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Kendrick Lamar - DNA

DNA
Kendrick Lamar
03:05
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[Verse 1:]
I got, I got, I got, I got
Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA,
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA,
I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA,
I got hustle though, ambition, flow, inside my DNA.
I was born like this, since one like this,
Immaculate conception,
I transform like this, perform like this,
Was Yeshua's new weapon,
I don't contemplate, I meditate, then off your fuckin' head,
This that put-the-kids-to-bed,
This that I got, I got, I got, I got
Realness, I just kill shit 'cause it's in my DNA,
I got millions, I got riches buildin' in my DNA,
I got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DNA,
I got off, I got troublesome, heart inside my DNA,
I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve.
Yeah, that's him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird,
You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard,
I know how you work, I know just who you are,
See, you's a, you's a, you's a...
Bitch, your hormones prolly switch inside your DNA,
Problem is, all that sucker shit inside your DNA,
Daddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DNA,
Backbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gauge,
See, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the front,
Shit I've been through prolly offend you.
This is Paula's oldest son,
I know murder, conviction,
Burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead, redemption,
Scholars, fathers dead with kids,
And I wish I was fed forgiveness.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier's DNA,
Born inside the beast,
My expertise checked out in second grade,
When I was 9, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stay,
At 29, I've done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate.
And I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to,
Antisocial, extrovert,
And excellent mean the extra work
And absentness, what the fuck you heard?!
And pessimists never struck my nerve,
And that's a riff, gonna plead this case,
The reason my power's here on earth,
Salute the truth, when the prophet say.

[Bridge:]
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA,
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA.
I live a better life, I'm rollin' several dice, fuck your life!
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA,
I live a better, fuck your life!
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
This is my heritage, all I'm inheritin',
Money and power, the makin' of marriages.

— This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years.

[Verse 2:]
Tell me something
You mothafuckas, can't tell me nothing!
I'd rather die than to listen to you,
My DNA not for imitation,
Your DNA an abomination,
This how it is when you're in the Matrix,
Dodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sow,
And stackin' up the footage, livin' on the go,
And sleepin' in a villa,
Sippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the building,
Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floors,
Beach inside the window, peekin' out the window,
Baby in the pool – godfather goals.
Only Lord knows, I've been goin' hammer,
Dodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the cameras,
Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandals,
Yoga on a Monday, stretchin' to Nirvana,
Watchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakes,
Phone never on, I don't conversate,
I don't compromise, I just penetrate,
Sex, money, murder – these are the breaks,
These are the times, level number 9,
Look up in the sky, 10 is on the way,
Sentence on the way, killings on the way,
Motherfucker, I got winners on the way!
You ain't shit without a body on your belt,
You ain't shit without a ticket on your plate,
You ain't sick enough to pull it on yourself,
You ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skate,
Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate,
Gonna be your fate, gonna be our fate,
Peace to the world, let it rotate,
Sex, money, murder – our DNA.

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