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Kendrick Lamar

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DNA.

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[Verse 1]I got, I got, I got, I gotLoyalty, got royalty inside my DN--ACocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DN--AI got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DN--AI got hustle though, ambition, flow, inside my DN--AI was born like this, since one like this immaculate conceptionI transform like this, perform like this was Yeshua's new weaponI don’t contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking headThis that put-the-kids-to-bed, this that[Verse 2]I got, I got, I got, I gotRealness, I just kill shit 'cause it's in my DN--AI got millions, I got riches buildin’ in my DN--AI got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DN--AI got off, I got troublesome, heart inside my DN--AI just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serveYeah, that's him again, the sound that engine in is like a birdYou see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevardI know how you work, I know just who you are[Verse 3]See, you's a, you's a, you's aBitch, your hormones prolly switch inside your DN--AProblem is, all that sucker shit inside your DN--ADaddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DN--ABackbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gaugeSee, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the frontShit I've been through prolly offend you, this is Paula’s oldest sonI know murder, conviction, burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, deadRedemption, scholars, fathers dead with kids and I wish I was fedForgiveness, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA[Verse 4]Born inside the beast, my expertise checked out in second gradeWhen I was nine, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stayAt twenty-nine, I’ve done so well, hit cartwheel in my estateAnd I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to antisocial, extrovertAnd excellent mean the extra work and absentness what the fuck you heardAnd pessimists never struck my nerve and that’s a riff, gonna plead this caseThe reason my power's here on earthSalute the truth, when the prophet say[Bridge]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 inrecent years)I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)I got, this is my heritage, all I'm inheritin', money and power, the makin' of marriages[Outro]Tell me somethin'You mothafuckas can't tell me nothin'I'd rather die than to listen to youMy DNA not for imitationYour DNA an abominationThis how it is when you're in the MatrixDodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sowAnd stackin' up the footage, livin' on the goAnd sleepin' in a villaSippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the buildin'Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floorsBeach inside the window, peekin' out the windowBaby in the pool, godfather goalsOnly Lord knows, I've been goin' hammerDodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the camerasEat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandalsYoga on a Monday, stretchin' to NirvanaWatchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakesPhone never on, I don't conversateI don't compromise, I just penetrateSex, money, murder—these are the breaksThese are the times, level number 9Look up in the sky, 10 is on the waySentence on the way, killings on the wayMotherfucker, I got winners on the wayYou ain't shit without a body on your beltYou ain't shit without a ticket on your plateYou ain't sick enough to pull it on yourselfYou ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skateTell me when destruction gonna be my fateGonna be your fate, gonna be our faithPeace to the world, let it rotateSex, money, murder—our DNA
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