Lamar, Kendrick - Ab-Soul's Outro Lyrics
[Ab-Soul]
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
There's fire in the street, fire in the swisher
Fire in between the two legs of your lil' sister
before they crop us out the picture
I've never seen a crop circle
but I've cops circle the block, I puff squares
But I swear one day I'ma stop, my nerves itch
On the brink of my career while my peers struggle for employment
Can you hear these screams? (Uncle Sam ain't no killing me)
One, two, three, four grams and a fifth of Hennessy
A bad bitch, fuck the penitentiary
[sung by female]
We raising hell
[Ab-Soul]
Lord forbid
The homie got wet, so we tryna soak it in
The president is black, but you can't vote for skin
You vote for the better man
Come to our show, you can see the diversity
Unify the people, they gon' peep it universally
We might not change the world, but we gon' manipulate it
I hope you participating
Aiyyo Dot, won't you let these cats know?
We knew we'd be here like back in '04
Started HiiiPoWeR because our generation needed a generator
and the system made to disintegrate us
And all we do is assist 'em
We're not victors, we're victims
The bigger picture isn't developed yet
Like, what if kids were celibate?
Or what is Tammy came across a real man
who didn't play games like chil-dren?
My nigga cheated on his girlfriend
with his girlfriend's girlfriend, let the world end
And everybody tripping off twenty-twelve
and the extraterrestrial presence as well
(Odd Future's aight) but our future's not
That martial law shit drop, we gon' all get got
So keep that question mark on your face
Eat your fast-food, use your fluoride toothpaste
Hide your feelings from the public, work your lil' nine-to-five
Don't forget to pay your tithes, and thank God you alive (HiiiPoWeR)
And on another note
we focussed like the Hubble Telescope, 'Soul
[Kendrick Lamar (female)]
Life is a traffic jam (life is a traffic jam)
Life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam (ready to go)
Life is a traffic jam (ready to go)
Life is a traffic jam (ready to go)
Life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam
[Kendrick Lamar]
I wrote this because I was ordered to
People say I speak for generation Y
Why lie? I do
Section 80, your son will play me if radio won't
Daughters that just turned one to twenty-one listen to Kendrick
For instance
[Ab-Soul]
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
Take out that student loan and pay off your college degree
and do exactly what you see on TV
[Kendrick Lamar]
True story
Hmm, can you repeat that for me 'Soul?
[Ab-Soul]
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
Is you gon' plead the fifth or sound the horn?
The time is now my child, come on
[Kendrick Lamar]
See a lot of y'all don't understand Kendrick Lamar
because you wonder how I could talk about money, hoes, clothes, God and history
all in the same sentence
You know what all them things have in common?
Only half of the truth if you tell it
See I spent twenty-three years on this earth searching for answers
till one day I realised I had to come up with my own
I'm not on the outside looking in, I'm not on inside looking out
I'm in the dead fucking centre looking around
You ever seen a newborn baby kill a grown man?
That's an analogy for the way the world make me react
My innocence been dead
So the next time I talk about money, hoes, clothes, God and history
all in the same sentence
just know I meant it, and you felt it
cause you too are searching for answers
I'm not the next pop star, I'm not the next socially aware rapper
I am a human motherfucking being over dope ass instrumentation
Kendrick Lamar
Now fuck 'em up Terrace
('Soul!)
[Outro]
I watch this fire that we're gathered around
and see that it burns similar to the fire that burns inside you
Section 80, Section 80 babies
A generation of bliss and disobedience
No they can't control us, no they can't control you
No they can't control us, but we control each other
We build our own world
If you don't leave with nothing else tonight, you will leave with knowing yourself
You will leave knowing you represent something that's bigger than all of us
or our family
Heart, honor and represent
This is you, this is me, and we are HiiiPoWeR
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Lamar, Kendrick Ab-Soul's Outro Comments
Ab-Soul is the only real pastor I know.
That drum loop is orgasmic
[Verse 1: Ab-Soul & Alori Joh]
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
It's fire in the street, fire in my Swisher
Fire in between the two legs of your lil' sister
Just get a sip of this elixir
Before they crop us out of the picture
I've never seen a crop circle
But I've seen cops circle the block
I puff squares, but I swear, one day, I'ma stop
My nerves itch
On the brink of my career
While my peers struggle for employment
Can you hear these screams?
