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The Heart Part 5

Kendrick Lamar

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The Heart Part 5

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As I get a lil' olderI realize life is perspectiveAnd my perspective may differ from yoursI wanted to say thank you to everybody that's been down with meFor all my fans, all my beautiful fansAnyone who's ever gave me a listenAll my peopleI come from a generation of pain where murder is minorRebellious and Margielas'll trip you for designerBelt buckles and clout, overzealous and prone to violenceMake the wrong turn, be a wheel of the wheel alignmentResidue burn, miss that in inner cityMiscommunication to keep homo' detective busyNo protection is riskyDesensitized, I vandalized pain, covered up in camouflageGet used to hearin' arsenal rainAnalyze, what's your life take to charge?Homies done fucked your baby momma once you hit the yard, that's cultureTwenty-three hour lockdown that somebody causedSaid your lil' nephew was shot down, the culture's involvedI done seen niggas do seventeen, hit the halfway houseGet out and get his brains blown out, lookin' to buy some weedCar wash is played out, new GoFundMe accounts'll proceedA brand new victim, shatter those dreams, the cultureBut I want you to want to want me too (Ah, oh, ah, oh, ah, oh)I want the hoodCome on me, baby (Ah, oh, ah, oh, ah, oh)I want the hood (Look what all I done for you)Look what I done for youLook what I done for youI said I do this for my cultureTo let ya' know what a nigga look like in a bulletproof RoverIn my momma's sofa was a [?]Head trigger, walk up closer, ain't no PhotoShoppin'Friends bipolar, grab you by your pocketsNo option if you froze up, always play the offenseNiggas goin' to work and sellin' work, late for workWorkin' late, prayin' for work but he don't pay for workThat's the culture, point the finger, promote ya'Remote location, witness protection, they gon' hold ya'The streets got me fucked up, y'all can miss meI wanna represent for usNew revolution was up and movin'I'm in Argentina wiping my tears full of confusion, water in between usAnother peer's been executed, history repeats againMake amends then find a nigga with the same skin to do itBut that's the culture, crack a bottleHard to deal with the pain when you soberBy tomorrow we forget the remains, we start overThat's the problem, our foundation was trained to accept whatever followsDehumanize, insensitive, scrutinizeThe way we live for you and IEnemy shook my hand, I could promise I meet youIn a land where no equal is your equal, never said I ain't told you (Nah)In the land where hurt people hurt more people, fuck callin' it cultureBut I want you to want to want me too (Ah, oh, ah, oh, ah, oh)I want the hoodCome on me, baby (Ah, oh, ah, oh, ah, oh)I want the hood (Look what all I done for you)Look what I done for youLook what I done for youTake the drums out(Phew, phew, phew)Celebrate new life when it come back aroundThe purpose is in the lessons we learnin' nowSacrifice personal gain over everythingJust to see the next generation better than oursI wasn't perfect, the skin I was in had truly sufferedTemptation and patience, everything that the body nurturesI felt the good, I felt the bad and I felt the worryBut all in all, my productivity has stayed urgentFace your fears, always knew that I would make it hereWhere the energy is magnified and perseveredConsciousness is syncronizin', crystal clearEuphoria is glorified and made HisThem same views make schools change curriculumsBut then change be starin' down the barrel with a gunShould I feel resentful I didn't see my full potential?Should I feel regret about the good I was into?Everything is everything, this ain't coincidentalI woke up that morning with more heart to give youAs I bleed through the speakers, feel my presenceTo my brother, to my kids, I'm in HeavenTo my mother, to my sis', I'm in HeavenTo my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is HeavenTo my friends, make sure you countin' them blessingsTo my fans, make sure you make them investmentsAnd to the killer that's spared at my demiseI forgive you, just know your soul's in questionI seen that pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezedAnd though you did me gruesome, I was surely relievedI completed my mission, wasn't ready to leaveBut fulfilled my days, my creator was pleasedI can't stress how I love y'allI don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'allThe memories regulate just because y'allCelebrate me with respect, the unity we protect is above allAnd Sam, I be watchin' over youMake sure my kids watch all my interviewsMake sure you live out our dreams we producedKeep that genius in your brain on the moveAnd to my neighborhood, let the good prevailMake sure them babies and the leaders outta jailLook for salvation when troubles get real'Cause you can't help the world until you help yourselfAnd I can't blame the hood the day I was killedY'all had to see it, that's the only way to feelAnd though my physical won't reap the benefitsThe energy that carries on emits still, I want you
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