Kendrick Lamar - i(2015)

[00:00.10] Is this mic on? (Hey, move this way, this way)
[00:02.46] Hey, Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up, c'mon, c'mon
[00:05.58] Is the mic on or not? I want the mic
[00:08.30] We're bringing up nobody, nobody
[00:11.66] Nobody but the number one rapper in the world
[00:15.84] He done traveled all over the world
[00:17.64] He came back just to give you some game
[00:21.04] All of the little boys and girls, come up here
[00:22.95] (Ah, one two, one two, what's happening, fool?)
[00:24.59] Come right here, this is for you, come on up
[00:27.15] I done been through a whole lot (Kendrick Lamar!)
[00:29.02] Trial, tribulation, but I know God
[00:30.37] The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie (make some noise, brother!)
[00:32.73] Pray that the holy water don't go dry
[00:35.32] As I look around me
[00:36.64] So many motherfuckers wanna down me
[00:38.47] But enemigo never drown me
[00:39.57] In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
[00:41.69] And (I love myself)
[00:42.99] Huh, when you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
[00:45.83] (I love myself)
[00:46.73] Ah, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
[00:49.69] (I love myself)
[00:50.98] Uh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy, don't seem shy
[00:53.60] (I love myself)
[00:55.11] One day at a time, huh
[00:57.77] They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street
[01:00.13] Gun in the hood, mob of police
[01:01.97] Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend
[01:04.02] And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme, uh
[01:06.95] These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (come to the front, yeah)
[01:10.85] I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis
[01:14.79] Dreams of reality's peace (oh, yeah)
[01:16.37] Blow steam in the face of the beast
[01:17.97] Sky could fall down, wind could cry now
[01:19.87] Look at me motherfucker I smile-
[01:21.17] And (I love myself)
[01:22.22] Uh, and when you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
[01:25.12] (I love myself)
[01:26.25] Ah, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
[01:29.14] (I love myself)
[01:29.99] Uh, illuminated-
[01:31.45] All y'all come to the front, y'all come up to the front
[01:33.09] (I love myself)
[01:34.12] Baby what about you? Come on
[01:38.58] (Crazy, what you gon' do?)
[01:41.13] Lift up your head and keep moving (keep moving), turn the mic up
[01:44.38] (Haunt you)
[01:44.86] Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart
[01:47.14] On my sleeve, let the runway start
[01:49.08] You know the miserable do love company
[01:50.88] What do you want from me and my scars?
[01:52.46] Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence
[01:55.36] How many times my potential was anonymous?
[01:57.46] How many times the city making me promises?
[01:59.56] So I promise this, nigga
[02:00.66] (I love myself)
[02:01.72] Uh, and when you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see?
[02:04.40] (I love myself)
[02:05.63] Ah, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the police
[02:08.56] (I love myself)
[02:09.35] Huh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
[02:12.29] (I love myself)
[02:16.84] Huh (walk my bare feet) huh (walk my bare feet)
[02:20.82] Huh (down, down valley deep) huh (down, down valley deep)
[02:24.34] (I love myself) huh (fi-fie-fo-fum) huh (fi-fie-fo-fum)
[02:28.01] (I love myself) huh (my heart undone) one, two, three
[02:32.28] I went to war last night
[02:36.67] With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic
[02:38.52] I'ma do it 'til I get it right (oh no)
[02:40.34] I went to war last night (night, night, night, night)
[02:44.52] I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
[02:46.11] Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message
[02:48.10] I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave
[02:50.12] From a negative and letting them annihilate me
[02:52.23] And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed
[02:54.38] Finna run into a building, lay my body-
[02:56.19]
[03:01.25] Not on my, not while I'm up here
[03:03.33] Not on my time, kill the music, not on my time
[03:09.03] We could save that shit for the streets
[03:11.88] We could save that shit, this for the kids, bro
[03:16.50] 2015, niggas tired of playin' victim, dog
[03:20.61] Niggas ain't trying to play vic- TuTu, how many niggas we done lost?
[03:25.03] How many- Yan-Yan, how many we lost?
[03:26.66] No for real, answer the que-, how many niggas we done lost bro?
[03:29.76] This-, this year alone
[03:34.39] Exactly, so we- we ain't got time to waste time, my nigga
[03:38.43] Niggas gotta make time, bro
[03:41.79] The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time, right?
[03:47.19] The judge make time so it ain't shit
[03:49.27] It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dog
[03:55.43] On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro
[03:58.33] You know that
[04:00.84] It's- it's mando, right, it's mando
[04:06.77] And I s- I- And I- And I say this because I love you niggas, man
[04:10.56] I love all my niggas, bro
[04:13.29] Exac- enough said, enough said
[04:15.59] And we gon' get back to the show and move on, 'cause that shit petty, my nigga
[04:18.93] Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check
[04:22.07] We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to-
[04:25.40] All my niggas listen, listen to this
[04:28.28] I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "Fuck nigga"
[04:31.99] He said, "Think about what you saying, "Fuck niggas"
[04:35.82] No better than Samuel on the Django
[04:38.67] No better than a white man with slave boats"
[04:41.30] Sound like I needed some soul searching
[04:43.65] My Pops gave me some game in real person
[04:46.85] Retraced my steps on what they never taught me
[04:49.46] Did my homework fast before government caught me
[04:52.18] So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah
[04:54.78] On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us
[04:57.65] So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us
[05:00.38] Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia
[05:03.47] N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty, king royalty - wait, listen
[05:08.98] N-E-G-U-S description: black emperor, king, ruler, now let me finish
[05:14.23] The history books overlook the word and hide it
[05:16.83] America tried to make it to a house divided
[05:19.49] The homies don't recognize we been using it wrong
[05:22.36] So I'ma break it down and put my game in a song
[05:25.23] N-E-G-U-S, say it with me, or say it no more
[05:28.87] Black stars can come and get me
[05:30.43] Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time
[05:33.07] Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive
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