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Is this mic on?

Hey! Hey! Turn the mic up!

I want the mic

We bringing up nobody-nobody-nobody

But the number one rapper in the world

He done travelled all over the world

He came back just to give you some game

All the little boys and girls, come up here

This for you, come on up

Kendrick, come on



I done been through a whole lot

Trial, tribulation, but I know God

The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie

Pray that the holy water don't go dry

As I look around me

So many motherfuckers wanna down me

But an enemigo never drown me

In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me






(I love myself)

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see?

(I love myself)

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully

(I love myself)

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy

(I love myself)

One day at a time, uhh



And when they say it's a war outside, bomb in the street

Gun in the hood, mob of police

Rock on the corner with a line full of fiend

And a bottle full of lean and a model on a scheme yup

These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (Come to the front, yeah)

I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis

Dreams of reality's peace

Blow steam in the face of the beast

Sky could fall down, wind could cry now

Look at me motherfucker, I smile



(I love myself)

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see?

(I love myself)

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully

(I love myself)

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy

(I love myself)

One day at a time, uhh



Everybody lookin' 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 my potential was anonymous?

How many times the city making me promises?

So I promise this, nigga



(I love myself)

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see?

(I love myself)

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully

(I love myself)

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy

(I love myself)

One day at a time, uhh



Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet)

Down, down valley deep (Down, down valley deep)

Fi-fie-fo-fum (Fi-fie-fo-fum)

My heart undone (My heart undone)



(I love myself)

When you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see?

(I love myself)

I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully

(I love myself)

Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't be shy

(I love myself)

One day at a time, uhh



I went to war last night

With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic

I'ma do it till I get it right

War last night

I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent

Duckin' every other blessin' I can never see the message

I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave

From a negative and letting them annihilate me

And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed

Finna run into a building, lay my body-



*Argument breaks out in the crowd*



Not on my time, Not while I'm up here

Not on my time, kill the music

Not on my time

We could save that shit for the streets

We could save that shit, this for the kids bro

2015, niggas tired of playin' victim dawg

Niggas ain't trying to play vic-- since Tutu how many niggas we done lost?

Yeah, yeah, how many we done lost?

No forreal, answer the question, how many niggas we done lost bro?

This, this year alone

Exactly. So we ain't got time to waste time my nigga

Niggas gotta make time bro

The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right?

The judge make time so it ain't shit

It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left dog

On the dead homies Charlie P. you know that bro

You know that

It's mando

And I say this because I love you niggas man

I love all my niggas bro

Exac — enough said, enough said

We gon get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty my nigga

Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check

We gon do some acapella shit before we get back to --

All my niggas listen

Listen to this:



I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga"

He said "think about what you saying, fuck niggas"

No better than Samuel on D'Jango

No better than a white man with slave boats

Sound like I needed some soul searching

My pops gave me some game in real person

Retrace my steps on what they never taught me

Did my home work fast before governement caught me

So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah

On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us

So many artist gave her an explanation to hold us

Well this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia

N-E-G-U-S definition: royality King royalty - wait listen

N-E-G-U-S description: Black emporor, King, ruler, now let me finish

The history books overlooked the word and hide it

America tried to make it to a house divided

The homies don't recognize we be using it wrong

So I'ma break it down and put my game in the song

N-E-G-U-S, say it with me

Or say no more. Black stars can come and get me

Take it from Oprah Winfrey

Tell her she right on time

Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive