Let Me Be Me (让我做自己) - Kendrick Lamar (肯德里克·拉马尔) We on Ali You ugly Everybody just clap your hands if you're real Middle finger up give a f**k how they feel Be yourself just show me you're real Middle fingers up Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know That's the only way I know how to hold it down That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down Uh I just wanna be me No disrespect but motherf**k you My education stopped at a high school degree But I can outsmart any high IQ Draped in some fly sh*t call me Jeff Goldblum Cold my style making my nose run Oh I stare at the mirror then realize That real lies within me Some say I'm crazy cause I think like I need a shrink Ask too many questions about the stars and Earth sh*t Rather be in the studio than out buying drinks So if I'm not clubbing don't think I'm on some jerk sh*t And California on that jerk sh*t But I'd just rather two-step like my first steps Jill Scott in my iPod as my head rests yes Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know That's the only way I know how to hold it down That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down And yeah I know I'm from Compton Cali' But I don't lace up Chucks or rock tan khakis And skinny jeans ain't quite the lick I probably would wear 'em but my dick don't fit Ha-ha-ha I like to joke got a sense of humor Stale face play me short like an Oompa-Loompa You ain't gotta screw up your face in front of the kids Won't you lighten up like Michael did I grew up with killers man people who killed man But my character never could be like them man And they respect that say that I'm real man Not a fake person that's the Sims man Live my life through some film man I ain't acting out sh*t I be packing out shows Cause they know they'll know Kendrick fo' sho' and oh Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know That's the only way I know how to hold it down That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down Almost lost my life to the industry Had to look through a photo book to remember me These label heads ain't nothing but bullshit Have you with professional killers chasing hits Lying to yourself all over an image Making records they want that was wrecking my brilliance My mama said boy that don't sound like you I said this is the sound though my only excuse Quite frankly dusted off my shoes with my hankie And kicked it like he skate make these motherf**kers hate me The reason why they hate cause these motherf**kers ain't me And you can underrate me but I know what I'm worth A diamond in God's dirt a diamond in winter Watching Simpsons and eating some cereal for dinner See I give you my life to mix it up in a blender To make sure that you feel it Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know Just let me be me hmm That's the only way I know That's the only way I know how to hold it down That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down Kendrick Lamar what are you trying to say What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar what are you trying to say What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar Is this really you Is this who you are What are you trying to say What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar Who are you What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar what are you trying to say What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar I think that I finally reached the pinnacle Of finding myself as an individual The world is so typical I just wanna be higher than that I used to want to be the messiah of rap Infatuated with becoming a relevant star Trying to say goodbye to the glamorous chains and cars That I never had but wrote it in my raps to make you mad Vanity they say that it can damage me So do I really want it If I didn't I guess I'm a cool coc*ine connect That means I'll be fronting hmm Cooking in a laboratory hoping I can tell a story