reincarnated

Que reflejan tu mirada

La noche, tú y yo

I got this fire burnin' in me from within

Concentrated thoughts on who I used to be, I'm sheddin' skin

Every day, a new version of me, a third of me demented, cemented in pain

Jugglin' the pros and cons of fame

I don't know how to make friends, I'm a lonely soul

I recollect this isolation, I was four years old

Truth be told, I've been battlin' my soul

Tryna navigate the real and fake

Cynical about the Judgement Day

I did past life regression last year and it fucked me up

Reincarnated on this Earth for a hundred plus

Body after body, lesson after lesson, let's take it back to Michigan in 1947

My father kicked me out the house 'cause I wouldn't listen to him

I didn't care about his influence, only loved what I was doin'

Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on a grand level

The most talented where I'm from, but I had to rebel

And so I'm off in the sunset, searchin' for my place in the world

With my guitar up on my hip, as the story unfurled

I found myself with a pocket full of money and a whole lot of respect

While the record business loved me, I was head of rhythm and blues

The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose

But I manipulated power as I lied to the masses

Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive, reincarnated

Another life had placed me as a Black woman in the Chitlin' Circuit

Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains

My voice was angelic, straight from Heaven, the crowd sobbed

"A musical genius," what the articles emphasized

Had everything I wanted, but I couldn't escape addiction

Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted

Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be

Cocaine on private planes for my insanity

Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments

I needed drugs, to me, an 8 ball was like penicillin

Fuck love, my happiness was in that brown sugar

Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'

My first assistant was a small town scholar

Never did a Quaalude till I got myself around her

My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me

I died with syringes pinched in me, reincarnated

My present life is Kendrick Lamar

A rapper lookin' at the lyrics to keep you in awe

The only factor I respected was raisin' the bar

My instincts sent material straight to the charts, huh

My father kicked me out the house, I finally forgive him

I'm old enough to understand the way I was livin'

Ego and pride had me lookin' at him with resentment

I close my eyes, hoping that I don't come off contentious

I'm yellin', "Father, did I finally get it right?", everything I did was selfless

I spoke freely, when the people needed me, I helped 'em

I didn't gloat, even told 'em, "No," when the vultures came

Took control of my fleshly body when the money changed

"Son, you do well, but your heart is closed

I can tell residue that linger from your past creates a cell"

Father, I'm not perfect, I got urges, but I hold 'em down

"But your pride has to die," okay, Father, show me how

"Tell me every deed that you done and what you do it for"

I kept one hundred institutions paid

"Okay, tell me more"

I put one hundred hoods on one stage

"Okay, tell me more"

I'm tryna push peace in L.A.

"But you love war"

No, I don't

"Oh, yes, you do"

Okay, then tell me the truth

"Every individual is only a version of you

How can they forgive when there's no forgiveness in your heart?"

I could tell you where I'm goin'

"I could tell you who you are

You fell outta Heaven 'cause you was anxious

Didn't like authority, only searched to be heinous

Isaiah:14 was the only thing that was prevalent

My greatest music director was you

It was colors, it was pinks, it was reds, it was blues

It was harmony in motion

I sent you down to Earth 'cause you was broken

Rehabilitation, not psychosis

But now we here now, centuries you manipulated man with music

Embodied you as superstars to see how you movin'

You came a long way from garnishin' evilish views"

And all I ever wanted from you was love and approval

I learned a lot, no more puttin' these people in fear

The more that word is diminished, the more it's not real

The more light that I can capture, the more I can feel

I'm usin' words for inspiration as an idea

"So can you promise that you won't take your gifts for granted?"

I promise that I'll use my gifts to bring understandin'

"For every man, woman and child, how much can you vow?"

I vow my life just to live one in harmony now

"You crushed a lot of people keepin' their thoughts in captivity"

And I'm ashamed that I ever created that enemy

"Then let's rejoice where we at"

I rewrote the Devil's story just to take our power back, 'carnated