(Uncle Sam ain't no kin to me) One, two
Three four grams and a fifth of Hennessy
A bad bitch, fuck the penitentiary
Section 80s babies, blame Ronald Reagan
We raising hell, hell (Oh)
Lord forbid, the homie got wet, so we trying to soak it in
The president is black, but you can't vote for skin
You vote for the better man
Come to our show, you can see the diversity
Unify the people, they gon' peep it universally
We might not change the world
But we gon' manipulate it, I hope you participatin'
Ayo, Dot, won't you let these cats know?
We knew we'd be here, like, back in 04'
Started HiiiPower because our generation needed a generator
In a system meant to disintegrate us (Ooh!)
And all we do is assist them
We're not victors, we're victims
The bigger picture isn't developed yet
Like, what if Keisha was celibate?
Or what if Tammy came across a real man
Who didn't play games like children?
My nigga cheated on his girlfriend
With his girlfriend's girlfriend, let the world end
And everybody tripping off 2012
And the extraterrestrial presence as well
(Odd Future's aight) But our future is not
That martial law shit drop, we gon' all get got
So keep that question mark on your face
Eat your fast food, use your fluoride toothpaste
Hide your feelings from the public, work your lil' nine to five
Don't forget to pay your tithes and thank God you're alive
HiiiPower
And on another note
We focused like the Hubble Telescope
Soul!
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Alori Joh]
Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam
Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam
I'm ready to go, ready to go
Life is a traffic jam, life is a traffic jam
Ready to go, ready to go
Life is a traffic jam
Life...
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul]
I wrote this because I was ordered to
People say I speak for generation Y
Why lie, I do, Section 80
Your son will play me if the radio won't
Daughters that just turn 1 'til 21 listen to Kendrick
For instance:
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
Take out that student loan, and pay off your college degree
And do exactly what you see on TV
True story!
Hmm
Can you repeat that for me, Soul?
What's your life about? Enlighten me
Is you gon' live on your knees or die on your feet?
Is you gon' plead the fifth or sound the horn?
The time is now, my child, come on
See, a lot of y'all don't understand Kendrick Lamar
Because you wonder how I could talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history all in the same sentence
You know what all the things have in common?
Only half of the truth, if you tell it
See I spent 23 years on the earth searching for answers
'Til one day I realized I had to come up with my own
I'm not on the outside looking in
I'm not on the inside looking out
I'm in the dead fucking center, looking around
You ever seen a newborn baby kill a grown man?
That's an analogy for the way the world make me react
My innocence been dead
So, the next time I talk about money, hoes, clothes, God, and history all in the same sentence
Just know I meant it, and you felt it
'Cause you too are searching for answers
I'm not the next pop star, I'm not the next socially-aware rapper
I am a human motherfucking being over dope-ass instrumentation
Kendrick Lamar!
Now fuck 'em up, Terrace!
(Soul!)
[Instrumental Solo: Terrace Martin]
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
I watch this fire that we’re gathered around
And see that it burns similar to the fire that’s inside you
Section.80
Section.80 babies
A generation of bliss and disobedience
Know they can't control us
Know they can't control you
Know they can't control us
But we can control each other
We build our own world
If you don't leave with nothing else tonight
You will leave with knowing yourself
You will leave knowing that you represent something that's bigger than all of us
Our family
Heart, honor, and respect
This is you
This is me
And we are HiiiPower
Ab Soul was able to sum up the feel of the whole album in one verse, talented guy.
EDIT: He's not talented, he's skilled ;)
Only half the truth if you tell it
Alot of yall dont know 2pac Life is a traffic jam inspired this
SHOUTOUT TO FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP FOR STARTING THE MOVEMENT IN HIP HOP WITH JAZZ CULTURE IN THE MUSIC!!!!!!
So I'm just learning they got the "Life is a traffic jam" from Gridlock'd (a movie featuring 2pac).
Love when rap songs have jazzy ass beats lol
This song and album inspired this
https://www.acidrant.com/post/lsd-john-lennon-and-ronald-reagan-why-the-world-sucks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it
This is my religion
I m stock on a traffic jam right now listing to this
sounds like my school days<3
3:40 can we just take a moment for this please
Amazing 🤲🏾
Monster inc inspired
I remember this would be my wakenbake song in high school!!! 😤😤 The nostalgia is real my ppl 💯
2019 and beyond.. first soul verse i heard... thanks kdot
Fuck fluoride toothpaste!!!
I use soap now, biatch
3:31 crazy
Pretty long outro
I'm glad only few people know about his old work unlike his new albums everybody hopped in the kendrick train
Why is Ab so underrated?
