Faith Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

Cloud nine, Kendrick Lamar, uh 

I take a sip of Hennessy and then get pissy drunk 

I ain't a drinker, I'm a thinker, call it what you want 

But if you turn your back, know that you just missed your chance 

to witness the realest shit that's ever been told to man 

I found myself losing focus at a Sunday service 

Embarrassed so I started questioning God, what is my purpose? 

He say to live the way he did, that's all he want from me 

Spread the word and witness, he rose on the first Sunday 

I said alright, enthused that my Lord gave a listen 

I opened my bible and searched to be a better Christian 

and this from a person that never believed in religion 

But shit, my life is so fucked up man, I can't help but give in 

I'm giving testimonies to strangers I never met 

Hopped on the pulpit and told 'em how I was truly blessed 

Felt like I'm free from all my sins when the service was over 

Walked out the church, then got a call that my homie was murdered 

and lost my faith again 

What am I gonna do? Gotta have faith 

Life is too much, understood? Where is your faith? 

Oh, faaaaaaaith... 

All you need is the size of a mustard seed 

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Single black parent from Compton raising children of four 

That's four innocent bastards, cause papa they don't know 

Her day consists of working back and forth with babysitters 

Can't find no one to watch her kids so she pay her sister 

Her baby daddy ain't bout shit, that nigga ain't bout shit 

Spent his daughter milk just to cop a new outfit 

She pray to God every night hoping that he'll mature 

and maybe one day his kids, something that he'll live for 

Baby wanna go back to school but she need some help 

because it's hard tryna pay the bills when you're by yourself 

She thought about credit card scams till she heard a voice 

that said the Devil is a lie, make a better choice 

And so it's back to McDonald's and every month dealing 

with them crazy ass people at the county building 

Looked to the heavens and asked 'em to make a better way 

Then got a letter in the mail, lost her section 8 

Then lost her faith again 

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Kendrick, I appreciate the opportunity to vent my nigga 

This about how faith works, yeah, murk it... 

I had dreams of holding a nine-milla to raise Killa 

Ask him why as my eyes fill up 

Each day it gets more realer, orangutans bang like gorillas 

It's jungle when the niggas ensue 

The rat's lurking, vulture's circling the serpents 

Cats lying through they teeth, my nigga didn't deserve it 

I flirted with the idea of caressing the steel 

to make karma come faster than she normally will 

It's ill, to see my faith try and leave me 

It's so hard to get it, to get rid of it is easy 

I'm tryna reach cloud nine, that's what my niggas bout 

But it never rain in California 'less them pistols out 

Until then, my feet planted on the ground 

Shadowboxing my conscience till my faith start responding 

And if I get no answer, just know I tried 

I should have never looked into his son's eyes 

Ray Charles voice 

This for my people that stressing whenever times is hard 

Your mind's slipping, wondering is there really a God? 

Knowing you shouldn't think that way and tryna freeze your brain 

But whenever it's pain, that feeling forever remains 

We can't believe what we can't see and reality seems stronger than prayer 

cause you tried to change your life, and now you live in a wheelchair 

And your son was born with cancer and he live in urgent care 

at the tender age of twelve, and you feel that no one cares 

Searching for answers, that's human nature, you ain't in the wrong 

Just know, when you feeling that way his spirit's in the room 

I watched people I know pray and catch the Holy Ghost 

and wonder why I ain't never caught that feeling before 

Maybe they know him better, or I don't know no better 

But what I do know is that he's real and he lives forever 

So the next time you feel like your world's about to end 

I hope you studied because he's testing your faith again