The Pilot Light

Intro

Furnaces, radiators heaters

(Yeah)

Verse 1

What happens when the heat kick in, and everybody hot for you?

What happens when the flame burn out, and nobody look for you?

I'm back around my ways again, I bet you never thought that I'd

Go back to the trap again, get it from the pot again, yeah

Verse 2

I remember when the money was short, I had to cut the grass

Then I had to cut the class, then I had to cut the cash

And I remember the first day I walked up in the spot

It was cold as hell in there, then I turned the pilot on

Verse 3

Look, they said that I was too young to understand the game

Funny how the same people be the ones that keep you in the game

If you can't cook the heat, then somebody gon' take your name

When I first met Alicia, I told her, "I ain't never cookin' for myself again"

Verse 4

I ain't gon' explain it, I just got the money right

I ain't gon' explain it, I just got my body right

I ain't gon' explain it, I just kept my money tight

We been in the kitchen 'til the chicken flyin' right

We gon' get the water 'til the water boilin' right

Chorus

(Ooh) you gotta turn the pilot on

(Ooh) you gotta turn the pilot on

(Ooh) you gotta turn the pilot on

(Ooh) you gotta turn the pilot on

Verse 5

Everybody want the heat, but nobody want to turn it on

Everybody want to eat, but nobody wanna cook it up

We been in the trenches, we been in the trenches

We been in the trenches, we been in the trenches

We been in the trenches, we been in the trenches

Verse 6

They ask me what my favorite stove is, I tell 'em, "The double burner"

That way when I got two pots, I can cook and serve 'em

They say, "Kendrick, where you see the trap in Compton?" Man, I seen it firsthand

I remember when I used to watch my auntie cook and clean the kitchen

A few years later, I was in that same kitchen, same mission

Verse 7

'Cause when you get older, you find out life is like a kitchen

You gotta take the raw and cook it 'til it's done

Or you'll be left with something that is half-done

You gotta learn to work the heat before it burns

And if you never tried it, you'll never understand the hurt

Verse 8

This for the fathers that ain't here

This for the mothers cookin' in the rear

This for the people who be cookin' up a career

This for the people in the kitchen 'cause the money ain't there

This for the people in the kitchen 'cause the love ain't there

Outro

Furnaces, radiators heaters

Furnaces, radiators heaters

Furnaces, radiators heaters

Furnaces, radiators heaters