The Heart Pt. 2 lyrics - Kendrick Lamar (feat. Dash Snow)

[Intro: excerpt from interview with Dash Snow]

I'll tell you what I don't believe in, can I do that?

Alright, I don't believe in the, in laws, or the system by any means, whatsoever

I try not to obey them at any time

That's what I believe in, not believing in

(So what keeps you alive?)

Four big bottles of water a day, two packs of Marlboro Reds and

uh, what keeps me alive? Shit, um

Music, I have to listen to music all day long

I say that keeps me going

I'm a pretty dark person, I've thought about ending it a million times

and I have to say that music keeps me here, by far, the main thing

[Kendrick Lamar]

Thank you

Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go

right now, freestyle or write down, whatever

And still I come up clever, I just need to free my thoughts

and Lord knows that I know better, but I ain't perfect

I ain't seen too many churches or know them testament verses

You should either hear me now or go deaf

or end up dead, die trying and know death

Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath

Fuck a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect nigga

I mean that from the bottom of my heart

You see my art is all I have, and victory tastes sweet

even when the enemy can throw salt

Still knock 'em out the park like a fucking tow car

Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from

we buy guns and more guns to give to the young

I'm living the life of a nigga trapped nigga

inside the system, all you envision is trap niggas

My uncle doing life inside prison, he wasn't wrapped too tight

He told me rap about life, not rap, niggas

That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing

My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching

I start evaluating, then my final intuition

is that you wishing a come up, would just come up

We used to beefing over turf, fuck beefing over a verse

Niggas dying, motherfuck a double entendre

And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph

Wrap Saran our defiance, ban our alliance

Put burners in the hands of the black man

One hood with twenty fo'-fo's like a cloned Kobe Bryant

You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am

You probably even listen to "Faith" and think I know Zion

But really I'm just caught in the loop of understanding the truth

because it seem like it's always clashing with science

I got a big fear of flying

My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying

I swear to God half of y'all just don't know Kendrick

The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance

You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed

You just mind your bidness

You just turn your head, kneel down, and then tie your tennises

It's kinda scary ain't it

You can't act like no bitch, that only got Tyler Perry famous

Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless?

Cause your pops wasn't anxious to see you when you hated him

so much, you probably had your burner tucked in graduation

Said if you see him on them bleachers then you kill him, facing

twenty-five to life with a murder charge

Your enemies was the prey, and now you pray to God

I pray these bars get farther than Compton

And if my record never break I still won't break my promise, I promise to keep it honest

Secret society, all we ask is trust

and all we lack is communication like service sucks

The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come

And I'm like, the Kendrick Lamar O.D. in less than a month

Alright? Gotta keep it pushing

Can't let the government tell me how my future looking

I'm on Rosecrans & Central trying to duck the central bookings

If the fucking pigs get behind me then you know I'm bucking, never will I surrender

I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta

In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter

How splendid, I guess my project had did it

Got all these niggas approaching their mixtapes different

They said seven tracks, I said fifteen

Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping

But little did they know, I'm tryna change the rules

that we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions

Uppity bitches, handling bidness

Killing our dreams, stealing our vision

Out in Haiti adolescents barely have a home

In L.A. everybody think they fucking on

Hop on Twitter, perpetrate, we doing big shit

Who we hanging with, and bragging about the iPhone

I swear to God, most y'all cats just don't know Kendrick

You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended

Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my momma them businesses

Occupy my time with riches, justify my time, ambition's

just to coincide, just to go inside, books we idolize while we living

Look the mastermind, took the master's mind, just the perfect time, just to mastermind

Just to master grind with precision, look the mastermind, took the... [coughs]

[Outro]

We would like to call this an appreciation tape

for those who recognized the Kendrick Lamar EP

For this is the Kendrick Lamar O.D.

Because of you, we are Overly Dedicated