    Look, listen to him ('cause you got a big ol' fat ass)
    (Girl, girl, I want your body, I want your body, 'cause of that big ol' fat ass, girl)
    See, he high as hell
    Shit, he ain't even trippin' off them damn dominoes no more (I want your body, 'cause of that big ol'-)
    Just bring the car back (did somebody say dominoes?) Writer/s: Alex Kristian Scally, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Victoria Garance Legrand
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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