Average Joe Akkorde von
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar

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Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
Dm
Gm
Dm
Gm
The hardest
Eb
Dm
thing for me to do
Eb
Is to get you, to know me,
Dm
Eb
within sixteen bars
Cm
That's the hardest thing
Dm
Who is K. Dot?
Verse 2
Gm
A young
nigga from Compton
On the curb writing raps next to a gun shot
Dm
Gm
On the corners where the gangsters
and the killers dwell
Eb
The fraudulent tender scars
that get unveiled
Dm
Everyone I knew
Eb
was either Crip or Piru
Cousins in elementary,
relatives in high school
Dm
With that being said,
Eb
each one of their rivals
Was aiming something at my head,
Cm
I needed survival
Dm
Got jumped, got jacked,
Verse 3
Gm
shot at, shot back
And I don't even push a line,
Dm
I'm just tryna push these rhymes
Gm
In the midst of staying neutral
and discrete
My momma said you're judged by
Eb
the company you keep
Dm
But what you can consider,
Verse 4
Eb
that if it goes down
They'll kill you if you kill me,
Dm
it gets deep nigga
Eb
So if you ask what I'm doing
Cm
I'm tryna duck the influence of my city
Dm
that's that's brewing, real talk, and
Verse 5
Gm
Dm
This is why they fuck with me (real talk nigga,
Gm
believe it)
Eb
This is why they fuck with me (do what I do,
Dm
you know?)
Eb
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Dm
I'm just your average Joe (know that)
Eb
But one thing you should consider,
Cm
I'm the realest you know
Dm
I was walking from Centennial
Verse 6
Gm
When an unidentified vehicle rolled
Dm
up, and I was like hol' up
Gm
Where you from? "I don't bang"
Eb
Where you stay? "Westside", that's a Piru
Dm
gang to be exact
Eb
Well aware they had blue
across they hat
Dropped backpack and ran
inside of the cul- de- sac
Dm
Shots rang out, hoping to
Verse 7
Eb
God I wasn't wet
Crossed across Rosecrans and
Cm
ran inside of the yet
Dm
Gm
Chirped the homies on the I- 95 they said
they already knew
What happened,
and meet 'em outside the garage
Dm
Gm
Never seen that many guns in my life
I was paranoid like a fiend in the night,
Eb
but needed revenge
Dm
Grabbed the nine- ball, opened up
Verse 8
Eb
the door,
then got in
Somebody said fall back
We gon' make these niggas suffer
Dm
You my brother like a frat,
Eb
and that's just to remind you
Gm
Thought about that so long I had failed my fi nals,
Dm
fuck, but
Verse 9
Gm
This is why they fuck with me
Dm
Gm
(I told you nigga)
This is why they fuck with me
Eb
Dm
(you fake nigga)
Eb
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Dm
I'm just your average Joe (you fake)
Eb
But one thing you should consider,
Cm
I'm the realest you know
Dm
I don't do black mu
Verse 10
Gm
sic,
I don't do white music
I do everyday life music
Dm
Give 'em cuts like a nigga
Gm
pierced a knife through it
Eb
You say you through, but I've been through it,
Dm
now that's cold
Verse 11
Eb
And this is for my county building children
In Hub City on hubcaps, no power-
steering
Dm
Eb
I use perseverance in this mad city
Where the niggas drink Remy and
Cm
Dm
hold semis for cutthroats
Verse 12
Gm
Bernie Mac died, it's no joke
Don't ask why if you don't know
about these killers and thieves
Dm
Gm
Seven grams of weed, you smoke that,
but I'm high off life
Eb
Dm
I could fall out the sky like twice
Eb
And land in the land of the AKs
And the minivans where
the fan never on
Dm
'Cause it's hotter than a lunatic's
Eb
underarms in a straitjacket
Cm
In other words, we get it cracking,
Dm
but I keep it cool, you know
Verse 13
Gm
Dm
This is why they fuck with me
Gm
This is why they fuck with me
Eb
Dm
(real talk)
Eb
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Dm
I'm just your average Joe (come on)
Eb
But one thing you should consider,
Cm
Dm
Gm
I'm the realest you know
Verse 14
Gm
Dm
So there you have it
Gm
Eb
Dm
But I'ma leave you with this
Eb
An O.G. once told me
Dm
Eb
A real gangster is
either dead or in jail
Cm
Or behind the scenes getting
real money
Dm
I'm gone
Outro 1
Gm
Dm
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Eb
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Cm
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Gm

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