good kid

[Produced by Pharrell Williams] [Hook: Pharrell Williams] Mass hallucination, baby Ill education, baby Want to reconnect with your elations This is your station, baby [Verse 1] Look inside these walls And you see I'm havin' withdrawals of a prisoner on his way Trapped inside your desire to fire bullets that stray Track attire just tell you I'm tired and ran away I should ask a choir "What do you require To sing a song that acquire me to have faith?" As the record spin I should pray For the record, I recognize that I'm easily prey I got ate alive yesterday I got animosity buildin', it's probably big as a buildin' Me jumpin' off of the roof is me just playin' it safe But what am I 'posed to do when the topic is red or blue And you understand that I ain't? But know I'm accustomed to just a couple that look for trouble And live in the street with rank No better picture to paint than me walkin' from bible study And called his homies because he had said he noticed my face From a function that tooken place, they was wonderin' if I bang Step on my neck and get blood on your Nike checks I don't mind cause one day you'll respect the good kid, m.A.A.d city [Hook] Mass hallucination, baby Ill education, baby Want to reconnect with your elations This is your station, baby [Verse 2] All I see is strobe lights, blinding me in my hindsight Finding me by myself, promise me you can help In all honesty I got time to be copacetic until You had finally made decision to hold me against my will It was like a head on collision that folded me standing still I can never pick out the difference and grade a cop on the bill Every time you clock in the morning, I feel you just want to kill All my innocence while ignoring my purpose to persevere as a better person I know you heard this and probably in fear But what am I supposed to do with the blinking of red and blue Flash from the top of your roof and your dog has to say woof And you ask, "Lift up your shirt" cause you wonder if a tattoo Of affiliation can make it a pleasure to put me through Gang files, but that don't matter because the matter is racial profile I heard them chatter: "He's probably young but I know that he's down" Step on his neck as hard as your bullet proof vest He don't mind, he know we'll never respect, the good kid, m.A.A.d. city [Hook] Mass hallucination, baby Ill education, baby Want to reconnect with your elations This is your station, baby [Verse 3] All I see in this room: 20's, Xannies and these 'shrooms Grown-up candy for pain, can we live in a sane society It's entirely stressful upon my brain You hired me as a victim, I quietly hope for change When violence is the rhythm, inspired me to obtain The silence in this room with 20's, Xannies and 'shrooms Some grown-up candy I lost it, I feel it's nothing to lose The streets sure to release the worst side of my best Don't mind, cause now you ever in debt to good kid, m.A.A.d. city [Hook] Mass hallucination, baby Ill education, baby Want to reconnect with your elations This is your station, baby