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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
Alori Joh
Additional Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Axel Morgan
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dave Free (of Digi+Phonics)
Executive Producer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Mixing Engineer
Dude Dawg
Executive Producer
Kendrick Lamar
Executive Producer
Punch
Executive Producer
THC
Producer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Gather 'round
I'm glad everybody came out tonight
As we stand on our neighborhood corner
Know that this fire that's burning represents the passion you have
Listen
Keisha, Tammy, come up front
I recognize all of you
Every creed and color
With that being said
Fuck your ethnicity
You understand that?
People talk about a lot of shit that concerns you, only you
[Refrain]
Now everybody throw your hands up high
If you don't give a fuck, throw your hands up high
Throw your hands up high (Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa)
[Chorus]
Now I don't give a fuck if you
Black, white, Asian, Hispanic, goddammit
That don't mean shit to me
Fuck your ethnicity, ****
[Verse 1]
Fire burning inside my eyes, this is the music that saved my life
Y'all be calling it hip-hop, I be calling it hypnotize
Yeah, hypnotize, trapped my body but freed my mind
What the fuck are you fighting for? Ain't nobody gon' win that war
My details be retail, man, I got so much in store
Racism is still alive, yellow tape and colored lines
Fuck that ****, look at that line
It sold out first day, getting off work
And they wanna see Kendrick
Everybody can't drive Benz's and I been there
So I make it my business
To give them my full attention, ten hut
Man I gotta get my wind up
Man, I gotta get down with God
'Cause I got my sins up, oh
Matter of fact, don't mistake me for no fucking rapper
They sit backstage and hide behind them fucking cameras
I mosh pit, had a microphone and I tossed it
Had a brain, then I lost it
I'm outta my mind, so don't you mind how much the cost is
Penny for my thoughts, everybody please hold up your wallets
Yeah, man, I'm the mailman, can't you tell, man?
Going postal, never freeze up when I approach you
That's starstruck and roast you, oh, my
High power
[Verse 2]
Reporting live from planet Terminator X
I saw Martin Luther King with an AK-47
[Chorus]
Now I don't give a fuck if you
Black, white, Asian, Hispanic, goddammit
That don't mean shit to me
Fuck your ethnicity, ****
[Verse 3]
I'm tired of y'all
'Cause everybody lie to y'all
Do you believe it?
Recognize them false achievements
It's treason and I'm Tylenol
I knock out when you knock it off
Knock on the doors of opportunity, I'm too involved
I'm no activist, I'm no Einstein before calculus
I was kicking in math, dropping that science
Like an alchemist, and I be kicking that ass
Lyrically I'm UFC, if a UFO had came for me
I'ma come back with the head of an alien
Don't alienate my dreams, get it right, get a life
I got two, that's a metaphor for the big shit I do
Boy, TMI, TSA, man I'm fly
Put wings on my back
That a plane or an angel, both
Like a pilot with a halo, whoa, gross
[Bridge]
I mean nothing
So many things come through
Them, him, her, you
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm
I'm just a messenger
Yeah, I know life's a bitch, get the best of her
Put them three's up, they notice that we up
High power and the power and the people
And if they don't believe us, they'll die
Wizard
[Chorus]
Now I don't give a fuck if you
Black, white, Asian, Hispanic, goddammit
That don't mean shit to me
Fuck your ethnicity, ****
Written by: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Axel Albert Morgan