Biography:
Kendrick Lamar (born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth June 17, 1987) is a rapper from Compton, California. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy collective along with members Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q. His music is largely influenced by the works of 2Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, The Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Eazy-E and Eminem.
He began to gain major recognition in 2010 after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, Lamar independently released his first studio album Section.
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Other songs:
- Backseat Freestyle
- Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
- Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe / Thinking About You
- Love.
- Swimming Pools
- 6 Foot 7 Foot
- All The Stars
- Alright
- Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe
- Blood
- Dna
- Element
- Fear
- Feel
- God
- Homies
- How Much A Dollar Cost
- Humble
- I
- King Kunta
- Love
- Loyalty
- Lust
- Money Trees
- Pride
- Sherane Aka Master Splinters Daughter
- Street Dreamin
- Swimming Pools Drank
- The Heart Part 4
- These Walls
- Untitled 06
- Untitled 08
- X
- Xxx
- Yah
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F#5 E5 F#5 G5 E5
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Capo 5th fret
[Verse 1]
N.C.
I got, I got, I got, I got
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Loyalty, got royalty inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got hustle though, ambition, flow, inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I was born like this, since one like this immaculate conception
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I transform like this, perform like this was Yeshua's new weapon
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I don’t contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head
E5 F#5
This that put-the-kids-to-bed, this that
[Verse 2]
N.C.
I got, I got, I got, I got
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Realness, I just kill shit 'cause it's in my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got millions, I got riches buildin’ in my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got off, I got troublesome, heart inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Yeah, that's him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard
E5 F#5
I know how you work, I know just who you are
[Verse 3]
N.C.
See, you's a, you's a, you's a
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Bitch, your hormones prolly switch inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Problem is, all that sucker shit inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Daddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Backbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gauge
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
See, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the front
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Shit I've been through prolly offend you, this is Paula’s oldest son
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I know murder, conviction, burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Redemption, scholars, fathers dead with kids and I wish I was fed
E5 F#5 N.C.
Forgiveness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA
[Verse 4]
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Born inside the beast, my expertise checked out in second grade
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
When I was nine, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stay
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
At twenty-nine, I’ve done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to antisocial, extrovert
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And excellent mean the extra work and absentness what the fuck you heard
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And pessimists never struck my nerve and that’s a riff, gonna plead this case
E5 F#5
The reason my power's here on earth
N.C.
Salute the truth, when the prophet say
[Bridge]
A#5
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
(This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years)
A#5 A#5
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
N.C.
(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
N.C.
I got, this is my heritage, all I'm inheritin', money and power, the makin' of marriages
[Outro]
A#5
Tell me somethin'
N.C.
You mothafuckas can't tell me nothin'
N.C.
I'd rather die than to listen to you
N.C.
My DNA not for imitation
N.C.
Your DNA an abomination
N.C.
This how it is when you're in the Matrix
N.C.
Dodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sow
N.C.
And stackin' up the footage, livin' on the go
N.C.
And sleepin' in a villa
N.C.
Sippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the buildin'
N.C.
Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floors
N.C.
Beach inside the window, peekin' out the window
N.C.
Baby in the pool, godfather goals
N.C.
Only Lord knows, I've been goin' hammer
N.C.
Dodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the cameras
N.C.
Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandals
N.C.
Yoga on a Monday, stretchin' to Nirvana
C#5
Watchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakes
D#5 C5
Phone never on, I don't conversate
A#5
I don't compromise, I just penetrate
A#5
Sex, money, murder—these are the breaks
C#5
These are the times, level number 9
D#5 C5
Look up in the sky, 10 is on the way
A#5
Sentence on the way, killings on the way
N.C.
Motherfucker, I got winners on the way
A#5
You ain't shit without a body on your belt
N.C.
You ain't shit without a ticket on your plate
N.C.
You ain't sick enough to pull it on yourself
N.C.
You ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skate
N.C.
Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate
N.C.
Gonna be your fate, gonna be our faith
N.C.
Peace to the world, let it rotate
N.C.
Sex, money, murder—our DNA
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B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---4---4---4-----2---4---5---2----|
A|---4---4---4-----2---4---5---2----|
E|---2---2---2-----0---2---3---0----|
Capo 5th fret
[Verse 1]
N.C.
I got, I got, I got, I got
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Loyalty, got royalty inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got hustle though, ambition, flow, inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I was born like this, since one like this immaculate conception
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I transform like this, perform like this was Yeshua's new weapon
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I don’t contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head
E5 F#5
This that put-the-kids-to-bed, this that
[Verse 2]
N.C.
I got, I got, I got, I got
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Realness, I just kill shit 'cause it's in my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got millions, I got riches buildin’ in my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I got off, I got troublesome, heart inside my DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Yeah, that's him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard
E5 F#5
I know how you work, I know just who you are
[Verse 3]
N.C.
See, you's a, you's a, you's a
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Bitch, your hormones prolly switch inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Problem is, all that sucker shit inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Daddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DN--A
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Backbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gauge
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
See, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the front
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Shit I've been through prolly offend you, this is Paula’s oldest son
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
I know murder, conviction, burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Redemption, scholars, fathers dead with kids and I wish I was fed
E5 F#5 N.C.
Forgiveness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA
[Verse 4]
F#5 E5 F#5 G5
Born inside the beast, my expertise checked out in second grade
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
When I was nine, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stay
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
At twenty-nine, I’ve done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to antisocial, extrovert
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And excellent mean the extra work and absentness what the fuck you heard
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5
And pessimists never struck my nerve and that’s a riff, gonna plead this case
E5 F#5
The reason my power's here on earth
N.C.
Salute the truth, when the prophet say
[Bridge]
A#5
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
(This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years)
A#5 A#5
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
N.C.
(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
N.C.
I got, this is my heritage, all I'm inheritin', money and power, the makin' of marriages
[Outro]
A#5
Tell me somethin'
N.C.
You mothafuckas can't tell me nothin'
N.C.
I'd rather die than to listen to you
N.C.
My DNA not for imitation
N.C.
Your DNA an abomination
N.C.
This how it is when you're in the Matrix
N.C.
Dodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sow
N.C.
And stackin' up the footage, livin' on the go
N.C.
And sleepin' in a villa
N.C.
Sippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the buildin'
N.C.
Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floors
N.C.
Beach inside the window, peekin' out the window
N.C.
Baby in the pool, godfather goals
N.C.
Only Lord knows, I've been goin' hammer
N.C.
Dodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the cameras
N.C.
Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandals
N.C.
Yoga on a Monday, stretchin' to Nirvana
C#5
Watchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakes
D#5 C5
Phone never on, I don't conversate
A#5
I don't compromise, I just penetrate
A#5
Sex, money, murder—these are the breaks
C#5
These are the times, level number 9
D#5 C5
Look up in the sky, 10 is on the way
A#5
Sentence on the way, killings on the way
N.C.
Motherfucker, I got winners on the way
A#5
You ain't shit without a body on your belt
N.C.
You ain't shit without a ticket on your plate
N.C.
You ain't sick enough to pull it on yourself
N.C.
You ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skate
N.C.
Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate
N.C.
Gonna be your fate, gonna be our faith
N.C.
Peace to the world, let it rotate
N.C.
Sex, money, murder—our DNA
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