Cali On His Mind: Kendrick Lamar’s Top Cali Lyrics

“Compton State of Mind”

“F-ck it though I’m out here, I’ve always been out here /Since the Compton swap meet“

Swap meets are a Los Angeles staple, and Kendrick told Complex about his days there growing up. “I’ve been going to the swap meet my whole life. As a kid, that’s where I used to get all my cassettes, all my CDs. My pops, too—he’d buy music. I’d get my Nikes there. You might see Suge Knight, other folks from Compton.”