[ti:Let Me Be Me] [ar:Kendrick Lamar] [al:Kendrick Lamar] [00:00.02]Kendrick Lamar - Let Me Be Me [00:02.02] [00:10.13]We on Ali? You ugly [00:14.22]Everybody just clap your hands if you're real [00:17.87]Middle finger up, give a fuck how they feel [00:20.80]Be yourself, just show me you're real [00:23.77]Middle fingers up [00:25.73] [00:26.74]Just let me be me, hmm [00:33.03]That's the only way I know [00:38.34]Just let me be me, hmm [00:45.59]That's the only way I know [00:47.70](That's the only way I know how to hold it down [00:49.83]That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down) [00:52.53] [00:53.05]Uh, I just wanna be me [00:55.58]No disrespect, but motherfuck you [00:58.53]My education stopped at a high school degree [01:01.60]but I can outsmart any high IQ [01:04.95]Draped in some fly shit, call me Jeff Goldblum [01:08.02]Cold, my style making my nose run [01:11.33]Oh, I stare at the mirror, then realize [01:14.27]that real lies, within me [01:17.46]Some say I'm crazy cause I think like I need a shrink [01:20.42]Ask too many questions about the stars and Earth shit [01:23.43]Rather be in the studio than out buying drinks [01:26.54]So if I'm not clubbing, don't think I'm on some jerk shit [01:29.98]And California on that jerk shit [01:32.80]But I'd just rather two-step like my first steps [01:35.69]Jill Scott in my iPod as my head rests, yes [01:40.82] [01:41.78]Just let me be me, hmm [01:47.06]That's the only way I know [01:53.25]Just let me be me, hmm [01:57.27]That's the only way I know [02:01.09](That's the only way I know how to hold it down [02:03.39]That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down) [02:06.30] [02:06.96]And yeah I know I'm from Compton, Cali' [02:10.18]But I don't lace up Chucks or rock tan khakis [02:12.70]And skinny jeans ain't quite the lick [02:16.03]I probably would wear 'em but my dick don't fit [02:18.96]Ha-ha-ha, I like to joke, got a sense of humor? [02:22.15]Stale face, play me short like an Oompa-Loompa [02:25.20]You ain't gotta screw up your face in front of the kids [02:28.42]Won't you lighten up like Michael did? [02:31.45]I grew up with killers man, people who killed man [02:34.33]But my character never could be like them man [02:37.55]And they respect that, say that I'm real man [02:40.45]Not a fake person, that's the Sims man [02:43.77]Live my life through some film man? [02:46.68]I ain't acting out shit, I be packing out shows [02:50.07]cause they know they'll know Kendrick fo' sho', and oh [02:54.54] [02:55.19]Just let me be me, hmm [03:00.51]That's the only way I know [03:07.16]Just let me be me, hmm [03:13.22]That's the only way I know [03:15.28](That's the only way I know how to hold it down [03:17.21]That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down) [03:20.19] [03:20.87]Almost lost my life to the industry [03:23.57]Had to look through a photo book to remember me [03:26.55]These label heads ain't nothing but bullshit [03:29.42]Have you with professional killers, chasing hits [03:32.58]Lying to yourself all over an image [03:35.63]Making records they want, that was wrecking my brilliance [03:38.78]My mama said, boy that don't sound like you [03:41.30]I said, this is the sound though, my only excuse [03:44.60]Quite frankly, dusted off my shoes with my hankie [03:48.24]and kicked it like he skate, make these motherfuckers hate me [03:51.09]The reason why they hate, cause these motherfuckers ain't me [03:54.15]And you can underrate me, but I know what I'm worth [03:57.16]A diamond in God's dirt, a diamond in winter [04:00.05]Watching Simpsons and eating some cereal for dinner [04:03.02]See I give you my life to mix it up in a blender [04:06.01]to make sure that you feel it [04:09.06] [04:09.61]Just let me be me, hmm [04:14.96]That's the only way I know [04:21.03]Just let me be me, hmm [04:26.91]That's the only way I know [04:29.89](That's the only way I know how to hold it down [04:31.22]That's-that's the only way I know how to hold it down) [04:34.01] [04:34.93]Kendrick Lamar, what are you trying to say? [04:38.58]What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? [04:40.62]Kendrick Lamar, what are you trying to say? [04:42.29]What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? [04:44.75]Is this really you? Is this who you are? [04:47.82]What are you trying to say? [04:49.19]What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? [04:51.66]Who are you? [04:53.70]What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? [04:55.62]Kendrick Lamar, what are you trying to say? [04:57.17]What are you trying to accomplish Kendrick Lamar? [04:59.49] [05:00.05]I think that I finally reached the pinnacle [05:01.55]of finding myself as an individual [05:04.93]The world is so typical [05:07.59]I just wanna be higher than that [05:10.18]I used to want to be the messiah of rap [05:13.22]Infatuated with becoming a relevant star [05:16.03]Trying to say goodbye to the glamorous chains and cars [05:18.89]that I never had, but wrote it in my raps to make you mad [05:22.01]Vanity, they say that it can damage me [05:25.75]So do I really want it? [05:26.86]If I didn't, I guess I'm a cool cocaine connect [05:31.42]That means I'll be fronting, hmm [05:34.43]Cooking in a laboratory, hoping I can tell a story [05:37.81]that the whole world can feel, like the ones that came before me [05:40.85]Knowing that I'm misunderstood [05:42.63]So I gotta get my point across like a snitch would [05:46.00]And I would never walk in the shadow that never was really there [05:49.81]or try to fill the shoes of an invisible pair [05:52.77]And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty [05:55.94]and all I could say is, will the radio care? [05:58.78]Yeah, or should I say no? [06:00.92]Or should I just stop and come with a whole new approach? [06:04.07]You heard my Hip Hop when I was sixteen years old [06:06.95]Well that was me then, now I'm an adult [06:10.46]Twenty-two like the smallest of guns that you know, most determined [06:14.41]but with the smallest of funds to show, but I'm not worried [06:17.26]My talent should take me places I've never been [06:20.44]The world should turn soon as my record spin [06:23.54]I wanna be the highest, on top of all the bullshit [06:26.29]The negative you bring, the stress, the violence [06:29.34]The capital punishment, the loud police sirens [06:32.26]Too focussed, one word, righteous [06:35.96]And this is Kendrick Lamar [06:38.48]and soon y'all know cloud nine y'all [06:41.57]And that means I wanna be the highest [06:44.55]Too focussed, one word (righteous) [06:48.06]Mm, yeah [06:54.60]That means I wanna be the highest [06:56.42]Too focussed, one word [06:58.59] [06:59.90]Too focussed, too focussed, one word [07:02.25]Too focussed, too focussed, one word [07:04.97]Too focussed, too focussed, one word [07:07.94]Too focussed, one word [07:10.13]Too focussed, too focussed, one word [07:14.14] [07:14.69]End [07:15.10] [07:16.02]Kendrick Lamar - Let Me Be Me [07:17.02]