Ab-Soul's Outro + Kendrick Lamar's Interlude
If you disliked this kill ya self please and thank you
Who knows about more music that sounds exactly like the very end? The trumpet solo is so beautiful with the upbeat drums
Raw raw talent.!!
That live on your knees or die on your feet line OMG
God like
The hardest song on the album
(My opinion changed over da years)
7️⃣ years ago
7 years from today, still tuned in 🔥🔥🤘🏽💯
I'm in the dead.
fuckin.
center.
looking around
You're son will play me if the radio won't...relatable here in Australia
Crazy that this song is 7 years old.
like is a gift from the hip hop gods, his life....
its like his*
Fire in between the two legs of your little sister haha
lupe influence.. forgot all about this !
respect goes to Tupac--- Gridlock'd, life is a traffic jam
Exactly. Salute
I remember being mad that Kendrick wasn't the one dropping those lines. I never intended to like Soulo but it was just meant to be.
now fuck em up Terrace... terrace beat is just beautiful... this whole song just gives me the chills everytime...
Seriously the most underrated track by him
I was NOT ready for this. DAAMN
Song was basically inspired by "Life is a traffic Jam - 2pac...He was ahead of his time
Info Minds gridlock'd dope movie. Why they name him spoon though. Lol
@Mondo O Because thts wht he used to get high with
@America The Great 😳. So obvious, but clever. Thanks
Drums are excellent
Life is a traffic jam is from the movie Gridlock`d by Tupac shakur RIP Legend
kung fu kenny still a clissic banging to it until this day
YANGA HUDSON
Yup this is clissic
who the fvck disliked this..?
I first heard this I must of been 16... 4 years later and I'm blown away at how much I didn't understand about the world at the time
"People wanna know how I can talk about money, clothes, hoes, god and history in the same sentence you know what all the things have in common only half of the truth" - Kendrick
I'm not on the outside looking in. I'm not on the inside looking out. I'm in the dead fucking center, looking around.
ab soul is so trash
2:21 Kendrick speaks on why he wrote this; because he doesn't want "critics = historians"(ppl who weren't part of the change in a movement) to misinterpret HIS REALITY. He was forced to write it because because if he doesn't speak the truth now, he might not live to see another day so lies will be spread (2:53)
This ish is the ish. Idk why this spoke to me the way it did but this right here is the ish.
i love the saxophone part as well the jazz in the background. . Anyone know any relate saxophone music, solo like this one?!? if soo please comment 💓 SOUL!!
Christopher Pena Terrace Martin
I remember years ago when I first heard this I thought it was Pharrell lol damn
underrated smh. this song always stuck out to me on this album.
the BEST🎼🎼🎶🎶🎵👑🎤🎤🎤🎤🎺🎺🎺
He had Elements of TPAB implemented in his music before he even dropped TPAB
he said he always wanted to drop something that sounded like TPAB instead of GKMC as his debut album but he said he wasn't confident enough with how different that sound was at the time. that's why he made it a point to dive straight into that sound the second time around
Same producer bro 🙏🏻
Cheated on his girlfriend with his girlfriend's girlfriend, let the world end
This is my favorite song on section 80
I remember being 18.. Idolizing these guys... Now 23 and I gotta come up with the answers on my own
Rolando Cappas 5 more months
27 club here I come - meechy darko
Damn bro that hit hard!! So true..
real talk
Don't idolize.
That Martial Law Shit Drop We Gone All Get Got!!!
happy birthday kendrick
On the real, this drummer is right in the pocket. They brought in a GOOD drummer...
that intro to the song was tight! damn I wonder who was the drummer that groove is unreal
I think that drummer is Quest from the roots. I may be wrong but I think it's him.
best Kendrick song
so so good
The beginning always gets me 😣😣😣😣
Goosebumps
1:05, "the president is black but you can't vote for him you gotta vote for the better man". So true if Obama was white idk if he would be president a lot of us just wanted to see a non white president. (Not saying men of color shouldn't be president but a lot of people don't have a reason to vote for Obama they jus do cuz he's black)
+Luce650 *Skin
Luce damn you dumb asf clean your damn ears
when you realize that he already merged jazz fusion with the trap music a long time ago
@John Currence yeah that's what i was thinking
People been fuzing jazz with trap for ages. Plus this isn’t really trap
Not sure you know what Trap music is bruh
this is pure Jazz.. i don't know where you're hearing the trap from
This song and album inspired this
https://www.acidrant.com/post/lsd-john-lennon-and-ronald-reagan-why-the-world-sucks-and-what-you-can-do-about-it
first soul verse i ever heard. so glad i got into him
First song i heard from him was ILLuminate, you can't imagine how I felt listening to that. It just hypnotized me
He totally could have put this is TPAB
_Bxltimore_ this was years before tpab
Soulo enlightening k.dot..
this sounds like the " for free? " interlude on to pimp a butterfly.
