Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix) Lyrics

[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Anna Wise, Kendrick Lamar]
I am a sinner
Who's prob'ly gonna sin again
Lord, forgive me, Lord, forgive me
Things I don't understand
Sometimes I need to be alone
Bitch, don't kill my vibe, bitch, don't kill my vibe

I can feel your energy from two planets away, I got
My drink, I got my music, I would share it, but today I'm yellin'

Bitch, don't kill my vibe, bitch, don't kill my vibe

Bitch, don't kill my vibe, bitch, don't kill my vibe (Uh)


[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Look inside of my soul and you can find
Gold and maybe get rich—hol' up

Trinidad Jame$ in four weeks
But now my album platinum and shit, so what?
Y'all keep the numbers

I'm more than another statistic, my nigga
This courtesy of Compton (Courtesy of Compton)
Brooklyn go hard, motherfucker

Love me on the East like I'm Chuck D
Dominicans wish that I was born there

I'm lookin' to be the god MC
You look at my hat and see thorns there

I look at the game and see porn there
I'm fuckin' this industry hard

I'm bagging this money, tea-bagging your honey
You thought I was fresh out the yard
Don't cry to me dummy, you're a lightweight
They tell me you nice and I'm like "wait"

Go get me a knife, you're looking like steak
And when the stakes are high, I stake out for days

And when the water reside, you're Bobby Boucher
But we ain't thirsty nigga, never alert me, nigga
I got a P89 in a suitcase
I know you heard me, nigga, this is a burpee, nigga
Lyrical exercise, right now, homie, I'm in the extra vibe
Pipe down, on the curb, when you heard that I got these words
To the upper echelon, that's excellent (That's excellent)

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About

Genius Annotation

This is a remix of one of the most successful singles on Kendrick’s critically-acclaimed album, good kid, m.A.A.d city. It features a verse from none other than JAY-Z.

The cover art depicts a 19-year-old Kobe Bryant standing next to a 34-year-old Michael Jordan, as if to say that Jay was passing the torch on to his young predecessor. The game in question took place on December 17, 1997, at the Chicago Bulls‘ United Center Arena:

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

How did this collaboration come about?
Genius Answer

During a Breakfast Club interview, Jay admitted to being a huge Kendrick fan. Kendrick found this out via Jay’s friend Ty Ty, and tasked his label TDE with securing a remix or guest verse.

Jay laid his verse first, to which Kendrick then replied.

What did Kendrick Lamar say about "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix)"?
Genius Answer

Kendrick said:

You really can’t prepare. Jay-Z came and just humbled the whole record, so you just gotta go for what you know. When I heard that thing he sent back I said to myself, ‘I can’t be no floozy on this mother—er for sure’, all them years of being in the studio, all them years of writing, all them years of freestyling and just being a student of the game don’t mean sh– if I can’t live up to this track, at least by a little bit being beside a legend in it. I was so excited it took me a day.

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