Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar
Lead Vocals
A$AP Rocky
Vocals
Mary J. Blige
Background Vocals
Rhea Dummett
Background Vocals
Hana Hollinger
Background Vocals
Phi Hollinger
Background Vocals
Helen Williams
Background Vocals
Tenley Sage
Vocals
Red Eagle Perkins
Vocals
Amiah Fimbres
Vocals
Precious Bernie
Vocals
Wacantkiya Eagle
Vocals
Mahpiya Eagle
Vocals
Jayde Kelly
Vocals
Chayla Warren
Vocals
Winona Gayto
Vocals
Ku-uipo Mauai
Vocals
Mike Larson
Programming
Andrew Coleman
Background Vocals
MIA
Lead Vocals
Pharrell Williams
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
Kendrick Duckworth
Songwriter
Mathangi Arulpragasm
Songwriter
Maya Arulpragasam
Songwriter
Rhea Dummett
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pharrell Williams
Producer
Rhea Dummett
Vocal Producer
Mike Larson
Recording Engineer
Andrew Coleman
Recording Engineer
James Hunt
Recording Engineer
Matt Schaeffer
Recording Engineer
Thomas Cullison
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jacob Dennis
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jordon Silva
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ben "Bengineer" Sedano
Assistant Recording Engineer
David Swenson
Assistant Recording Engineer
Graham Thomas
Engineer
Madoka Kambe
Assistant Recording Engineer
Leslie Brathwaite
Mixing Engineer
Jon Sher
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tony Flores
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Masayuki Hara
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah
On my young ****, on my done ****
Yeah
Woo!
Yeah, yeah
On my young one, on my done ****
Court blood one time!
Woo!
[Verse 2]
Aye, floatation device
Aye, elevate your life
Aye, real as city lights
Aye, sipping from the kite
[Verse 3]
We in love with the rally
Thought they had to have the clothes
Tonight we unified society
All my sisters and my bros
Against the wind, they gon' shoot us
Regardless which way it blows
In the moon like we're Venus
Kites like UFOs
**** hold a door
What you tryna close it for?
**** hold a door
There's room for some many more
[Verse 4]
Wake up in the morning
Don't know if you're coming back
When we do the mosh
We make sense if it was done
Everybody needs space, okay
If you got the light inside, you know you need the black
If you want to shine way out
If you want to shine way out
Way, way, way out
If you want to bring the day out
[Verse 5]
Kites on my radar, life in my palms
We unite through the chaos
(Only for the purest)
Tell them to obey ours
My cerebellum throwing rebellion from AR's
(Room full of boom sticks)
The day I have a J.R.
I tell him the worth of God only
And quit his day job
(Motherfuck the bullshit)
Radio never play ours
This revolution ain't televised with prayer
Jumping over borders
Ain't no ruler for restrictions
Ain't no police to deport us
Ain't no summers for our sons
Ain't no dealings for our daughters
Every prosecution hung
Save the verdict for the lawyers
Illuminate the corner
Celebrate humanity and scream back at me in the morning
Every field in Mississippi, every street in California
Know the devil was a liar, it's the time to be anointed
Truck into a stream, disconnected to a dream
Head bussin', hittin' nothing, even if I gotta bleed
Sitting waiting patient for a universal pain
Politicking with the nation, this is big as you and me huh?
I let you find my contacts, okay
Tryna set us up for combat, no way
Waking up the spirit inside every human being
If you with us, then you scream, so one day you can shout way out
Me, I'm way, way out
[Verse 6]
Way, way, way out
Hey, hey
Wanna bring the fucking crayon
Hey, hey
[Verse 7]
The girls in here are the humblest
We drink out our plastic tumblers
While you see us on Tumblrs
We wanna get a job as a baroness
But they don't want no goddamn foreigners
Say "Hey, you, you wanna marry us?"
Carriers the cross, they carry us
I wanna get high 'cause I'm curious
I'm serious, I hope you are feeling us
I'm paying by all of these periods
Where mobiles are running delirious
It's our dream, out of radius
[Verse 8]
I'm letting off kites over barriers
I'm letting off kites over barriers
I'm letting off kites over barriers
I'm letting off kites over barriers
[Verse 9]
There's room for so many more
Hey, hey
Written by: Kendrick Duckworth, Mathangi Arulpragasm, Pharrell Williams