[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want,
But it's hard for me to believe it,
You'll find out when I'm gone.
[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]
I went from hangin' out down at the swap meet
To drivin' some of the hottest cars L.A. has ever seen,
People been tellin' me I've grown into some kind of monster
But they don't know me, though, I've been this way since 17,
Tryna get finances poppin', man, I thought that was the object
To some of my niggas lost they life, and then there goes the team.
My only dream was holdin' us down, like fuck who tryna stop us,
You could get the middle finger or the reddest beam,
It's your choice, I took this industry by storm young and black,
Killin' them softly,
Don't ever call me fortunate, you don't know what it cost me,
So anybody complainin' about they circumstances lost me, homie,
We ain't even talkin', fuck that energy, fuck up off me!
[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want,
But it's hard for me to believe it,
You'll find out when I'm gone.
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
You look at my lifestyle, I'm livin' my life now,
I'm dealin' with diligent Benjamin, how come my attitude piped down?
I'm fuckin' with Ice now,
I'm fuckin' with shit that you only can get on an oversea flight now,
You scared of my heights now,
But still I got enemies givin' me energy, I don't wanna fight now.
Subliminally sent to me all of this hate, I thought I was holdin' the mic down,
I thought I was holdin' my city up,
I thought I was good in the media,
You think I'm too hood in my video? But really no clue, you idiot!
I just can't help myself,
Even when that record spin every now and then, you hang yourself,
‘Cause I got the green and gold with a million sold,
Plus plenty more, and my dollar thick,
But with or without all the diamonds, though to you I'm just another nigga.
[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]
It's easy to say you need me
When you got everything you want,
But it's hard for me to believe it,
You'll find out when I'm gone.