KENDRICK LAMAR - The Heart Pt.2 lyrics

rate me

(Intro)

I'll tell you what I don’t believe in, can I do that?

Alright, I don’t believe in laws, or the system by any means, whatsoeva

I try not to obey them at anytime

That's what I believe in not believing it, so what keeps you alive?

Four big bottles of water a day, two packs of Marlboro Reds

And, uh, I don’t what keeps me alive, shit

Music, I have to listen to music all day long

I'd say that keeps me going. I’m a pretty dark person

I’ve though about ending it a million times

And I have to say that music keeps me here, by far

The main thing

(Verse)

Thank you! Sittin' in the studio thinkin' about what mood would go

Right now, freestyle or write down, whateva

It still'll come up clever

I just need to free to my thoughts & Lord knows that I know better

But I ain't perfect & I ain't seen 2 many churches

Or know them testament verses

Ya should either hear me now or go deaf

Or end up dead, die tryin' & know death

Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath

Fuck a funeral, just make sure ya pay my music respect (nigga)

I mean that from the bottom of my heart

Ya see my art, is all I have

And victory tastes sweet, even when the enemy can throw salt

Still knock them out the park like a fuckin' tow car

Let bygones be bygones but where I'm from

We buy guns & mo' guns, to give to the young

I'm livin' the life of a nigga trapped nigga

Inside the system, all ya envision is trap niggas

My uncle doin' life, inside prison he wasn't wrapped too tight

He told me to rap about life, not rap niggas

That's why I'm shakin' my head when ya rap dissin'

My stomach start turnin', my nerves get the twitchin'

I start evaluating, then my final intuition

Is that ya wishin' a come up, would just come up

We used to beefin' ova a turf, fuck beefin' ova a verse

Niggas dyin', muthafuck a double entendre

And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph

Wrap saran our defiance, ban our alliance

Put burners in the hands, of the black man

One hood wit twenty 4 4's like a cloned Kobe Bryant

Ya probably heard I wanna be heard & wonder who I am

Ya probably even listen to Faith & think I know Zion

But really I'm just caught in the loop, of understandin' the truth

Becuz it seem like it's always clashin' wit science

I got a big fear of flyin'

My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lyin'

I swear to God half of ya'll just don't know Kendrick

The school of hardknocks, we was the first ones in attendence

Ya walkin' down the block, he got shot, ya are no eye witness

Ya just mind yo bidness

Ya just turn yo head, kneel down & then tie yo tennis

It's kind of scary ain't it?

Ya can't act like no bitch that only got Tyler Perry famous

Just let me explain this, why ya pick up that stainless

Becuz yo pops wasn't anxious to see ya & ya hate it

So much ya probably had yo burner tucked at graduation

So if ya see him on 'em bleachers then ya kill him

Facin' twenty five to life wit a murder charge

Yo enemies was the prey & now ya pray to God

I pray these bars get farther than Compton

And if our record neva break, I still won’t break my promise

I promise to keep it honest

Secret society all we ask is trust

And all we lack is communication like service sucks

The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come

And I'm like

The Kendrick Lamar OD in less than a month, alright?

Gotta keep it pushin'

Can't let the government tell me how my future lookin'

I'm on Rosecrans & Central tryna duck the central bookins'

If the fucking pigs get behind me then ya know I'm booking

Neva will I surrender

I been a warrior when I came out my mom's placenta

In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter

How splendid, I guess my project I did it

Got all these niggas approachin' they mixtapes different

They said seven tracks, I said fifteen

Called it an EP, they said I’m tripping

But little did they know, I’m tryna' change the rules

That we’ve been confined to, so the corporate won’t make decisions

Uppity bitches, handlin' business

Killing our dreams, stealin' our vision

Out in Haiti, adolescents barely have a home

In LA errybody think they fuckin' on

Hop on twitter, perpetrate we doin' big shit

Who we hangin' wit & braggin' about the iPhone

I swear to God most y'all cats just don’t know Kendrick

Ya barely know yoself, so I guess most o' y'all should be offended

Ain’t doing this for my health I’m tryna' purchase my momma dem' Benzes

Occupyin' my time wit riches, justifyin' my time & ambitions

Just to coincide, just to go inside, plus we idolize why we livin'

Look the mastermind, took the masters mind

Just the perfect time, just to master mine

Just to match the grind wit precision

Look the mastermind, took

(Outro)

We would like to call this an appreciation tape

For those who recognized the Kendrick Lamar EP

For this is the Kendrick Lamar OD

Becuz of ya we are Overly Dedicated