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Kendrick wonders if gang members, police, good kids, and people of all kinds can ever leave peacefully as a society, instead of battling against each other all the time.

To complete their mission is to successfully end their robbery.

One of Kendrick’s homies suggests that they meet back up at 12 (midnight), because he wants to fuck someone in response to his third friend’s suggestion that they meet up at 10:30.

They rebutted the homie’s suggestion to meet up around 12 while still sticking with the original plan of dropping K. Dot off at his mother’s van after being “active”. “Nigga you ain’t doing shit tonight” is an attack on homie’s pimp status. It’s a waste of time to delay until 12 because this he’s not gonna laid for sure no matter how much time he has. .

When Kendrick ended the last line with with all disrespect let me say this, what he meant by this is bitch don’t kill my vibe — a warning to artists that aren’t on his level to not get in his way or impede what he’s trying to do with his music.

In the version with Lady Gaga, this second hook is slightly different from the first: Gaga says human instead of sinner and fall again instead of sin again, strangely removing the religious terminology.

Mo' money mo' problems. Kendrick detects his life changing as he becomes more successful.

He is talking to his old self. His old mindstate. The entire album is based around how much he has changed as an individual. He’s saying that the old Kendrick would have resented the who Kendrick is now because he got out of the gang bang life. He escaped, and the old Kendrick may have seen this happen to other people in the past and been jealous of there success and ability to get out, because Kendrick himself always wanted to escape the hood and get away from the gang bang culture.

Asking the listener why do you resent every making of his? Whether that be physical attributes or even just your past, personality and family. This could be something Kendrick has asked himself before.

If the mistakes that Kendrick wears on his sleeve look like the person he’s talking to, they may have made some mistakes themselves that they aren’t afraid of sharing.

He sees that he has come from the same upbringing as those around him. Kendrick and others have all made the same mistakes in the past, but he’s been able to overcome them.

To wear your heart on your sleeve is to openly display your emotions. Kendrick openly admits his mistakes very readily.

As a young man, Kendrick had to pay for his mistakes. When he screwed up, he was left with permanent physical or emotional damage to remind himself of it.

This may be alluding to being sensitive, more sensitive than he thinks he should be.

The life of an artist can be difficult — they are expected to be introspective and personal but are at the same time to share themselves with everyone who has access to their art.

Sometimes Kendrick just needs to be left alone to create. At present, he feels doesn’t feel the need to share, because he is happy with his drink and his music.