Average Joe chords and lyrics - KENDRICK LAMAR

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[Verse 1]
[Em][Am]
[Em]The [Am]hardest
thing for me to [F]do[Em]
[F]Is to get you, to know me,
[Em]with[F]in sixteen bars
That's [Dm]the hardest thing
Who [Em]is K. Dot?

[Verse 2]
[Am]A young
nigga from Compton
On the curb writing raps next to a gun shot
[Em]On the corners where the g[Am]angsters
and the killers dwell
The fraudulent tender [F]scars
that get unveiled
[Em]Everyone I knew
[F]was either Crip or Piru
Cousins in elementary,
relatives in high school
[Em]With that being said,
[F]each one of their rivals
Was aiming something at my head,
[Dm]I needed survival
[Em]Got jumped, got jacked,

[Verse 3]
[Am]
shot at, shot back
And I don't even push a line,
I'm just tryna push [Em]these rhymes
In the midst of stay[Am]ing neutral
and discrete
My momma said you're judged by
[F]the company you keep
[Em]But what you can consider,

[Verse 4]
[F]
that if it goes down
They'll kill you if you kill me,
it gets deep nig[Em]ga
So if [F]you ask what I'm doing
I'm tryna duck the influence of [Dm]my city
that's that's brewing, real [Em]talk, and

[Verse 5]
[Am]This is why they fuck with me (real talk nig[Em]ga,
believe [Am]it)
This is why they fuck with [F]me (do what I do,
[Em]you know?)
I'm no [F]gangster, no killer,
I'm just your average Joe [Em](know that)
But one thing [F]you should consider,
I'm the [Dm]realest you know
I was walking from [Em]Centennial

[Verse 6]
[Am]
When an unidentified vehicle rolled
up, and I was like [Em]hol' up
Where [Am]you from? "I don't bang"
Where you stay? [F]"Westside", that's a Piru
gang to be [Em]exact
Well aware they had [F]blue
across they hat
Dropped backpack and ran
inside of the cul- de- sac
Shot[Em]s rang out, hoping to

[Verse 7]
[F]
God I wasn't wet
Crossed across Rosecrans and
[Dm]ran inside of the yet
Chirped the homies on [Em]the [Am]I- 95 they said
they already knew
What happened,
and meet 'em outside the garage
Never [Em]seen that many guns in my [Am]life
I was paranoid like a fiend in the night,
[F]but needed revenge
Grabbed [Em]the nine- ball, opened up

[Verse 8]
[F]the door,
then got in
Somebody said fall back
We gon' make these niggas suffer
You [Em]my brother like a frat,
and [F]that's just to remind you
Thought about that so long I had failed my [Am]fi nals,
[Em]fuck, but

[Verse 9]
[Am]This is why they fuck with me
(I told [Em]you [Am]nigga)
This is why they fuck with me
[F](yo[Em]u fake nigga)
I'm no [F]gangster, no killer,
I'm just your average [Em]Joe (you fake)
But one thing [F]you should consider,
I'm the [Dm]realest you know
I don't [Em]do black mu

[Verse 10]
[Am]sic,
I don't do white music
I do everyday life music
Give [Em]'em cuts like a nigga
pierced [Am]a knife through it
You say you through, but I've been through [F]it,
now [Em]that's cold

[Verse 11]
And this is for [F]my county building children
In Hub City on hubcaps, no power-
steering
[Em]I use perseverance in [F]this mad city
Where the niggas drink Remy and
[Dm]hold semis for cutthroat[Em]s

[Verse 12]
Bernie Mac died, it's [Am]no joke
Don't ask why if you don't know
about these killers and thieves
Seven [Em]grams of weed, [Am]you smoke that,
but I'm high off life
I could fall out [F]the sky like [Em]twice
And land in [F]the land of the AKs
And the minivans where
the fan never on
'Cause [Em]it's hotter than a lunatic's
[F]underarms in a straitjacket
In other word[Dm]s, we get it cracking,
but I keep [Em]it cool, you know

[Verse 13]
[Am]This is why they fuck with [Em]me
[Am]This is why they fuck with me
[F](re[Em]al talk)
I'm no [F]gangster, no killer,
I'm just your average [Em]Joe (come on)
But one thing [F]you should consider,
I'm the [Dm]realest you [Em]know[Am]

[Verse 14]
So there [Am]you have [Em]it
[Am]But I'ma leave you w[F]ith this[Em]
An O.G. once [F]told me
A [Em]real gangster [F]is
either dead or in jail
Or behind the scenes [Dm]getting
real money
[Em]I'm gone

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