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Is this mic on? (Hey, move this way, this way) |
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Hey, Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up, c'mon, c'mon |
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Is the mic on or not? I want the mic |
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We're bringing up nobody, nobody... |
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Nobody but the number one rapper in the world |
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He done traveled all over the world |
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He came back just to give you some game |
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All of the little boys and girls, come up here |
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(One two, one two, what's happening, fool?) |
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Come right here, this is for you, come on up |
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Kendrick Lamar, make some noise, brother |
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I done been through a whole lot |
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Trial, tribulation, but I know God |
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The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie |
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Pray that the holy water don't go dry |
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As I look around me |
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So many motherfuckers wanna down me |
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But an enemigo never drown me |
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In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me |
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And (I love myself) |
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When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see? |
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(I love myself) |
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Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully |
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(I love myself) |
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Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy |
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(I love myself) |
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One day at a time, uhh |
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They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street |
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Gun in the hood, mob of police |
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Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend |
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And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme uh |
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These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (Come to the front) |
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I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis |
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Dreams of reality's peace |
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Blow steam in the face of the beast |
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Sky could fall down, wind could cry now |
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Look at me motherfucker I smile |
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And (I love myself) |
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When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see? |
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(I love myself) |
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Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully |
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(I love myself) |
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Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy |
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(I love myself) |
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One day at a time, uhh |
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(Crazy) |
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(What you gon' do?) |
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Lift up your head and keep moving, (Keep moving) turn the mic up |
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(Haunt you) |
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Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart |
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On my sleeve, let the runway start |
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You know the miserable do love company |
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What do you want from me and my scars? |
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Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence |
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How many times my potential was anonymous? |
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How many times the city making me promises? |
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So I promise this, nigga |
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And (I love myself) |
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When you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see? |
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(I love myself) |
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Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the hand of the bully |
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(I love myself) |
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Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy |
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(I love myself) |
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One day at a time, uhh |
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Huh (Walk my bare feet) huh (Walk my bare feet) |
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Huh (Down, down valley deep) huh (Down, down valley deep) |
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(I love myself) huh (Fi-fie-fo-fum) huh (fi-fie-fo-fum) |
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(I love myself) huh (My heart undone) one, two, three |
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I went to war last night |
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With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic |
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I'mma do it till I get it right |
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I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night, night) |
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I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent |
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Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message |
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I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave |
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From a negative and letting them annihilate me |
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And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed |
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Finna run into a building, lay my body... |
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Not on my time, Not while I'm up here |
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Not on my time, kill the music |
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Not on my time |
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We could save that shit for the streets |
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We could save that shit, this for the kids bro |
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2015, niggas tired of playin' victim dog |
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Niggas ain't trying to play vic— TuTu, how many niggas we done lost? |
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Yan-Yan, how many we done lost? |
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No for real, answer the question, how many niggas we done lost bro? |
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This, this year alone |
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Exactly. So we ain't got time to waste time my nigga |
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Niggas gotta make time bro |
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The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right? |
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The judge make time so it ain’t shit |
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It shouldn’t be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg |
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On the dead homies. Charlie P, you know that bro |
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You know that |
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It’s mando. Right, it's mando |
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And I say this because I love you niggas man |
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I love all my niggas bro |
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Exac- enough said, enough said |
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We gon' get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty my nigga |
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Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check |
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We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to- |
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All my niggas listen |
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Listen to this: |
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I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga" |
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He said, "Think about what you saying: 'Fuck niggas' |
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No better than Samuel on Django |
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No better than a white man with slave boats" |
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Sound like I needed some soul searching |
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My Pops gave me some game in real person |
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Retraced my steps on what they never taught me |
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Did my homework fast before government caught me |
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So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah |
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On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us |
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So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us |
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Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia |
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N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; King royalty - wait listen |
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N-E-G-U-S description: Black emperor, King, ruler, now let me finish |
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The history books overlook the word and hide it |
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America tried to make it to a house divided |
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The homies don't recognize we been using it wrong |
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So I'ma break it down and put my game in a song |
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N-E-G-U-S, say it with me |
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Or say no more. Black stars can come and get me |
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Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time |
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Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive |
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