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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
Candace Wakefield
Background Vocals
Pharrell Williams
Background Vocals
Terrace Martin
Alto Saxophone
Thundercat
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Spears
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Songwriter
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pharrell Williams
Producer
Andrew Coleman
Additional Engineer
Anthony "TOPDAWG" Tiffith
Executive Producer
Dave "Miyatola" Free
Associate Producer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Mixing Engineer
Dr. Dre
Executive Producer
Hart Gunther
Additional Engineer
James "The White Black Man" Hunt
Recording Engineer
Mark Spears
Producer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Mike Larson
Additional Engineer
Lyrics
Alls my life, I has to fight
Alls my life, I-
Hard times like, "Yah!"
Bad trips like, "Yah!"
Nazareth
I'm f- up, homie, you f- up
But if God got us
Then we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
Uh, and when I wake up
I recognize you're looking at me for the pay cut
But homicide be looking at you from the face down
What MAC-11 even boom with the bass down?
Schemin', and let me tell you 'bout my life
Painkillers only put me in the twilight
Where pretty - and Benjamin is the highlight
Now tell my momma I love her, but this what I like, Lord knows
20 of 'em in my Chevy, tell 'em all to come and get me
Reaping everything I sow, so my karma coming heavy
No preliminary hearings on my record, I'm a mo- gangster
In silence for the record, uh
Tell the world I know it's too late
Boys and girls, I think I've gone cray
Drown inside my vices all day
Won't you please believe when I say
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
-, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
-, and we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street fo sho'
-, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
What you want you, a house? You, a car?
40 acres and a mule? A piano, a guitar?
Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog
Mother-, you can live at the mall
I can see the evil, I can tell it, I know it's illegal
I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero
Thinking of my partner, put the candy, paint it on the Regal
Digging in my pocket, ain't a profit big enough to feed you
Every day my logic get another dollar just to keep you
In the presence of your chico, ah!
I don't talk about it, be about it, every day I sequel
If I got it, then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you
Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, my dog, that's all
Bick back and Chad, I trap the bag for y'all
I rap, I black on track so rest assured
My rights, my wrongs; I write 'til I'm right with God
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
-, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
-, and we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street fo sho'
-, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright, do you hear me, do you feel me?
We gon' be alright
I keep my head up high
I cross my heart and hope to die
Lovin' me is complicated
Too afraid of a lot of changes
I'm alright, and you're a favorite
Dark nights in my prayers
Writer(s): Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Mark Spears, Kawan Prather
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