Average Joe Akkorde von
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar

N/A6 Aufrufe
Tonart: A minor
Verse 1
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Em
Bm
Em
The hardest
C
Bm
thing for me to do
C
Is to get you, to know me,
Bm
C
within sixteen bars
Am
That's the hardest thing
Bm
Who is K. Dot?
Verse 2
Em
A young
nigga from Compton
On the curb writing raps next to a gun shot
Bm
Em
On the corners where the gangsters
and the killers dwell
C
The fraudulent tender scars
that get unveiled
Bm
Everyone I knew
C
was either Crip or Piru
Cousins in elementary,
relatives in high school
Bm
With that being said,
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each one of their rivals
Was aiming something at my head,
Am
I needed survival
Bm
Got jumped, got jacked,
Verse 3
Em
shot at, shot back
And I don't even push a line,
Bm
I'm just tryna push these rhymes
Em
In the midst of staying neutral
and discrete
My momma said you're judged by
C
the company you keep
Bm
But what you can consider,
Verse 4
C
that if it goes down
They'll kill you if you kill me,
Bm
it gets deep nigga
C
So if you ask what I'm doing
Am
I'm tryna duck the influence of my city
Bm
that's that's brewing, real talk, and
Verse 5
Em
Bm
This is why they fuck with me (real talk nigga,
Em
believe it)
C
This is why they fuck with me (do what I do,
Bm
you know?)
C
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Bm
I'm just your average Joe (know that)
C
But one thing you should consider,
Am
I'm the realest you know
Bm
I was walking from Centennial
Verse 6
Em
When an unidentified vehicle rolled
Bm
up, and I was like hol' up
Em
Where you from? "I don't bang"
C
Where you stay? "Westside", that's a Piru
Bm
gang to be exact
C
Well aware they had blue
across they hat
Dropped backpack and ran
inside of the cul- de- sac
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Shots rang out, hoping to
Verse 7
C
God I wasn't wet
Crossed across Rosecrans and
Am
ran inside of the yet
Bm
Em
Chirped the homies on the I- 95 they said
they already knew
What happened,
and meet 'em outside the garage
Bm
Em
Never seen that many guns in my life
I was paranoid like a fiend in the night,
C
but needed revenge
Bm
Grabbed the nine- ball, opened up
Verse 8
C
the door,
then got in
Somebody said fall back
We gon' make these niggas suffer
Bm
You my brother like a frat,
C
and that's just to remind you
Em
Thought about that so long I had failed my fi nals,
Bm
fuck, but
Verse 9
Em
This is why they fuck with me
Bm
Em
(I told you nigga)
This is why they fuck with me
C
Bm
(you fake nigga)
C
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Bm
I'm just your average Joe (you fake)
C
But one thing you should consider,
Am
I'm the realest you know
Bm
I don't do black mu
Verse 10
Em
sic,
I don't do white music
I do everyday life music
Bm
Give 'em cuts like a nigga
Em
pierced a knife through it
C
You say you through, but I've been through it,
Bm
now that's cold
Verse 11
C
And this is for my county building children
In Hub City on hubcaps, no power-
steering
Bm
C
I use perseverance in this mad city
Where the niggas drink Remy and
Am
Bm
hold semis for cutthroats
Verse 12
Em
Bernie Mac died, it's no joke
Don't ask why if you don't know
about these killers and thieves
Bm
Em
Seven grams of weed, you smoke that,
but I'm high off life
C
Bm
I could fall out the sky like twice
C
And land in the land of the AKs
And the minivans where
the fan never on
Bm
'Cause it's hotter than a lunatic's
C
underarms in a straitjacket
Am
In other words, we get it cracking,
Bm
but I keep it cool, you know
Verse 13
Em
Bm
This is why they fuck with me
Em
This is why they fuck with me
C
Bm
(real talk)
C
I'm no gangster, no killer,
Bm
I'm just your average Joe (come on)
C
But one thing you should consider,
Am
Bm
Em
I'm the realest you know
Verse 14
Em
Bm
So there you have it
Em
C
Bm
But I'ma leave you with this
C
An O.G. once told me
Bm
C
A real gangster is
either dead or in jail
Am
Or behind the scenes getting
real money
Bm
I'm gone
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