The Blacker the Berry Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

1 Everything black, I don't want black (They want us to bow)

2 I want everything black, I ain't need black (Down to our knees)

3 Some white, some black, I ain't mean black (And pray to a god)

4 I want everything black (That we don't believe)

5 Everything black, want all things black

6 I don't need black, want everything black

7 Don't need black, our eyes ain't black

8 I own black, own everything black

9 Six in the morn', fire in the street

10 Burn, baby, burn, that's all I wanna see

11 And sometimes I get off watchin' you die in vain

12 It's such a shame they may call me crazy

13 They may say I suffer from schizophrenia or somethin' but homie, you made me

14 Black don't crack, my nigga

15 I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015

16 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean

17 Been feeling this way since I was sixteen, came to my senses

18 You never liked us anyway, fuck your friendship, I meant it

19 I'm African-American, I'm African

20 I'm black as the moon, heritage of a small village, pardon my residence

21 Came from the bottom of mankind

22 My hair is nappy, my dick is big, my nose is round and wide

23 You hate me don't you?

24 You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture

25 You're fuckin' evil, I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey

26 You vandalize my perception but can't take style from me

27 And this is more than confession

28 I mean I might press the button just so you know my discretion

29 I'm guardin' my feelings, I know that you feel it

30 You sabotage my community, makin' a killin'

31 You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga

32 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

33 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

34 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

35 The blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot

36 I said they treat me like a slave, cah' me black

37 Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain, cah' we black

38 And man a say they put me inna chains, cah' we black

39 Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks

40 How you no see the whip, left scars pon' me back

41 But now we have a big whip parked pon' the block

42 All them say we doomed from the start, cah' we black

43 Remember this, every race start from the black, remember that

44 I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015

45 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean

46 I mean, it's evident that I'm irrelevant to society

47 That's what you're telling me, penitentiary would only hire me

48 Curse me till I'm dead

49 Church me with your fake prophesizing that I'mma be just another slave in my head

50 Institutionalized manipulation and lies

51 Reciprocation of freedom only live in your eyes

52 You hate me don't you? I know you hate me just as much as you hate yourself

53 Jealous of my wisdom and cards I dealt

54 Watchin' me as I pull up, fill up my tank, then peel out

55 Muscle cars like pull ups, show you what these big wheels 'bout, ah

56 Black and successful, this black man meant to be special

57 CAT scans on my radar, bitch, how can I help you?

58 How can I tell you I'm making a killin'?

59 You made me a killer, emancipation of a real nigga

60 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

61 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

62 The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice

63 The blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot

64 I said they treat me like a slave, cah' me black

65 Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain, cah' we black

66 And man a say they put me inna chains, cah' we black

67 Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks

68 How you no see the whip, left scars pon' me back

69 But now we have a big whip parked pon' the block

70 All them say we doomed from the start, cah' we black

71 Remember this, every race start from the black, remember that

72 I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015

73 When I finish this if you listenin' then sure you will agree

74 This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred

75 It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification

76 I'm African-American, I'm African

77 I'm black as the heart of a fuckin' Aryan

78 I'm black as the name of Tyrone and Darius

79 Excuse my French but fuck you, no, fuck y'all

80 That's as blunt as it gets, I know you hate me, don't you?

81 You hate my people, I can tell 'cause it's threats when I see you

82 I can tell 'cause your ways deceitful

83 Know I can tell because you're in love with that Desert Eagle

84 Thinkin' maliciously, he get a chain then you gone bleed him

85 It's funny how Zulu and Xhosa might go to war

86 Two tribal armies that want to build and destroy

87 Remind me of these Compton Crip gangs that live next door

88 Beefin' with Pirus, only death settle the score

89 So don't matter how much I say I like to preach with the Panthers

90 Or tell Georgia State, "Marcus Garvey got all the answers"

91 Or try to celebrate February like it's my B-Day

92 Or eat watermelon, chicken, and Kool-Aid on weekdays

93 Or jump high enough to get Michael Jordan endorsements

94 Or watch BET 'cause urban support is important

95 So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street

96 When gang banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite