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Is this mic on?

Hey, hey, turn the mic up

Come on, come on, is the mic on or not? I want the mic

We bringing up nobody, nobody, nobody

But the number one rapper in the world

He done travelled all over the world

He came back just to give you some game

All the little boys and girls, come up here

Uh

He's right here, just for you, come on up

One, two, one, two, what's happening, fool?

I done been through a whole lot (Kendrick Lamar)

Trial, tribulation, but I know God

The devil wanna put me in a bow tie

Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah, yeah

As I look around me

So many motherfucker wanna down me

But enemy could never drown me

In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me

And I love my, huh (I love myself)

And when you lookin' at me, tell me what do you see? (I love myself)

Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli' (I love myself)

Uhh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy (I love myself)

One day at a time, huh

And when they say it's a war outside, bomb in the street

Gun in the hood, mob of police

Rock on the corner with a line full of fiend

And a bottle full of lean and a model on a scheme, uh

These days of frustration keep, come to the front, come, yeah (These days of frustration keep y'all on the plantation)

I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis

Dreams of reality's peace

Blow steam in the face of the beast

Sky could fall down, wind could cry now

Look at me motherfucker, I smile (I love myself)

Uh, and when you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? (I love myself)

Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli' (I love myself)

Uhh, Illuminated, all y'all come to the front, y'all come up to the front (I love myself)

Baby girl, you, come on

Crazy

What you gon' do?

Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving)

Turn the mic up

Haunt you

He's the fashion police, I wear my heart

On my sleeve, let the runway start

You know the miserable do love company

What do you want from me and my scars?

Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence

How many times my potential was anonymous?

How many times the city making me promises?

So I promise this, **** (I love myself)

Uh, and when you lookin' at me, ahh, tell me what do you see? (I love myself)

Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli' (I love myself)

Huh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy (I love myself)

Huh

Walk my bare feet

Huh

Walk my bare feet

Huh

Down, down valley deep

Huh

Down, down valley deep

Huh

Fi-fie-fo-fum

Huh

Fi-fie-fo-fum

My heart undone

One, two, three

I went to war last night

With a automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic

I'ma do it till I get it right

I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night)

I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent

Duckin' every other blessin' I can never see the message

I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave

From a negative and letting them annihilate me

And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed

Finna run into a building, lay my body

Not while I'm up here

Not on my time, kill the music

Not on my time

You can save that shit for the streets

We could save that shit, this for the kids, bro

2015, **** tired of playin' victim, dawg

**** ain't trying to play vic, Tutu, how many **** we done lost?

How many yeah, yeah, how many we lost?

No for real, answer the ques-, how many **** we done lost, bro?

This, this year alone

Exactly, so we ain't, we ain't got time to waste time my ****

**** gotta make time, bro

The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time, right?

The judge make time so it ain't shit

It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here

And appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg

On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro

You know that

It's man, it's mando

Right, it's mando

'Nough-, I, And I, and I say this because I, I love you **** man

I love all my **** bro

Exactly 'nough said, 'nough said

And we gon' get back to the show and move on, 'cause that shit petty, my ****

Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check

We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to

All my **** listen

Listen to this

I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase fuck ****

He said think about what you saying, fuck ****

No better than Samuel L on Django

No better than a white man with slave boats

Sound like I needed some soul searching

My pops gave me some game in real person

Retrace my steps on what they never taught me

Did my home work fast before government caught me

So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah

On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us

So many artist gave her an explanation to hold us

Well this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia

N-E-G-U-S definition royalty, king royalty wait listen

N-E-G-U-S description black emperor, king, ruler, now let me finish

The history books overlooked the word and hide it

America tried to make it to a house divided

The homies don't recognize we be using it wrong

So I'ma break it down and put my game in the song

N-E-G-U-S, say it with me

Or say it no more, black stars can come and get me

Take it from Oprah Winfrey

Tell her she right on time

Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive