Duckworth Chords by Kendrick Lamar

It was always me vs [Gb] the world
[Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] Until I found it's me vs me
_ [Abm] _
Why, why, [Gb] why, why, why, why, why, why
Just remember what happens on earth stays on earth
We're gonna put it [F] in reverse _ _ _ _ _ _
Darling I've told you many times
[G] _ [F] And now I'm telling you once [B] again
[C] _ Just to [F] remind you [Abm] sweetheart That [Am] my
Oh come [Dm] on
Hail Mary, I'm marijuana times it's hard
Prayed with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark
Fellowship with demons and [Am] relatives, I'm a star
Life is one funny motherfucker
Be [Dm] true comedian, you gotta level
You gotta trust me, [G] I might be buggin'
Infomercials and no [Bb] sleep
[G] Introverted by my thoughts, children listen to Giz Deep
See [F] once upon a time, it's silent niggas and garden [Dm] projects
The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect Adaptation inevitable
Gun violence, cracks by federal policies
Rape builders and [F] drug professionals
Anthony was the [C] oldest of seven
[Dm] Well respected, comic elected
Laughing and [G] joking made life [Dm] easier
Hard times, [Em] mama on crack
A four year old telling his nanny he [F] needed her
His family history [Dm] pimpin' and bangin'
He was meant to be dangerous
Clocked him a group and start slankin'
Fourteen, strippin' up his jeans with quarter pieces
Even got some air from a [C] smoker last weekend
Dodger [Am] policeman working for his vic on [Dm] me
Smart town hustler graduated, drew a brick on him
Ten [A] thousand dollars out of [Db] a project house
That's on the daily, [B] seen his first meal
Twenty years old, had a couple of babies
Had a couple of shooters, caught a murder [Ab] case
Fingerprints on the gun, they assuming
But witnesses couldn't prove it
That was back when he turned his back and they killed his [Fm] cousin
He beat the case and [F] went back to hustlin'
Birds [B] shufflin', Anthony rang
The [Bbm] first in the projects [Ab] with the two-tone Mustang
That 5.0. thang They [Gb] say 5.0. came Circling parking lots [Abm] and parking spots And hopping out while harassing the corner blocks Crooked cops told [Bm] Anthony he should kick it Crushed him [Em] off, walked back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken [D] See at the chicken spot, there was a light-skinned nigga That talked a lot with a [Am] curly top And [G] a gap in his teeth He worked [Gbm] a window, his name [Abm] was Ducky He came from the streets [Bm] to Robert [Am] Taylor homes [Em] Southside Project, Chiron Rack, the Terra [D] Dome Grew up in California with a woman on him Five [Abm] hundred dollars, they had a son Hoping that he see college Hustlin' on the side with a 9 to 5 to wreak it Cadillac severely ratted, son around the weekends 3-piece special with [Gb] his name on his shirt pocket [Fm] Crossed the street from the projects Anthony planned to rob it Stuck up [B] the place before [Bb] back in 84 That's [Ab] when affiliation was really eight years of [Gbm] war So many relatives telling us, selling us Devilish works, [Fm] skellin' us Crime, [E] intelligent, felonous, prevalent Proposition, [Gb] we're nines Ducky was well aware, [B] they robbed a manager Shot a customer last year He figured he'd get on these niggas' [Gb] good sides Free chicken, [Fm] every time Anthony posted in line Two extra [Bbm] biscuits, Anthony [N] liked him They didn't kill him In fact, it looked like they'd last [Ab] to survive Pay attention, that one [F] decision changed [Gb] both of their lives One curse at a time, [Fm] reversed and manifested Good [Ab] karma, and I'll tell you why You [Bb] take two strangers and put them in random [Ab] predicaments Give them a soul so they can make their own choices And live with it Twenty years later, them same [Gbm] strangers, you make them eat again [Fm] Inside recording studios, [Em] where they reaping [F] their benefits Then you [B] start reminding them about that [Bbm] chicken incident [Abm] Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence Because if Anthony killed [N] Ducky, Top Dog could be serving life While I grow up without a father and die in a gumpf _ Lafaz, in the eyes, needs laf without the wolf Now, local, never see the ghost Like these guys, boys, need a bed But they keep saying, this is what we do, we're out of the house And we're gonna be the first _ _ [Em] _ [B] We're gonna be [C] the first, and we just [Bb] gotta be [Gb] safe Got no sense [A] of humor Yeah, [Gb] they ain't got my seeds [Gbm] Do it your way, do it your way Like that, like that, like that, like that So I was taking a walk the other day [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _