Let Me Be Me Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

Everybody, just clap your hands if you're real 

Middle finger up, give a fuck how they feel 

Be yourself, just show that you're real 

Middle fingers up 

Just let me be me 

That's the only way I know 

Just let me be me 

That's the only way I know 

That's the only way I know how to hold it down 

That's, that's the only way I know how to hold it down 

just wanna be me 

No disrespect, but motherfuck you 

My education stopped at a high school degree 

But I can outsmart any high IQ 

Draped in some fly shit 

Call me Jeff Goldblum 

Cold, my style making my nose run 

Oh, I stare at the mirror then realize, that real lies within me 

Some say I'm crazy cause I think like I need a shrink 

Ask too many questions about the stars and Earth shit 

Rather be in the studio then out buying drinks 

So if I'm not clubbing, don't think I'm on some jerk shit 

And California on that jerk shit 

But I'd just rather 2-step, like my first steps 

Jill Scott on my iPod, as my head rests 

And yeah I know I'm from Compton, Cali 

But I don't lace up Chucks or rock tan khakis 

And skinny jeans ain't quite the lick 

I probably would wear 'em but my dick don't fit 

Ha ha ha, I like to joke, got a sense of humor? 

Still face 

play me short like an oompa loompa 

You ain't gotta screw up your face in front of the kids 

Won't you lighten up like Michael did? 

grew up with killas man, people who killed, man 

But my character never could be like them, man 

And they respect that, say that I'm real man 

Not a fake person, that's the Sims man 

L 

ive my life through some film, man 

I ain't acting out shit 

I be packing out shows 

Cause they know that they don't know Kendrick fo' sho 

Almost lost my life to the industry 

Had to look through a photobook to remember me 

These label heads ain't nothing but bullshit 

Have you with professional killas, chasing hits 

Lying to yourself, all over an image 

Making records they want, that was wrecking my brilliance 

My Mama said, "Boy, that don't sound like you." 

I said, "This is the sound, though." 

My only excuse 

Quite frankly, dusted off my shoes with my hankie 

And kicked it like he skate, make these motherfuckers hate me 

The reason why they hate, is cause these motherfuckers ain't me 

And you can underrate me, but I know what I'm worth 

A diamond in God's dirt, a diamond in winter 

Watch the Simpsons and eating some cereal for dinner 

See I give you my life, to mix it up in a blender 

To make sure that you feel me 

Kendrick Lamar, what are you trying to say? 

What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? 

Kendrick Lamar. what are you trying to say? 

What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? 

Kendrick Lamar, is this really you? 

Is this who you are? What are you trying to say? 

What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? 

Kendrick Lamar, who are you? 

What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? 

Kendrick Lamar, What are you trying to say? 

What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? 

I think that I finally reached the pinnacle 

Of finding myself as an individual 

The world is so typical 

I just wanna be higher than that 

I used to want to be the messiah of Rap 

Infatuated with becoming a relevant star 

Trying to say goodbye to the glamorous chains and cars 

That I never had, but wrote it in my raps to make you mad 

Vanity, they say that it can damage me 

So do I really want it? 

If I didn't, I guess I'm a cool cocaine connect 

That means I'll be frontin' 

Cooking in a laboratory, hoping I can tell a story 

That the whole world can feel, like the ones that came before me 

Knowing that I'm misunderstood 

So I gotta get my point across like a snitch would 

And I would never walk in the shadow that never was really there 

Or try to fill the shoes of an invisible pair 

And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty 

And all I could say is, "Will the radio care?" 

Yeah, or should I say no? 

Or should I just stop and come with a whole new approach? 

You heard my hip-hop when I was 16 years old 

Well that was me then, now I'm an adult 

22, like the smallest of guns that you know 

Most determined, but with the smallest of funds to show 

But I'm not worried 

My talent should take me places I've never been 

The world should turn as soon as my records spin 

I wanna be the highest, on top of all the bullshit 

The negative you bring, the stress, the violence 

The capital punishment, the loud police sirens 

Too focused, one word, righteous 

And this is Kendrick Lamar, and soon ya'll know Cloud 9, ya'll 

That means I wanna be the highest 

Too focused, one word, righteous 

That means I wanna be the highest 

Too focused, one word 

Too focused, too focused, one word 

Too focused, too focused, one word 

Too focused, too focused, one word 

Too focused, one word 

Too focused, too focused, one word 

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