My shit 🙌
Terrace Martin and Ab-Soul *killed* this shit
This is some A+ tier production and delivery here, pretty much the perfect way to prelude the final track in the album
this is like "for free" part 1
+RaulSouza because of the jazz stuff perfectly mixed with rap
+RaulSouza Bruh... why you just replied to your self?
@Cameron Reed hahah, just to complete my comment
+RaulSouza .. annddd so much way better than for free !
Just watched the movie Gridlock'd with Tupac and came straight here afterwards because now I know where this song got it's inspiration. R.I.P Tupac. Life is a traffic jam fam
k lamars verse,is one of the best verses EVER.great song
I listen to a lot of different music, lots of rap. This still may be the best rap song ever to me, idk why but I love spoken word type rap, and throw in Terrace Martin? Done.
Does anyone knows who's playing drums? And sax?
Terrace Martin I believe is playing the sax idk who's playing the drums lol
how real are you though?
If anyone out there knows any other jazz sounding hip hop like this please give me some names!
+Bacon and cheese has been stuffed into a crust for free, for sale, you ain't gotta lie maybe, the whole to pimp a butterfly
with how jazzy TPAB was im was kind of suprised there wasnt another Ab-soul outro type song on there
Man me too
The subject matter that soulo talks about is just so overlooked. Most underrated rapper of all time
This comment section is the proof why AB soul is underrated.
@Jaamie B these days was dope tho but not his best tho
I like These Days Ab Soul still listen to it.
Saba is more underrated but when this comment was made I probably would’ve agreed
"THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL PRESENCE" -AB JUST SAID IT!
"I'm not the next socially aware rapper" little did he know
Wow that line flew right over all of your heads lol
funny cuz sometimes i want kendrick to be section 80 socially aware. but he drop hints he didnt want to. I might disagree but thats his decision and I think he made the best of it.
He means he isn't just filling a role, as in he isn't the "next" anything he is the one and only Kendrick
I think you got it wrong. He was talking about how people think a lot of socially aware rappers are corny and fake, and he's speaking from his heart, not just to impress people by pretending to care about other people. He actually gives a shit.
Not saying other conscious rappers don't, but i figure that's a how a lot of the hate against conscious rappers works. People who hate on it probably just project their feelings of selfishness on everyone else and believe that everyone's just as selfish as them. When in reality, they're just trying to comfort themselves by putting everyone on the same level as themselves.
joohnny kuz yeah but that’s not his intent. We see it that way not him. He’s just laying it his thoughts
Kendrick Lamar kills everyone he collaborates with.
@Kauai Paradise ...yess he did
@Zanny Moore This is possibly the best song where both rappers fucking murder it. This is not a competition, focus on the message
2:03 The beat goes wild! That base contorts in all sorts of ways. The saxophone isn't far behind, beating some soul (ba-dum tss) into this whole thing. But Alori's vocals? Oh, nothing more than singlehandedly personifying the entire essence of the song, as Kendrick hypnotically chants that motto. All this introduced by one simple word, 'So..' and for about 30 seconds, give or take, you're taken on a sonic loop of what good music is all about, son
keep that question mark on your face eat your fast food and use your fluoride toothpaste....hide your feelings from the public, work your little 9-5, don't forget to pay your tithe and thank god your alive...that the mundane routine of american life there has to be something more man smh
I know this is from 4 years ago, but the question mark is the people who are confused and blinded. Fluoride is in our water and toothpaste. The people who are really woke are still paying tithes to corrupted churches while hiding it from people. Basically people will follow from generation to generation of the same college routine and lifestyle, while ingnoring the true purpose of life.
SOUL!!! Dat my nigga
legend has it that terrace broke 3 saxophones recording this song
Legend also has that a big breasted woman told he could make love to his woman without touching her with his playing. He's been playing ever since.
ahahahahah
😂😂😂
NOW FUCK EM UP TERRACE !!!!!
i read this at the same time as Kendrick was saying it lol. what a coincidence
+toni R lol me too
toni R just happened to me