歌手: Kendrick Lamar
时长: 03:11
Kendrick Lamar - Kendrick Lamar (肯德里克·拉马尔)[00:00:00]
I can tell you what it is [00:00:00]
I can tell you what it isn't[00:00:01]
No more K Dot [00:00:03]
My mother had named me Kendrick[00:00:04]
F**k a stage name [00:00:06]
That's the name that I was given[00:00:07]
The only thing that I can identify[00:00:08]
Within this bidness[00:00:10]
I'm just a good kid from Compton[00:00:11]
That want to rap[00:00:13]
Weighing my options [00:00:14]
Pick up a Bible or a strap [00:00:15]
I never killed a man [00:00:17]
Never sold any crack[00:00:18]
All I ever did was[00:00:20]
Try to keep my city on the map[00:00:21]
But this monkey on my back [00:00:23]
Y'all don't want me to win[00:00:24]
I'm tryna follow dreams [00:00:26]
You want me to follow trends[00:00:27]
So just to get a dollar [00:00:28]
Will I sell my soul [00:00:30]
I look the Devil in the eye[00:00:31]
And tell him hell no[00:00:32]
They say anything[00:00:34]
Worth having is worth the wait[00:00:35]
Well I want the world [00:00:37]
Tell me how long that takes[00:00:38]
There's no time like now [00:00:40]
I can cut my patients short[00:00:42]
Or give 'em some more gowns [00:00:43]
I don't even want the crown[00:00:45]
I just want a peace of mind [00:00:46]
And ni**a when I get it[00:00:48]
You won't get a piece of mine [00:00:49]
Won't you mind your own bidness [00:00:50]
A rich ni**a buy anything you sell him[00:00:52]
A broke ni**a believe anything[00:00:55]
That you tell him[00:00:56]
Well I'm a broke ni**a[00:00:58]
But still I wouldn't listen to you[00:00:59]
Even if your hand was on a Bible quote [00:01:01]
Ni**a[00:01:03]
Pfttuh[00:01:04]
See I was brought up different[00:01:04]
Whatever that my pops said [00:01:06]
For sure I'd listen[00:01:07]
You said you did dirt [00:01:09]
But I can't dig it[00:01:10]
It don't concern you[00:01:12]
If you wasn't born in it[00:01:13]
Oh-no-oh-oh[00:01:15]
I swear we got to fast-forward[00:01:16]
Before time flies by[00:01:19]
My new sound for '0-10 is why lie [00:01:20]
And if you ain't trying to win [00:01:23]
Then why try [00:01:25]
Now you can low-ball[00:01:26]
Or give me high five[00:01:27]
This is I ni**a look into my eye[00:01:29]
Ni**a I am Kendrick[00:01:31]
Lamar[00:01:34]
Ni**a my name is Kendrick[00:01:36]
Lamar[00:01:40]
I said my name is Kendrick [00:01:42]
Lamar[00:01:46]
I changed the name[00:01:48]
Cause I was tired of being like y'all[00:01:49]
Now finally I'm ready to tell the world[00:01:51]
Who I are pfttuh[00:01:53]
And that used to be a hell of a task[00:01:55]
Now I'm ahead of my class [00:01:57]
So go ahead and harass[00:01:58]
My character like it don't carry a[00:02:01]
Confidence that can marry a Halle Berry[00:02:02]
Or Angelina with no cash[00:02:05]
I'm bout to cash in my thoughts[00:02:07]
Give you a compass [00:02:09]
Then tell you get lost[00:02:10]
What I'm bout to accomplish is something[00:02:11]
That you can't fathom[00:02:13]
Once the 'Eves' come [00:02:15]
They quick to stare at him[00:02:16]
Hoping I don't take they b**ch [00:02:18]
But I'm on some other sh*t[00:02:19]
When I'm done [00:02:21]
I'm tryna run the government[00:02:21]
They are big dreams[00:02:23]
Transition from a rapper to a human being [00:02:24]
You can't 'school' a dean[00:02:27]
I be tutoring artist-es [00:02:28]
Leave 'em with no audience[00:02:30]
All cause they all oversaw it my God[00:02:31]
Y'all be out partying [00:02:34]
I be stealing your audience[00:02:35]
All because who I are Lamar[00:02:37]
But my first name [00:02:42]
It gotta be Kendrick[00:02:45]
Lamar[00:02:48]
Ni**a my name is Kendrick[00:02:50]
Lamar[00:02:54]
I changed the name[00:02:56]
Cause I was tired of being like y'all[00:02:57]
Now finally I'm ready to tell the world[00:02:59]
Who I are now let's go[00:03:01]
But we can't go backwards[00:03:04]