Produced By: Rahki
[Intro]
We got a young brother that stands for something! We got a young brother that believes in the all of us! Brother Kendrick Lamar! He's not a rapper, he's a writer, he's an author! And if you read between the lines, we'll learn how to love one another! But you can't do that... — (Right on!) — I said, you can't do that without loving yourself first.
[Verse 1]
(This is a world premiere)
I done been through a whole lot
Trial, tribulations, but I know God
Satan wanna put me in a bow tie
Praying that the holy water don't go dry
As I look around me
So many motherfuckers wanna down me
But ain't no nigga never drown me
In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
[Hook]
And I love myself
(The world is a ghetto with big guns and picket signs)
I love myself
(But it can do what it want whenever it wants and I don’t mind)
I love myself
(He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide)
I love myself
(One day at a time, sun gon' shine)
[Verse 2]
Everybody looking 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 our potential was anonymous?
How many times the city making me promises?
So I promise this
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
They wanna say there's a war outside and a bomb in the street
And a gun in the hood and a mob of police
And a rock on the corner and a line full of fiends
And a bottle full of lean and a model on a scheme, yup
These days of frustration, keep y'all on ducking rotation
I duck these gold faces, post up fee-fi-fo-fum basis
Dreams of realities peace, blow steam in the face of the beast
The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now
The strong in me, I still smile
[Hook]
[Bridge]
Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet)
Down, down valley deep (Down, down valley deep)
I keep my fee-fi-fo-fum (Fee-fi-fo-fum)
I keep my heart undone (My heart undone)
[Hook]
[Verse 4]
I went to war last night
With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic
Imma do it 'til I get it right, I went to war last night
I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
Duckin' every other blessin', l can never see the message
I can never take the lead, I can never bob and weave
For my nigga that be letting ‘em annihilate me
And its evident I'm moving at a meteor speed
Finna run into a building, lay my body in the street
Keep my money in the ceiling, let my mama know I'm free
Give my story to the children and the lesson they can read
And the glory to the feeling of the only unseen
Seen enough, make a motherfucker scream, I love myself!
[Outro]
I lost my head, I've must misread what the good book said
Oh woes keep me, it's a jungle inside
Give myself again 'til the well runs dry
[Car Horns]
I (from California Dreams, 2015)
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\u200bi (Album Version) \u200bu 1 Train (Feat. ASAP Rocky, Joey Bad Ass, Yelawolf,... 25 6'7 (Freestyle) A Million Dollar Arm Soundtrack (Snip) A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix A.D.H.D A.D.H.D. Ab-Soul's Outro Ab-Souls Outro Alien Girl (Today With Her) All Day Alright Autumn Leaves Average Joe B*tch Don't Kill My Vibe Backseat Backseat Freestyle Backwards Bad Blood Bad Blood (Remix) Balance Fasho Barbed Wire BET BackRoom Freestyle BET Cypher Better Off (Feat. Quadron) Beyonce Big Boys Neighborhood (Freestyle) Biggie (Freestyle) Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (remix) Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International Remix) Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch, Don\u2019t Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Remix Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Black Boy Fly Black Friday Black Friday (A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix) Black fridayf Blessed Blessed ft. Schoolboy Q Blow My High (Members Only) Blue Faces Bridget Kelly – Street Dreamin Buried Alive Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon and Cereal Cartoons & Cereal Celebration Chapter 6 Chapter Six Chapter Ten Cloud 10 Collard Greens Collard Greens (Feat. Schoolboy Q) Collard Greens ft. Schoolboy Q Collect Calls Complexion Complexion (A Zulu Love) Compton Compton Feat. Dr. Dre Compton ft. Dr. Dre (Prod. by Just Blaze) Compton's Finest Comptons Finest (Feat. H.O.P.E.) Control Control County Building Blues Cut You Off Cut You Off (To Grow Closer) Determined Do Yo Gudda (Remix) Don't Kill My Vibe Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Don't Understand Don't Understand Double XL Dumb It Down Dying Of Thirst F*ck Your Ethnicity Faith Far from Here Fight The Feeling For Free? For Free? (Interlude) For Sale? For Sale? (Interlude) For The Girlfriends For The Homies Forbidden Fruit (Feat. J Cole) Fragile Fuck Your Ethnicity Funkmasterflex (Freestyle) Get Bizy Get Bizy ft. Kurupt & Bad Lucc (Prod. by Terrace M... Good Kid Good Morning America GQ Man of The Year 2013 Freestyle Growing Apart (From Everything) Growing Apart (To Get Closer) H.O.C H.O.C. Heart Pt. 3 Heaven & Hell Heaven & Hell Heaven and Hell Heaven Help Dem Higher Ground (BBC Radio Freestyle) Hii Power Hiii Power HiiiiPoWeR HiiiPower Hol' Up Hol' Up Holy Ghost (Remix) Homage To DPG ft. LaToiya Williams (Prod. by Focus... Hood Gone Love It Hood Politics How Many Drinks How Many Drinks (Remix) (Feat. Miguel) How Much A Dollar Cost Hub City's Wild Side I I Am (Interlude) I Do This I Do This (Remix) I Do This (Remix) I Hate You I Want It All I Want It All (Feat. B. Martin, Juicy J) I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 Ignorance Is Bliss Im Da Man Institutionalized Interlude Is It Love Jason Keaton & Uncle Bobby Keisha's Song Keisha's Song (Her Pain) Keisha's Song Her Pain Keisha's Song Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar BET Cypher Cypher at the BET Hip Ho... Kendrick Lamar Interlude Track No.9 on Ab-Soul's '... Kendrick Lamar Partynauseous is a duet with Lady G... Kendrick Lamar Sing About Me Produced by Pac Div. ... Kendrick Lamar: Rapper of the Year - GQ King Kunta Kush & Corinthians Kush & Corinthians Kush and Corinthians (His Pain) Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Last Real Nigga Alive Let Me Be Me Lets Us Move On (Feat. Dido) Little Johnny LMAO Look Out For Detox Looks Good With Trouble (Feat. Solange) Lunch Table Lunch Table (Freestyle) Lunch Table (L.A. Leakers Freestyle) M.A.A.d City m.A.A.d city Feat. Mc Eiht Members Only Memories Back Then Memories Back Then (Feat. T.I., B.o.B) Michael Jordan Michel Jordan Momma Money Trees Monster Monster Freestyle Mortal Man Murder Murder (Feat. The Game, Scarface) My Mind Drifts My People Never Catch Me No Make-Up (Her Vice) No Makeup Not Coming Down Now Or Never Opposites Attract (Tomorrow W\/O Her) Opposites Attract (Tomorrow Without Her Outrageous P&P 1.5 P&P P&P 1.5 Party Nauseous Partynauseous Pay for It Phone Home Poe Man Dreams Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice) Poetic Justice Poetic Justice feat. Drake Poetic Justicee Power Circle PP 1.5 R.I.P. (Remix) R.O.T.C. (Interlude) Rare Breed Real Real 92.3 Freestyle Real feat. Anna Wise of Sonnymoon Rigamortis Rigamortis Remix Rigamortus Rigamortus (Remix) Rip (Remix) Ronal Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils) Rossi Wine (Prod. by Droop E) Say Whassup (Black Hippy) Sex With Society Shake It Off (Freestyle) She Needs Me She Needs Me (Remix) Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter Sherane aka Master Splinter's Daughter Shock The World Sing About Me Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst Skill Still Appeal Solo Dolo Solo Dolo Part 2 (Feat. Kid Cudi) Somebody That I Used To Know (Freestyle) Street Dreamin (Feat. Bridget Kelly) Swimming Pools Swimming Pools (Black Hippy Remix) Swimming Pools (Drank) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Single) Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] Swimming Pools (Remix) Swimming Pools (Replay Remix) Taking Me Down Talib Kweli Interlude Tammy's Song Tammy's Song (Her Evils) Tammy's Song Her Evils Tammy's Song TDE Roll Call (Black Hippy) Temptation Textbook Stuff Thanksgiving The Art Of Peer Pressure The Blacker The Berry The Blacker The Berry (feat. Assassin) The City The City Is Mines The Heart Pt 3 The Heart Pt. 2 The Heart Pt. 3 The Heart Pt. II The Heart Pt. III The Jig Is Up The Jig Is Up (Dump'n) The Recipe The Recipe (Black Hippy Remix) The Recipe (Single) The Relevant The Spiteful Chant These Walls They Say Thirsty Today Track 1 Trip Two Presidents U U \/ For Sale? (God Is Gangsta) U.O.E.N.O. (Black Hippy) U.O.E.N.O. (Remix) Uncle Bobby & Jason Keaton Untitled Untitled 01 (08.19.2014) untitled 01 | 08.19.2014. untitled 02 (06.23.2014) untitled 02 | 06.23.2014. untitled 03 (05.28.2013) untitled 03 | 05.28.2013. Untitled 04 (08.14.2014) untitled 04 | 08.14.2014. untitled 05 (09.21.2014) untitled 05 | 09.21.2014. untitled 06 (06.30.2014) untitled 06 | 06.30.2014. Untitled 07 - 2014-2016 Untitled 07 - Levitate untitled 07 (2014 - 2016) Untitled 07 (Levitate) untitled 07 | 2014 - 2016 untitled 08 (09.06.2014) untitled 08 | 09.06.2014. Untitled 2 Untitled 2 (Blue Faces) Vanity Slaves Vanity Slaves Part 2 Wanna Be Heard War Is My Love Watts R.I.O.T. (Feat. Gee Watts) We Up We Up (Feat. 50 Cent) Wesley's Theory Wesley's Theory Westside Right On Westside, Right On Time What The Deal What The Deal (Freestyle) (Feat. Miguel) Who Shot Ya Who Shot Ya (Freestyle) Writer At War: \u2019s XXL Cover Story XXL Freshman You Ain't Gotta Lie You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) Young & Black
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