Kendrick Lamar – R.O.T.C (Interlude) [feat. BJ the Chicago K

Kendrick Lamar – R.O.T.C (Interlude) [feat. BJ the Chicago Kid] Lyrics

R.O.T.C (Interlude)

Kendrick Lamar (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)

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"R.O.T.C (Interlude)." - Kendrick Lamar (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)

Saturday, 24 October 2026, 12:21 am

Album: Overly Dedicated

Track No: 07

This is me thinking at 4:43 a.m., June 6
Sometimes I wanna say, "Fuck rapping, I need money now"
Like, should I start trappin'? If what I write down
Don't collect this very moment, then I'm on it, no question
The streets, my **** is well connected, let's see
Do I cop a pound of kush, promethazine, or push some E?
Oxycontin have me layin' on soft cotton when I sleep
This deep as the abyss, I'm not just rhymin' on the beat
I be in spots choppin' the rocks like Flintstone feet
This is me frustrated, battlin' my own evils
Finna saddle up that work across Ohio in a Geo
Or should I sell my music .zip to buy a zip
And hope one day it flourish to a kilo?
Track record of a hustler, rather records on a needle, making music
Clockin' fast bank, like a shot from Patrick Ewing
My ****, what you doin' on these corners wicked?
"I thought you had a show?" Well, my ****, I guess I didn't
I'm tryna get this dough, and easy money sounds temptin'
Especially when your homies pushin' V8 engines
Twenty-two on twenty-sixes, Range Rovers rollin' up
Three-fifty for an ounce of fire, hope I got enough
This industry calling my bluff, I need a new solution
Curve servin', know I might be in your store boosting
Two elevens with MAC-11's, like, fuck hip-hop
Don't wanna be Pun, don't wanna be B.I.G., don't wanna be 'Pac
Just give me yo' funds, A.K.A. everything that you got
Or everything's gettin' shot for nothin', leave you in shock
Coughin' up blood and mumblin', watch, the plans of a young man sponsor
Movin' grams like relocating your momma's momma
Then expand to the Hoover Dam, water
Sherm, contraband, they yearn for the butt naked
Fuck a verse, verses get let off in thirty minutes, six seconds
I disperse to the world of unruly
Where I put the mic down and pick up a sack and a toolie
If you knew me, you know I always had a passion for riddle when writin'
But lately, I've been thinkin' 'bout takin' chances to brighten
My future financially, so, please, don't be mad at me
I gotta do what I gotta do, no shit
So I tell my ****, "Front me, let me put it on the strip"
Then give it back when I think about the consequence, shit
There are times when you need someone
I will be by your side
Oh, darlin', 'cause there is a light
That shines special for you and me, yeah
I take, take, take my chances, chances, chances
Before they pass, they pass, they pass, pass me by
Oh, darlin', you've got to look at the other side
R.O.T.C.
Right on time conscience

Writer(s): BJ the Chicago Kid, Kendrick Lamar.

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