Everybody, just clap your hands if your real
Middle finger up, give a fuck how they feel
Be yourself, just show that your 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 how to hold it down
I 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
Yes
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know how to hold it down
And yeah I know I'm from Compton, Cali
But I don't lace up Chucks or rock pink 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?
I grew up with killa's 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
Live 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.
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know how to hold it down
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 killa's, 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, I 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, mix it up in a blender
To make sure that you feel me
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know
Just let me be me
That's the only way I know how to hold it down
{Kendrick Lamar, what are you trying to say?
what are you trying to accomplish?}
I think that I finally reached the pinnacle
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 new found 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 bulls***
The negative you bring, the stress, the violence
The capital punishment, the loud police sirens
Too focused, one word, righteous
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, one word}
Let Me Be Me
Kendrick Lamar
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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 (from California Dreams, 2015) 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 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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