I Lyrics - To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Is this mic on? 

Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up! 

I want the mic 

We bringing up nobody-nobody-nobody 

But the number one rapper in the world 

He done travelled all over the world 

He came back just to give you some game 

All the little boys and girls, come up here 

This for you, come on up 

Kendrick, come on 

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I done been through a whole lot 

Trial, tribulation, but I know God 

The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie 

Pray that the holy water don't go dry 

As I look around me 

So many motherfuckers wanna down me 

But an enemigo never drown me 

In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me 

(I love myself) 

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? 

(I love myself) 

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully 

(I love myself) 

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy 

(I love myself) 

One day at a time, uhh 

Photos 

And when they say it's a war outside, bomb in the street 

Gun in the hood, mob of police 

Rock on the corner with a line full of fiend 

And a bottle full of lean and a model on a scheme yup 

These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (Come to the front, yeah) 

I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis 

Dreams of reality's peace 

Blow steam in the face of the beast 

Sky could fall down, wind could cry now 

Look at me motherfucker, I smile 

(I love myself) 

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? 

(I love myself) 

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully 

(I love myself) 

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy 

(I love myself) 

One day at a time, uhh 

Everybody lookin' at you crazy (Crazy) 

What you gon' do? (What you gon' do?) 

Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving) 

Or let the paranoia haunt you? (Haunt you) 

Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart 

On my sleeve, let the runway start 

You know the miserable do love company 

What do you want from me and my scars? 

Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence 

How many times my potential was anonymous? 

How many times the city making me promises? 

So I promise this, nigga 

(I love myself) 

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? 

(I love myself) 

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully 

(I love myself) 

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy 

(I love myself) 

One day at a time, uhh 

Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet) 

Down, down valley deep (Down, down valley deep) 

Fi-fie-fo-fum (Fi-fie-fo-fum) 

My heart undone (My heart undone) 

(I love myself) 

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? 

(I love myself) 

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully 

(I love myself) 

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy 

(I love myself) 

One day at a time, uhh 

I went to war last night 

With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic 

I'ma do it till I get it right 

War last night 

I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent 

Duckin' every other blessin' I can never see the message 

I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave 

From a negative and letting them annihilate me 

And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed 

Finna run into a building, lay my body- 

*Argument breaks out in the crowd* 

Not on my time, Not while I'm up here 

Not on my time, kill the music 

Not on my time 

We could save that shit for the streets 

We could save that shit, this for the kids bro 

2015, niggas tired of playin' victim dawg 

Niggas ain't trying to play vic-- since Tutu how many niggas we done lost? 

Yeah, yeah, how many we done lost? 

No forreal, answer the question, how many niggas we done lost bro? 

This, this year alone 

Exactly. So we ain't got time to waste time my nigga 

Niggas gotta make time bro 

The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right? 

The judge make time so it ain't shit 

It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left dog 

On the dead homies Charlie P. you know that bro 

You know that 

It's mando 

And I say this because I love you niggas man 

I love all my niggas bro 

Exac — enough said, enough said 

We gon get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty my nigga 

Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check 

We gon do some acapella shit before we get back to -- 

All my niggas listen 

Listen to this: 

I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga" 

He said "think about what you saying, fuck niggas" 

No better than Samuel on D'Jango 

No better than a white man with slave boats 

Sound like I needed some soul searching 

My pops gave me some game in real person 

Retrace my steps on what they never taught me 

Did my home work fast before governement caught me 

So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah 

On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us 

So many artist gave her an explanation to hold us 

Well this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia 

N-E-G-U-S definition: royality King royalty - wait listen 

N-E-G-U-S description: Black emporor, King, ruler, now let me finish 

The history books overlooked the word and hide it 

America tried to make it to a house divided 

The homies don't recognize we be using it wrong 

So I'ma break it down and put my game in the song 

N-E-G-U-S, say it with me 

Or say no more. Black stars can come and get me 

Take it from Oprah Winfrey 

Tell her she right on time 

Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive