Kendrick Lamar Quotes

We cry together, it’s a conversation, not a confrontation

We gon’ live forever since the day that they put my cousin in a casket

I’m not on the outside looking in, I’m not on the inside looking out. I’m in the dead f***ing center, looking around

Money trees is the perfect place for shade, and that's just how I feel

Bitch, don't kill my vibe

I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same

Jealousy is a weak emotion, you gotta conquer that

Look inside my soul and you can find gold, maybe get rich

Life will put many things in perspective, including your fears

The evils of Lucy was all around me

If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name

I’m trying to keep faith, we on a ultralight beam

Life is a traffic jam, even when you on the Hollywood scene

Complexion don’t mean a thing

I got some true stories to tell, you back outside, but they still lied

Everybody’s a victim either proud or forgiven

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us

My plan B is to win your hearts before I win a Grammy

I'm at the point where I'm in control of my destiny

When the lights shut off and it's my turn to settle down, my main concern, promise that you will sing about me

Loyalty, got loyalty inside my DNA

Institutionalized manipulation and lies get told to the youth

But what love got to do with it when you don’t love yourself?

I find myself retracing all the same mistakes that I made years ago

I want the credit if I’m losing or I’m winning

We’re gonna be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon’ be alright

The world don’t respect you and the culture don’t accept you

We all woke up, tryna tune to the daily news, looking for confirmation, hoping election wasn't true

Ain’t nothing new, but we gon’ make it new

This is why DNA tests not for me, I’d rather trust the numbers

I’d rather die than to listen to you

I can feel the changes, I can feel a new life

If God got us, then we gon’ be alright

Ain’t no peace when you sleep in the streets

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

Ain't no Black Power when your baby killed by a coward

Every day I try to escape the realities of this world

We live in a world where we kill because we want to live

I can feel your energy from two planets away

After all, I’ll probably die anonymous

We crack the code, we count the money on the table

Sometimes destruction is the only way to see growth

Love is not just a verb, it’s you looking in the mirror

Ain’t nobody praying for me

Sit down, be humble

This dick ain’t free!

I can't fake humble just 'cause your ass is insecure

This is the world we live in, where they love you then they hate you and they love you again

I was born in a city where the skinny niggas die every day

A dollar might just make that lane switch, that's just how I feel

The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now, the strong in me, I still smile

You fear what you don’t understand

Who need a hero? You need a hero, look in the mirror, there go your hero

Sometimes you need your ego, gotta remind these fools who they effin' with

The yams is the power that be

You ain’t gotta lie to kick it

There’s beauty in completion, and always faith in the unknown

Pray for me, I’m about to hit the ‘yay button

You take a man out the hood, you can’t take the hood out the homie

I can't please everybody

I remember syrup sandwiches and crime allowances

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards

You ain’t perfect, but you’re worth it

I need some water, something came over me, way too hot to simmer down, might as well overheat

Tell me what you do for love, loyalty, and passion

Respect is in the heart, so that's where I'ma start

Dreams of living life like rappers do, back when condom wrappers wasn’t cool

The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets that conceived it

This is a world premiere and I’m here to break bread

Where your leaders? You got false idols

Show me something natural like afro on Richard Pryor

If I’m honest with you, I am not the same person I was yesterday

The one in front of the gun lives forever

Ain’t no turnin’ back, so give me what you got

You can’t have everything, wantin’ everything, lose your mind

If Piru and Crip all got along, they’d probably gun me down by the end of this song

This plot is bigger than me, it’s generational hatred

I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA

I’ve been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent

I grieve different

As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us

I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception

We may never understand this life

My life is a pot of gold, yours has been a toilet bowl

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God

Sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window

This plot is bigger than me, it’s generational hatred

I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same

I went through all emotions, from motherfucking weak, to motherfucking strong

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

Love’s gonna get you killed, but pride’s gonna be the death of you and you and me

What happens on Earth stays on Earth

You sabotage your dream, I do this for the people that believe in me

Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same