The Heart Part 5 Lyrics - Kendrick Lamar

1 As I get a little older, I realize life is perspective

2 And my perspective may differ from yours

3 I wanna say thank you to everyone that's been down with me

4 All my fans, all my beautiful fans

5 Anyone who's ever gave me a listen, all my people

6 I come from a generation of pain, where murder is minor

7 Rebellious and Margielas'll chip you for designer

8 Belt buckles and clout, overzealous if prone to violence

9 Make the wrong turn, be a will of the wheel alignment

10 Residue burned, missed at a inner-city

11 Miscommunication to keep homi' detective busy

12 No protection is risky

13 Desensitized, I vandalized pain

14 Covered up and camouflaged

15 Get used to hearin' arsenal rain

16 Analyze, risk your life, take the charge

17 Homies done fucked your baby mama once you hit the yard, that's culture

18 Twenty-three hour lockdown, then somebody called

19 Said your lil' nephew was shot down, the culture's involved

20 I done seen niggas do seventeen, hit the halfway house

21 Get out and get his brains blown out, lookin' to buy some weed

22 Car wash is played out, new GoFundMe accounts'll proceed

23 A brand-new victim'll shatter those dreams, the culture

24 (I want, I want, I want, I want)

25 But I want you to want me too (I want, I want, I want, I want)

26 I want the hood to want me back (I want, I want, I want, I want)

27 I want the hood

28 Look what I done for you (look what I done for you)

29 Look what I done for you

30 I said I do this for my culture

31 To let y'all know what a nigga look like in a bulletproof Rover

32 In my mama's sofa was a doo-doo popper

33 Head tricker, walk up closer

34 Ain't no Photoshoppin'

35 Friends bipolar, grab you by your pockets

36 No option if you froze up, always play the offense

37 Niggas goin' to work and sellin' work, late for work

38 Workin' late, prayin' for work, but he on paperwork

39 That's the culture, point the finger, promote ya

40 Remote location, witness protection, they gon' hold ya

41 The streets got me fucked up, y'all can miss me

42 I wanna represent for us

43 New revolution was up and movin'

44 I'm in Argentina wiping my tears full of confusion

45 Water in between us, another peer's been executed

46 History repeats again

47 Make amends, then find a nigga with the same skin to do it

48 But that's the culture, crack a bottle

49 Hard to deal with the pain when you're sober

50 By tomorrow, we forget the remains, we start over

51 That's the problem

52 Our foundation was trained to accept whatever follows

53 Dehumanize, insensitive

54 Scrutinize the way we live for you and I

55 Enemies shook my hand, I can promise I'll meet you

56 In a land where no equal is your equal

57 Never say I ain't told ya, nah

58 In the land where hurt people hurt more people

59 Fuck callin' it culture

60 (I want, I want, I want, I want)

61 But I want you to want me too (I want, I want, I want, I want)

62 I want the hood to want me back (I want, I want, I want, I want)

63 I want the hood

64 Look what I done for you (look what I done for you)

65 Look what I done for you

66 Take the drums out

67 Celebrate new life when it come back around

68 The purpose is in the lessons we learnin' now

69 Sacrifice personal gain over everything

70 Just to see the next generation better than ours

71 I wasn't perfect, the skin I was in had truly suffered

72 Temptation and patience, everything that the body nurtures

73 I felt the good, I felt the bad, and I felt the worry

74 But all-in-all, my productivity had stayed urgent

75 Face your fears, always knew that I would make it here

76 Where the energy is magnified and persevered

77 Consciousness is synchronized and crystal clear

78 Euphoria is glorified and made His

79 Reflectin' on my life and what I done

80 Paid dues, made rules, change outta love

81 Them same views made schools change curriculums

82 But didn't change me starin' down the barrel of that gun

83 Should I feel resentful I didn't see my full potential?

84 Should I feel regret about the good that I was into?

85 Everything is everything, this ain't coincidental

86 I woke up that morning with more heart to give you

87 As I bleed through the speakers, feel my presence

88 To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven

89 To my mother, to my sis, I'm in Heaven

90 To my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is Heaven

91 To my friends, make sure you countin' them blessings

92 To my fans, make sure you make them investments

93 And to the killer that sped up my demise

94 I forgive you, just know your soul's in question

95 I seen the pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezed

96 And though you did me gruesome, I was surely relieved

97 I completed my mission, wasn't ready to leave

98 But fulfilled my days, my Creator was pleased

99 I can't stress how I love y'all

100 I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all

101 The memories recollect just because y'all

102 Celebrate me with respect

103 The unity we protect is above all

104 And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you

105 Make sure my kids watch all my interviews

106 Make sure you live all the dreams we produce

107 Keep that genius in your brain on the move

108 And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail

109 Make sure them babies and the leaders outta jail

110 Look for salvation when troubles get real

111 'Cause you can't help the world until you help yourself

112 And I can't blame the hood the day that I was killed

113 Y'all had to see it, that's the only way to feel

114 And though my physical won't reap the benefits

115 The energy that carry on emits still

116 I want you