Featured In
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
Adrienne Woods
Cello
Andrea Whitt
Viola
Ginger Murphy
Cello
Jen Simone
Violin
Marlon Williams
Guitar
Matt Schaeffer
Guitar
Miles Mosley
Bass
Molly Rogers
Viola
Neel Hammond
Violin
Ryan Porter
Trombone
Thundercat
Bass
Tylana Enomoto
Violin
Whitney Alford
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Spears
Songwriter
Johnny Burns
Songwriter
Ahmad Lewis
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Songwriter
Michael Jackson
Songwriter
Stefan K. Gordy
Songwriter
Kamasi Washington
String Arranger
Mark Spears
String Arranger
Terrace Martin
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Anthony "TOPDAWG" Tiffith
Executive Producer
Dave "Miyatola" Free
Associate Producer
David Kim
Strings Engineer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Mixing Engineer
Dr. Dre
Executive Producer
James "The White Black Man" Hunt
Recording Engineer
Mark Spears
Producer
Matt Schaeffer
Recording Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Terrace Martin
Additional Producer
Thomas Cullison
Strings Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
I got a bone to pick
I don't want you monkey-mouth motherfuckers sittin' in my throne again (Aye, aye ****, what's happenin' ****? K-Dot back in the hood, ****)
I'm mad (He mad)
But I ain't stressin'
True friends
One question
[Chorus]
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
Kunta, black man taking no losses (Oh, yeah)
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
[Verse 1]
The yam is the power that be
You can smell it when I'm walking down the street (Oh, yes, we can, oh, yes, we can)
I can dig rappin'
But a rapper with a ghostwriter
What the fuck happened? (Oh, no)
I swore I wouldn't tell
But most of ya share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two-man cell (A two-man cell)
Something's in the water (Something's in the water)
And if I got a brown nose for some gold
Then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller
[Chorus]
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
King Kunta
Black man taking no losses (Oh, yeah)
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him (King Kunta)
When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
[Verse 2]
The yam brought it outta Richard Pryor
Manipulated Bill Clinton with desires
Twenty-four-seven, three-sixty-five days times two
I was contemplatin' gettin' on stage
Just to go back to the hood, see my enemy and say (Oh, yeah)
[Chorus]
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
King Kunta
Black man taking no losses (Oh, yeah)
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him (You goat-mouth mammyfucker)
[Verse 3]
I was gonna kill a couple rappers, but they did it to themselves
Everybody's suicidal, they didn't even need my help
This shit is elementary, I'll probably go to jail
If I shoot at your identity and bounce to the left
Stuck a flag in my city
Everybody screamin', "Compton"
I should probably run for Mayor
When I'm done, to be honest
And I put that on my Mama
And my baby boo, too
Twenty million walkin' out the court buildin', woo-woo
[Verse 4]
Ah yeah, fuck the judge
I made it past twenty-five, and there I was
A little nappy-headed **** with the world behind him
Life ain't shit but a fat vagina
Screamin', "Annie, are you okay?
Annie, are you okay?"
Limo tinted with the gold plates
Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast
From a peasant to a prince
To a motherfuckin' king (Oh, yeah)
[Bridge]
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
By the time you hear the next pop
The funk shall be within you
[Chorus]
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
King Kunta
Black man taking no losses (Oh, yeah)
Bitch, where you when I was walkin'?
Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'
King Kunta
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
[Chorus]
Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk
We want the funk
We want the funk (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it?)
We want the funk (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it?)
We want the funk (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it?)
We want the funk (Do you want the funk?)
We want the funk (Do you want the funk?)
We want the funk (Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it?)
We want the funk
[Outro]
I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence
Written by: Ahmad Lewis, David Blake, Johnny Burns, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Michael Jackson, Mark Spears, Stefan Gordy