Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Terrace Martin
Keyboards
Craig Brockman
Keyboards
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Camille Davis
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar
Songwriter
Terrace Martin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Terrace Martin
Producer
9th Wonder
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Baby, I wanna, I wanna get you to understand
I love you, and I love her too
But that may be too much for you to deal with, so I wrote a song about it, you wanna hear it?
Well, here we go
[Chorus]
My life is Mardi Gras, and she's the life of the party, y'all
It's like Ring Around The Rosie, when I came around they chose me
And I make 'em feel famous, famous, famous, famous
We in a circle, square don't fit
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
[Verse 1]
Yup, I'm caught up in the middle of this love thing
I keep trying to escape the ball and chain
My main gang hose me down for the winter season
My side piece just for winter, that's for many reasons
Insecurities inside of myself
Have me not be able to picture you with nobody else
I'm caught up between two beautiful women
Who both cook, clean and play they position
It's like, I know I'm wrong, but I can't seem to get it right
Process of elimination, hell of a decision to make
Take two and add me (Take two)
Never knew a real commitment would ever involve three
The one, she got a temper, always make sure I'm fair
The other one, she leaves me lonely 'cause she's focused on the bread, yeah
Can a man ever be so lucky?
I guess that's why these women don't trust me
A three chord fold
[Chorus]
My life is Mardi Gras, and she's the life of the party, y'all
It's like Ring Around The Rosie, when I came around they chose me
And I make 'em feel famous, famous, famous, famous
We in a circle, square don't fit
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
[Verse 2]
T'heh, it's hard bein' a star of a plot win
Love and lust at the same time, goddamn
So I doubled up, put five on, they got ten
Gamble with they hearts at the ball and I dropped it
To leave'll be the death of me
Dearly departed, don't know how I got by
Bein' partially honest
A thin line between love and hate
Yeah, I crossed it, wait
Love is no guarantee
I got options, fate is me and her, it's me and she (Me and her, me and she)
Multiple choices, not A and B
A test I was destined to fail for sure, boy
Rather be stingy then see you huggin' on, oh boy
Oh boy, I'm just a man with a lot love to give
And I hope you understand, it was never my intent
To mislead neither of you
But it is what it is
Cupid tried to aim straight, but I guess cupid missed
Three chord fold
[Chorus]
My life is Mardi Gras, and she's the life of the party, y'all
It's like Ring Around The Rosie, when I came around they chose me
And I make 'em feel famous, famous, famous, famous
We in a circle, square don't fit
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
And I'm caught up in a triangle ship now
Livin' life in the triangle ship now, now
[Outro]
Deep in this love
Not sure if that's what this still is
We used to get away and love play, innocent as kids
Then, somethin' else happened
We wanted different things, days turned to nightmares and over time, things changed
Life is funny that way
Time is money and my bank statement states that I'm in need of more than
Fussin', fights and makin' up, and wakin' up
After watchin' me sleep, just singin' songs 'bout movin' on
'Cause trust ain't slept here in weeks
So, I mean, let's leave
We talk about it till color fades from the leaves
And falls again, and winter wins, springin' up in the same thing
Still here
Summer, crystal-blue sky clear
We just livin' on love from
Hearts drenched and tremblin' in fear
Chord one, the freeloader
Written by: Kendrick Lamar

