Artist: Kendrick Lamar f/ Anna Wise Album: To Pimp a Butterfly Song: i (Album Version) Typed by: Cedmaster3K [Intro: announcer] Is this mic on?! Hey! Hey hey! Turn the mic up! C'mon, I want the mic We bringin' up nobody! Nobody! Nobody, but the number one rapper in the world~! He done travelled all over the world He came back, just to give you some game All the little boys and girls, come up here Come up here! This for you! Come on out - KENDRICK LAMAR~! [Kendrick Lamar] I, one-two, one-two, what's happenin' fool? I done been through a whole lot Trial, tribulation, but I know God The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah yeah As I look around me So many motherfuckers wanna down me But an enemigo never drown me In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] + (Anna Wise) (And I love myself!) Huh! And when you lookin' at ME, a-tell me what do you SEE!! (I love myself!) Ahh~! I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the BULLY!! (I love myself!) Uhh! Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy (I love my-self!) One day at a time - huh! [Kendrick Lamar] They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street Gun in the hood, mob of police Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme Uhh! These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (come to the front) Yeah, I duck these cold faces Post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis Dreams of reality's peace (oh yeah!) Blow steam in the face of the beast Sky could fall down, wind could cry now Look at me motherfucker, I smile [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] + (Anna Wise) (And I love myself!) Uhh! And then you lookin' at ME, a-tell me what do you SEE!! (I love myself!) Ahh~! I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the BULLY!! (I love myself!) Uhh! Illuminated - all y'all come to the front, y'all come up to the front (I love my-self!) Baby girl, you, come on.. [Kendrick Lamar] + (Anna Wise) (Crazy.. what you gon' do?) Lift up your head and keep movin' (keep movin') Turn the mic up (haunt you) Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart On my sleeve, let the runway start You know the miserable do love company What do you want from me and my scars? Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence How many times my potential was anonymous? How many times the city makin' me promises? So I promise this, nigga [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] + (Anna Wise) (And I love myself!) Uhh! When you lookin' at ME, a-tell me what do you SEE!! (I love myself!) Ahh~! I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the BULLY!! (I love myself!) Huh! Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy (I love my-self!) [Kendrick Lamar] (Huh!) Walk, my, bare, feet (huh!) walk, my, bare, feet (Huh!) Down, down, valley, deep (huh!) down, down, valley, deep - I love myself! (Huh!) Fi-fie-fo-fum (huh!) fi-fie-fo-fum - I love myself! (Huh!) My, heart, un-done - one, two, three! I went to war last night... With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic I'ma do it 'til I get it right I went to war last night {night, night, night, night...} I've been dealin' with depression ever since an adolescent Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave From a negative and lettin' them annihilate me And it's evident I'm movin' at a meteor speed Finna run into a building, lay my body... {*fight breaks out in the crowd*} [Interlude: Kendrick Lamar] Not on my, not while I'm up here! Not on my time, kill the music! Not on my time We could save that shit for the streets We could save that shit; this for the kids, bro 2015, niggas tired of playin' victim dawg Niggas ain't tryin' to play vic' - Tutu, how many niggas we done lost? How many - Yan-Yan, how many we done lost? No fo'real, answer the quest' How many niggas we done lost bro, this, this year alone? Exactly! So we, we ain't got time to waste time my nigga Niggas gotta make time bro The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right? The judge make time so it ain't shit It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg On the dead homies, Charlie P., you know that bro! You know that.. right, it's, it's mando; right, it's mando And I, and I, and I say this because I love you niggas man I love all my niggas bro, exac' - enough said, enough said And we gon' get back to the show and move on because that shit petty, my nigga Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to All, all my niggas listen, listen to this [Kendrick Lamar - acapella] I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga" He said "Think about what you sayin', fuck niggas" No better than Samuel on "Django" No better than a white man with slave boats Sound like I needed some soul searchin' My pops gave me some game in real person Retraced my steps on what they never taught me Did my homework fast before government caught me So I'm a dedicate this one verse to Oprah On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us So many artists gave her an explanation to hold us Well this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty King royalty - wait listen N-E-G-U-S description: black emperor King, ruler, now let me finish The history books overlooked the word and hide it America tried to make it to a house divided The homies don't recognize, we be using it wrong So I'ma break it down and put my game in the song N-E-G-U-S, say it with me Or say no more; black stars can come and get me Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest negus alive