DUCKWORTH — Kendrick Lamar
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Álbum: DAMN
Producido por: 9th Wonder
Kendrick Lamar se apellida Duckworth y de ahí el título de esta canción, que cuenta la historia de los orígenes de KL y Ducky (su padre). Una de las mayores virtudes de KL es su habilidad para “storytelling” y este tema es un perfecto ejemplo con dos historias en paralelo y un giro inesperado al final.
[Intro: Bekon & Kid Capri]
It was always me vs the world
Until I found it’s me vs me
Why, why, why, why, why, why?
Just remember, what happens on Earth stays on Earth!
We gon’ put it in reverse
[Be Ever Wonderful by Ted Taylor (Sampled)]
Darling, I told you many times and I am telling you once again
Just to remind you, sweetheart
That my –
[Verso: Kendrick Lamar]
Oh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard, pray with the hooligans,
shadows all in the dark ; fellowships with demons and relatives, I’m a star
Life is one funny mothafucka, a true comedian,
You gotta love him, you gotta trust him
I might be buggin’ infomercials and no sleep, introverted by my thoughts;
children, listen, it gets deep
See, once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects
The object was to process and digest poverty’s dialect
Adaptation inevitable: gun violence, crack spot
Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals
Anthony was the oldest of seven, well-respected, calm and collected
Laughin’ and joking; made life easier; hard times, momma on crack
A four-year old tellin’ his nanny he needed her
His family history: pimpin’ and bangin’ ; he was meant to be dangerous
Clocked him a grip and start slangin’
Fifteen, scrapin’ up his jeans with quarter pieces
Even got some head from a smoker last weekend
Dodged a policeman, workin’ for his big homie
Small-time hustler, graduated to a brick on him
10k dollars out of a project housing, that’s on a daily
Seen his first mil twenty years old, had a couple of babies
Had a couple of shooters
Caught a murder 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 cousin
He beat the case and went back to hustling; Bird-shufflin’, Anthony rang
The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang
That 5.0 thing, they say 5–0 came
Circlin’ parking lots and parking spots
And hoppin’ out while harrassin’ the corner blocks
Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it
He brushes ’em off and walk back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken
See at this chicken spot there was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot
with a curly top and gap in his teeth
He worked the window, his name was Ducky
He came from the streets, the Robert Taylor Homes
Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome
Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars
They had a son, hopin’ that he’d see college
Hustlin’ on the side with a nine-to-five to freak it
Cadillac Seville, he’d rode his son around on weekends
Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket
‘Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it
Stuck up the place before, back in ‘84
That’s when affiliation was really at gears of war
So many relatives tellin’ us, sellin’ us devilish works
Killin’ us, crime intelligent, felonious
Prevalent proposition with 9’s
Ducky was well-aware
They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year
He figured he’d get on these niggas’ good sides
Free chicken every time Anthony posted on line
Two extra biscuits, Anthony like him and then let him slide
They didn’t kill him; in fact, it look like they’re the last to survive
Pay attention, that one decision changed both of their lives
One curse at a time
Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I’ll tell you why
You took two strangers and put ’em in random predicaments
Give ’em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it
Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make ’em meet again
Inside recordings studios where they reapin’ their benefits
Then your start remindin’ them about that chicken incident
Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?
Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin’ life
While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight
[Disparo]

