Listen to United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar

United In Grief

Kendrick Lamar

Hip-Hop/Rap

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

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Kendrick Lamar - United In Grief (Lyrics) | i've been going through something 1855 days

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Kendrick Lamar

Vocals

Duval Timothy

Piano

Tim Maxey

Additional Vocals

Sam Dew

Additional Vocals

Whitney Alford

Narrator

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Kendrick Lamar

Songwriter

Duval Timothy

Songwriter

Sam Dew

Songwriter

Matt Schaeffer

Songwriter

Johnny Kosich

Songwriter

Mark Spears

Songwriter

J. Pounds

Songwriter

Jake Kosich

Songwriter

Tim Maxey

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

OKLAMA

Producer

J.LBS

Producer

Duval Timothy

Producer

Beach Noise (Matthew, Johnny, Jake)

Beach Noise (Matthew, Johnny, Jake)

Additional Producer

Tim Maxey

Additional Producer

Manny Marroquin

Manny Marroquin

Mixing Engineer

Zach Pereyra

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Anthony J Vilchis

Anthony J Vilchis

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Trey Station

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Michelle Mancini

Michelle Mancini

Mastering Engineer

Andrew Boyd

Assistant Recording Engineer

Ray Charles Brown Jr.

Ray Charles Brown Jr.

Recording Engineer

Johnathan Turner

Johnathan Turner

Recording Engineer

Sedrick Moore II

Sedrick Moore II

Assistant Recording Engineer

Matt Schaeffer

Recording Engineer

Johnny Kosich

Recording Engineer

James Hunt

Recording Engineer

Mark Spears

Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]

I hope you find some peace of mind

In this lifetime

Tell them, tell 'em, tell them the truth

I hope you find some paradise

Tell them, tell 'em the truth

Tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em, tell 'em your—

[Intro]

I been goin' through somethin'

1,855 days

I been goin' through somethin'

Be afraid

[Verse 1]

What is a bitch in a mini skirt?

A man in his feelin's with bitter nerve

What is a woman that really hurt?

A demon, you're better off killin' her

What is a relative? Make it repetitive narratives on how you did it first

That is a predator, hit reverse

All of your presidents' evil thirst

What is a neighborhood rep'table?

That is a snitch on a pedestal

What is a house with a better view?

A family, broken in variables

What is a rapper with jewelry?

A way that I show my maturity

What if I call on security? That mean I'm callin' on God for purity

[Verse 2]

I went and got me a therapist

I can debate all my theories and sharin' it, whoa

Consolidate all my comparisons

Humblin' up because time was imperative, whoa

Started to feel like it's only one answer to everything

I don't know where it is, whoa

Poppin' a bottle of Claritin, whoa

Is it my head or my arrogance? Whoa

[Verse 3]

Shaking and movin' like what am I doin'?

I'm flippin' my time through the Rolodex

Indulgin' myself in my life and my music

The world that I'm in is a cul-de-sac

The world that we're in is just menacin'

The demons portrayed are religionous

I wake in the mornin', another appointment

I hope the psychologist listenin'

[Chorus]

The new Mercedes with black G-Wagon

The "Where you from?", it was all for rap

I was twenty-eight years young, twenty mil' in the tax

Bought a couple of mansions, just for practice

Five hundred in jewelry, chain was magic

Never had it in public, late reaction

Fifty K to cousins, post the caption

Pray none of my enemies hold me captive

[Bridge]

I grieve different

I grieve different

Huh

[Verse 4]

I met her on the third night in Chicago, North America tour, my eyes closed

Fe-fi-fo-fum, she was a model, dedicated to the songs I wrote in the Bible

Eyes, light green, penetratin' the moonlight

Hair done in a bun, energy in the room like Big Bang for theory

God, hopin' you hear me, phone off the ringer, tell the world I'm busy

Fair enough, green-eyes said her mother didn't care enough

Sympathize when her daddy in the chain gang

Her first brother got killed, he was twenty-one

I was nine when they put Lamont in the grave

Heartbroken when Estelle didn't say goodbye

Chad left his body after we FaceTimed

Green-eyes said you'd be okay, first tour sex'd the pain away

[Bridge]

I grieve different

I grieve different

Huh

[Chorus]

The new Mercedes with black G-Wagon

The "Where you from?", it was all for rap

I was twenty-eight years young, twenty mil' in tax

Bought a couple of mansions, just for practice

Five hundred in jewelry, chain was magic

Never had it in public, late reaction

Fifty K to cousins, post the caption

Pray none of my enemies hold me captive

[Verse 5]

So what?

Paralyzed, the county building controlled us

I bought a Rolex watch, I only wore it once

I bought infinity pools I never swimmed in

I watched Keem buy four cars in four months

You know the family dynamics on repeat

The insecurities locked down on PC

I bought a .223, nobody peace treat

You won't doot-doot me, I smell TNT

Dave got him a Porsche, so I got me a Porsche

Paid lottery for it, I ain't want it in portions

Poverty was the case

But the money wipin' the tears away

[Outro]

I grieve different

Everybody grieves different

Everybody grieves different

I grieve different

Huh

Written by: Kendrick Lamar