As I get a little older, I realize life is perspective
And my perspective may differ from yours
I wanna say thank you to everyone that's been down with me
All my fans, all my beautiful fans
As I get a little older, I realize life is perspective
And my perspective may differ from yours
I wanna say thank you to everyone that's been down with me
All my fans, all my beautiful fans
Anyone who's ever gave me a listen, all my people
[Verse 1]
I come from a generation of pain, where murder is minor
Rebellious and Margielas'll chip you for designer
Belt buckles and clout, overzealous if prone to violence
Make the wrong turn, be it will or the wheel alignment
Residue burned, mist of the inner-city
Miscommunication to keep homi' detective busy
No protection is risky
Desensitized, I vandalized pain, covered up and camouflaged
Get used to hearin' arsenal rain
Analyze, risk your life, take the charge
Homies done fucked your baby mama once you hit the yard, that's culture
Twenty-three hour lockdown, then somebody called
Said your lil' nephew was shot down, the culture's involved
I done seen niggas do seventeen, hit the halfway house
Get out and get his brains blown out, lookin' to buy some weed
Car wash is played out, new GoFundMe accounts'll proceed
A brand-new victim'll shatter those dreams, the culture
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Marvin Gaye]
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
But I want you to want me too (I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood to want me back (I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood
Look what I done for you (Look what I done for you)
Look what I done for you
[Verse 2]
I said I'd do this for my culture
To let y'all know what a nigga look like in a bulletproof Rover
In my mama's sofa was a doo-doo popper
Hair trigger, walk up closer, ain't no Photoshoppin'
Friends bipolar, grab you by your pockets
No option if you froze up, always play the offense
Niggas goin' to work and sellin' work, late for work
Workin' late, prayin' for work, but he on paperwork
That'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 me
I wanna represent for us
New revolution was up and movin'
I'm in Argentina wiping my tears full of confusion
Water in between us, another peer's been executed
History repeats again
Make amends, then find a nigga with the same skin to do it
But that's the culture, crack a bottle
Hard to deal with the pain when you're sober
By tomorrow, we forget the remains, we start over
That's the problem
Our foundation was trained to accept whatever follows
Dehumanized, insensitive
Scrutinize the way we live for you and I
Enemies shook my hand, I can promise I'll meet you
In the land where no equal is your equal
Never say I ain't told ya, nah
In the land where hurt people hurt more people
Fuck callin' it culture
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Marvin Gaye]
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
But I want you to want me too (I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood to want me back (I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood
Look what I done for you (Look what I done for you)
Look what I done for you
[Interlude]
Take the drums out
Phew, phew
Phew, phew
Phew
[Verse 3]
Celebrate new life when it come back around
The purpose is in the lessons we learnin' now
Sacrifice personal gain over everything
Just to see the next generation better than ours
I wasn't perfect, the skin I was in had truly suffered
Temptation, impatience, everything that the body nurtures
I felt the good, I felt the bad, and I felt the worry
But all-in-all, my productivity had stayed urging
Face your fears, always knew that I would make it here
Where the energy is magnified and persevered
Consciousness is synchronized and crystal-clear
Euphoria is glorified and made His
Reflectin' on my life and what I done
Paid dues, made rules, change outta love
Them same views made schools change curriculums
But didn't change me starin' down the barrel of that gun
Should I feel resentful I didn't see my full potential?
Should I feel regret about the good that I was into?
Everything is everything, this ain't coincidental
I woke up that morning with more heart to give you
As I bleed through the speakers, feel my presence
To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven
To my mother, to my sis, I'm in Heaven
To my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is Heaven
To my friends, make sure you countin' them blessings
To my fans, make sure you make them investments
And to the killer that sped up my demise
I forgive you, just know your soul's in question
I seen the pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezed
And though you did me gruesome, I was surely relieved
I completed my mission, wasn't ready to leave
But fulfilled my days, my Creator was pleased
I can't stress how I love y'all
I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all
The memories recollect just because y'all
Celebrate me with respect
The unity we protect is above all
And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you
Make sure my kids watch all my interviews
Make sure you live all the dreams we produced
Keep that genius in your brain on the move
And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail
Make sure them babies and them leaders outta jail
Look for salvation when troubles get real
Cause you can't help the world until you help yourself
And I can't blame the hood the day that I was killed
Y'all had to see it, that's the only way to feel
And though my physical won't reap the benefits
The energy that carry on emits still
I want you
Kako postajem malo stariji, shvaćam da je život perspektiva
I moja se perspektiva može razlikovati od vaše
Želim zahvaliti svima koji su bili sa mnom
Svi moji obožavatelji, svi moji lijepi obožavatelji
Svatko tko me ikad slušao, svi moji ljudi
[Stih 1]
Dolazim iz generacije boli, gdje je ubojstvo manje
Pobunjeni i Margielas će vas činiti za dizajnera
Kopče za pojaseve i prevrtanje, pretjerano, ako su skloni nasilju
Pogrešno skrenite, bilo da će biti ili poravnavanje kotača
Ostatak spaljen, magla unutarnjeg grada
Pogrešno komuniciranje za očuvanje hominog detektiva
Nijedna zaštita nije rizična
Desenzibilizirana, vandalizirala sam bol, prekrila i kamuflirana
Naviknite se da čujem arsenalnu kišu
Analizirajte, riskirajte svoj život, uzmite naplatu
Homies odrađene jebali vašu bebu mamu kad pogodiš dvorište, to je kultura
Dvadeset i tri sata zaključavanja, a zatim je netko pozvao
Rekao je vaš lil 'nećak oboren, kultura je uključena
Vidio sam crnce da rade sedamnaest, udario u kuću na pola puta
Izađite i izvadite mu mozak, gledaj da kupi malo korova
Okupljeno je pranje automobila, nastavit će se novi GoFundMe računi
Potpuno nova žrtva razbit će te snove, kulturu
[Zbor: Kendrick Lamar i Marvin Gaye]
(Želim, želim, želim, želim)
Ali želim da i ti želiš mene (želim, želim, želim, želim)
Želim da me kapuljača želi natrag (želim, želim, želim, želim)
Želim kapuljaču
Pogledajte što sam učinio za tebe (pogledaj što sam učinio za tebe)
Pogledajte što sam učinio za tebe
[Stih 2]
Rekao sam da ću to učiniti za svoju kulturu
Da biste znali kako izgledaju crnja u roveru
U sofi moje mame bio je doo-doo popper
Okidač za kosu, priđite bliže, nije Photoshoppin '
Prijatelji bipolarni, zgrabite te za džepove
Nema opcije ako se smrznete, uvijek igrajte prekršaj
Crnje idu raditi i prodavati posao, kasno za posao
Raditi kasno, molite se za posao, ali on na papirologiji
To je kultura, usmjerite prst, promovirajte vas
Udaljeno mjesto, zaštita svjedoka, oni vas drže
Ulice su me jebale, mogu vam nedostajati
Želim zastupati za nas
Nova revolucija bila je i kretala se
U Argentini sam brišući suze pune zbrke
Voda između nas, još jedan vršnjak je izveden
Povijest se opet ponavlja
Napravite izmjenu, a zatim pronađite crnku s istom kožom da to učinite
Ali to je kultura, puknite bocu
Teško se nositi s boli kad ste trijezni
Do sutra zaboravljamo ostatke, započinjemo ispočetka
To je problem
Naš temelj bio je obučen da prihvati sve što slijedi
Dehumaniziran, neosjetljiv
Pomno pregledati način na koji živimo za vas i ja
Neprijatelji su mi odmahnuli rukom, mogu obećati da ću te upoznati
U zemlji gdje nije jednaka jednaka
Nikad ne reci da ti nisam rekao, ne
U zemlji u kojoj povrijeđeni ljudi povrijede više ljudi
Jebi se Callin 'It Culture
[Zbor: Kendrick Lamar i Marvin Gaye]
(Želim, želim, želim, želim)
Ali želim da i ti želiš mene (želim, želim, želim, želim)
Želim da me kapuljača želi natrag (želim, želim, želim, želim)
Želim kapuljaču
Pogledajte što sam učinio za tebe (pogledaj što sam učinio za tebe)
Pogledajte što sam učinio za tebe
[Interlude]
Izvadite bubnjeve
Phew, Phew
Phew, Phew
Prepirka
[Stih 3]
Proslavite novi život kad se vrati okolo
Svrha je u lekcijama koje sada učimo
Žrtvovati osobni dobitak nad svime
Samo da vidimo sljedeću generaciju bolje od naše
Nisam bila savršena, koža u kojoj sam bio uistinu je pretrpjela
Iskušavanje, nestrpljivost, sve što tijelo njeguje
Osjetio sam dobro, osjećao sam loše i osjetio sam brigu
Ali sve u svemu, moja je produktivnost ostala nagovoriti
Suočite se sa svojim strahovima, uvijek sam znao da ću to napraviti ovdje
Gdje se energija povećava i ustraje
Svijest je sinkronizirana i kristalno čista
Euforija je proslavljena i učinila svoje
Razmišljam o svom životu i onome što sam učinio
Plaćene pristojbe, donesena pravila, promijenite ljubav
Njih isti pogledi natjerali su škole da promijene kurikulume
Ali nisam me promijenio starost niz bačvu tog pištolja
Trebam li se osjećati ogorčeno što nisam vidio svoj puni potencijal?
Trebam li osjećati žaljenje zbog dobrog u kojem sam se bavio?
Sve je sve, ovo nije slučajno
Probudio sam se tog jutra s više srca da vam dam
Dok krvarim kroz zvučnike, osjetite moju prisutnost
Mojem bratu, svojoj djeci, ja sam na nebu
Majci, svojoj seriji, ja sam na nebu
Ocu, svojoj ženi, ozbiljna sam, ovo je nebo
Mojim prijateljima obavezno ih brojite blagoslove
Mojim obožavateljima obavezno ih investiraju
I ubojicu koji je ubrzao moju smrt
Opraštam vam, samo znaj dotičnu vašu dušu
Vidio sam bol kod vaše zjenice kad je taj okidač stisnuo
I premda si me učinio jezivim, sigurno sam se oslobodio
Završio sam svoju misiju, nisam bio spreman otići
Ali ispunio svoje dane, moj Stvoritelj je bio zadovoljan
Ne mogu naglasiti kako vas volim
Ne trebam biti u tijelu samo da bih zagrlio
Sjećanja se sjećaju samo zato što ste svi
Proslavite me s poštovanjem
Jedinstvo koje zaštitimo je prije svega
I Sam, nadgledat ću te
Provjerite da moja djeca gledaju sve moje intervjue
Obavezno živite sve snove koje smo proizveli
Držite taj genij u svom mozgu u pokretu
I do moje susjedstva, neka dobro prevlada
Provjerite ih da bebe i oni vođe izvan zatvora
Potražite spasenje kada nevolje postanu stvarni
Jer ne možete pomoći svijetu dok ne pomognete sebi
I ne mogu kriviti kapuljaču onog dana kad sam ubijen
Morali ste to vidjeti, to je jedini način da se osjetite
I premda moj fizički neće iskoristiti prednosti
Energija koja se nosi još uvijek emitira
želim te