That’s The Way It’s Got To Be lyrics

[Intro]
That's the way it's got to be
That's the way it's got to be

[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
You n*ggas know what it is, I need not tell you
My track record so long, it probably derail you
The historian, known for pullin' out Deloreans
So I can take you n*ggas back, hear screams from the audience
Drivin' reckless, Smith-N-Wesson, turnin' on West End
I got that Bruce Leeroy glow, you know, fluorescent
Lights, damn right, you better stay with a weapon and-
That's the way it's got to be
Especially in 2011
My preference be anything with a trigger
Make me kill me a n*gga
I see inferior n*ggas, 'bout to blow at any minute
My hat low, the Coupe tinted
Now salute the lieutenant, loot
All in my pockets, stop it, n*gga
I am the Forbes List
Now, where the morgue?
Let me kill 'em some more
This big pimpin', make your b*tch open the door, see-
That's the way it's got to be
[Chorus: Kendrick]
It's my way or the highway (Ayo, ayo)
It's my way or the highway
Ain't sh*t you can tell me
It's my way or the highway (Ayo, ayo)
It's my way or the highway
Ain't sh*t you can tell me, n*gga
I realized that the bottom line is "you respect my mind?"
Ain't sh*t you can tell me, n*gga
It's my way or the highway, and by the way-
That's the way it's got to be

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
And that's the way that I like it
Set the tone before I was grown, before you could bite it
My blueprint was mapped out way before you could write it
I dropped the bomb before you could light it
b*tch, I'm the nicest
Which is ironic, because I smoke mean kush
And f*ck George Bush, that's for the record
Still two-hundred for a record, where's your budget?
I ain't budgin', and-
That's the way it's got to be
And b*tch, you'd better believe that
She ask me where my ego go, let me feed that
I said alright, just ask the valet where my keys at
You know that Murci-é-lago, hater, relax
I put my last blunt up in the air, then put my fingers in her hair
Then let her do what you dare her to do
And I ain't through until the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, player
That's the way it's got to be
You f*ckin' right
[Chorus: Kendrick]
It's my way or the highway (Ayo, ayo)
It's my way or the highway
Ain't sh*t you can tell me
It's my way or the highway (Ayo, ayo)
It's my way or the highway
Ain't sh*t you can tell me, n*gga
I realized that the bottom line is "you respect my mind?"
Ain't sh*t you can tell me, n*gga
It's my way or the highway, and by the way-
That's the way it's got to be