Kendrick Lamar - FEAR.

I don't think I could find a way
to make it on this earth
What's up family
Yeah it's yo cousin Carl man
just givin' you a call man
I know you been havin' a lot
on yo mind lately
and I know you feel like you know
people ain't been prayin' for you
But you have to understand this man
that we are a cursed people
Deuteronomy 28 28 says
The Lord shall smite
thee with madness
and blindness
and astonishment of heart
See family
that's why you feel like you feel like
you got a chip on your shoulder
Until you finally get the memo
Why God
why God do I gotta suffer
Pain in my heart carry
burdens full of struggle
Why God
why God do I gotta bleed
Every stone thrown at you
restin' at my feet
Why God
why God do I gotta suffer
Earth is no more
won't you burn this muh'fucka
I don't think I could find a way
to make it on this earth
I beat yo ass
keep talkin' back
I beat yo ass
who bought you that
You stole it
I beat yo ass if you say that
game is broken
I beat yo ass if you jump
on my couch
I beat yo ass if you walk
in this house
With tears in your eyes
runnin' from Poo Poo and Prentice
Go back outside I beat yo ass
lil nigga
That homework better be finished
I beat yo ass
Your teachers better not be
bitchin' 'bout you in class
That pizza better not be wasted
you eat it all
That TV better not be loud
if you got it on
Them Jordans better not get dirty
when I just bought 'em
Better not hear 'bout you humpin'
on Keisha's daughter
Better not hear you got caught up
I beat yo ass
you better not run to your father
I beat yo ass
you know my patience runnin' thin
I got beaucoup payments to make
County building's on my ass
Tryna take my food stamps away
I beat yo ass if you tell them
social workers he live here
I beat yo ass if I beat yo ass
twice and you still here
Seven years old
think you run this house by yourself
Nigga
you gon' fear me
if you don't fear no one else
If I could smoke fear away
I'd roll that mothafucka up
And then I'd take two puffs
I'm high now I'm high now
I'm high now I'm high now
Life's a bitch
pull them panties to the side now
I don't think I could find a way
to make it on this earth
I'll prolly die anonymous
I'll prolly die with promises
I'll prolly die walkin' back home
from the candy house
I'll prolly die because these
colors are standin' out
I'll prolly die because I ain't know
Demarcus was snitchin'
I'll prolly die at these house parties
fuckin' with bitches
I'll prolly die from witnesses
leavin' me falsed accused
I'll prolly die from thinkin' that
me and your hood was cool
Or maybe die from pressin' the line
actin' too extra
Or maybe die
because these smokers
Are more than desperate
I'll prolly die from one of
these bats and blue badges
Body slammed on black and
white paint
my bones snappin'
Or maybe die from panic
or die from bein' too lax
Or die from waitin' on it
die 'cause I'm movin' too fast
I'll prolly die tryna buy
weed at the apartments
I'll prolly die tryna diffuse
two homies arguin'
I'll prolly die 'cause that's
what you do when you're 17
All worries in a hurry
I wish I controlled things
If I could smoke fear away
I'd roll that mothafucka up
And then I'd take two puffs
I've been hungry all my life
I'm high now I'm high now
I'm high now I'm high now
Life's a bitch
pull them panties to the side now
Now
When I was 27
I grew accustomed to more fear
Accumulated 10 times
over throughout the years
My newfound life made
all of me magnified
How many accolades do
I need to block denial
The shock value of my success
put bolts in me
All this money
is God playin' a joke on me
Is it for the moment
and will he see me as Job
Take it from me and leave me
worse than I was before
At 27 my biggest fear
was losin' it all
Scared to spend money
had me sleepin' from hall to hall
Scared to go back to Section
8 with my mama stressin'
30 shows a month and
I still won't buy me no Lexus
What is an advisor
Somebody that's holdin'
my checks
Just to fuck me over and
put my finances in debt
I read a case about Rihanna's
accountant and wondered
How did the bad girl feel
when she looked at them numbers
The type of shit'll
make me flip out
And just kill somethin'
drill somethin'
Get ill and fill ratchets
with a lil' somethin'
I practiced runnin' from fear
guess I had some good luck
At 27 years old
my biggest fear was bein' judged
How they look at me reflect
on myself my family my city
What they say 'bout me reveal
If my reputation would miss me
What they see from me
Would trickle down generations
in time
What they hear from me
Would make 'em highlight
my simplest lines
I'm talkin' fear
fear of losin' creativity
I'm talkin' fear
fear of missin' out on you and me
I'm talkin' fear
fear of losin' loyalty from pride
'Cause my DNA won't let me
involve in the light of God
I'm talkin' fear
fear that my humbleness is gone
I'm talkin' fear fear that love
ain't livin' here no more
I'm talkin' fear fear that it's
wickedness or weakness
Fear whatever it is
both is distinctive
Fear
what happens on Earth stays on Earth
And I can't take these
feelings with me
So hopefully they disperse
Within fourteen tracks
carried out over wax
Searchin' for resolutions
until somebody get back
Fear
what happens on Earth stays on Earth
And I can't take these
feelings with me
So hopefully they disperse
Within fourteen tracks
carried out over wax
Wonderin' if I'm livin'
through fear or livin' through rap
Damn
Goddamn you
Goddamn me
Goddamn us
Goddamn we
Goddamn us all
Verse two says you only
have I known of all the
families of the Earth
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities
So until we come back
to these commandments
until you come back
to these commandments
we're gonna feel this way
we're gonna be under this curse
Because he said
he's gonna punish us
the so-called Blacks Hispanics
and Native American Indians
are the true children of Israel
We are the Israelites
according to the Bible
The children of Israel
he's gonna punish us
for our iniquities
for our disobedience
because we chose to follow
other gods that aren't his son
so the Lord thy God chasten thee
So just like you chasten your own son
he's gonna chastise you
because he loves you
So that's why we get chastised
that's why we're
in the position we're in
Until we come back to these laws
statutes and commandments
and do what the Lord said
these curses are gonna be upon us
We're gonna be at a lower state
in this life that we live here in today
in the United States of America
I love you son
and I pray for you
God bless you shalom