You can either go right, or you can go left and get crazy with us. Basically just saying we throw the evils of the world in the air. Now, K. Dot, you can either get with the program or you don’t have to, it’s whatever. Of course, hallelujah being the more good in me and Halle Berry being the actual vice of what’s going down – the lust for the money, the lust for this mission we are about to go on. Pick your poison, tell me what you’re doing. But when you tell me, tell me right now. We ain’t got time to wait.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
Its the 7th December 2016 at 3:14 PM and i had this track on repeat from the 6th yesterday and i don’t see myself clicking the “repeat all” or “next” button anytime soon B-)
Really just bring you into my world and try and let you understand, who is the good kid in the mad city? As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was the title track – just how dark it sounded and the desperation of it, you know? And I just started writing, right there on the spot.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
And that's a covenant I put on every tribe Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Gunplay) – Cartoon & Cereal
Yeah, that’s the bar. I’m trying to figure out where I was at – I think I was just at a point where I felt like everybody needed to believe in me. This kid from Compton, believe in me. Because I’m going to do something that is going to spark the idea of some type of hope, going back to that. Whether it is in music or whether it is in life, you feel me? And yeah, I look at it as a battle, a battle within itself, a battle within myself, to always stay focused and remain focused on what I came for, and that is to move people with music. And I feel like music can shape the world at any time. I have got people out that said they almost committed suicide until they put in [Overly Dedicated], until they put in Section.80. So when I made cartoons and cereal, I said that specific line – continue to believe in me and believe in what I’m doing, because I won’t fail you.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
all i got is love for C&C man, next favorite song next to sing about me. Kendrick Lamar, Best Story Teller, Best Motherfucken Rapper Ever, Nigga!
u cant almost commit suicide. for fuck sake, or u commint or u do not.
Thank you brother, much love
Is this Kendrick himself posting this or someone he just hired?
Maybe when I started traveling, I don’t know when the time was, maybe around O.D., when I saw there was something outside of Compton. When I came to New York and I maybe did this little small venue, I saw it was actually possible for me to get a name somewhere else rather than getting a name in my neighborhood for knocking somebody off, you feel me? That is when I knew that maybe there is something else a little different out here that I can actually focus on. And it was in the same profession as the people I was talking about, entertainment. So I think once I started traveling and getting out of Compton a little bit more I seen what they was talking about and it kind of clicked.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
You gave encouragement to Compton youths that they could succeed beyond their imagination, @KendrickLamar you know what I mean. I’m listening to Damn now. Compton o Compton
Like your first headliner performance at the Middle East club here in Boston, MA?
So I can fuck the world for seventy-two hours Kendrick Lamar – Backseat Freestyle
That is just me capturing the moment and being 16 and saying the most outlandish shit when you are around your homeboys or you are around whoever. You know, you really don’t care what you’re talking about. That is the type of way we used to talk. That is dope because that was me going as ignorant as possible, and they are still analyzing it as ignorant as possible and putting national stats behind it. That is funny.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
I thought maybe 72 also indeed being three days might be a reference to hiipower?
I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower
So I can fuck the world for seventy-two hours
#dope
“Martin had a dream”
“Kendrick have a dream”
Kendrick is living a life with more freedoms than Martin Luther King Jr., and what does he want to do with this freedom? Fuck the world. Kendrick’s dream is (or was) completely opposed to the one who fought for his civil right in society. To simplify things further: Kendrick wants to fuck the world, Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to save the world. Oh, the irony and satire!
3 Albums prior, K. Dot could be alluding to this “Red Pill/Blue Pill” Matrix stunt he’s rumored to be pulling off this weekend. Another album 72hrs after his Damn project.
Who knows. Crazy if true.
If it is the case that the recent events have been preemptively orchestrated then my hat is off to you.
but having a bigger dick doesn’t necessarily mean lasting longer during sex lmao
Great movie. Exactly what i was talking about at the time.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
Man Kendrick Lamar is on top of his Game right now. he’s definitely taking Rap to another new level
Legend in the making, lyrics making a legend!
Just when you thought lyricists couldn’t make a difference in the mainstream today, you have Kendrick breaking through barriers that other underground rappers couldn’t get through. Amazing
Love You Kendrick ,your da best in da game :)
KILL EM BOY
Real talk I had this feeling only a few other times in life. With Nas, Biggie, Jay, and now you. You will be a great. I can tell by the passion in your music.
kendrik wil be legend but pac z the G.O.A.T. …….the Greatest Of All Times
As salamoualaikoum .The messenger of ALLAH Mouhammad may the peace of ALLAH be upon him has said:“This life is a dream which ends when death comes.” Reality is a dream,but death is the real reality that will show ,how each one has acted when he/she was living his/her dream on earth.Any soul will be judge by ALLAH for anything he or she has done ,so just testify with sincerity righ now that there is no GOD excepted ALLAH and Mouhammad (May the peace of ALLAH be upon HIM) is HIS messenger,if you do it i swear to GOD one day you ’ll be in heaven with all prophets (May the peace of ALLAH be upon them).Pray at the right time 5 times a day it will help you to avoid bad habits and ugly sins. Be nice hearted.Peace Ma salam
i heard kendrick was the best,i watched him do his thing,i heard him answer his call.just to let you know i am coming with the fire.
An already dug grave to put your ass in it,a black coffin,a black priest,a black bible.i challenge you.tambe.ayuk@yahoo.fr-stay alive-stay I AM.
Kendrick will be a LEGEND!!!!!!!!
you know your probably one of the real rappers left in the game that don’t always rap about girls, party’s, fame, and all that. and that’s probably why people like you so much, cuz you keep it real you know, unlike 2 chains or juicy j and all the other fake niggas on 92.5 today and all that stuff.
In life we never know what’s real and what’s not, our mind and people can influence what we see. All of this could be just a simulation.
ANNA PEBBLE HAD A SONG CALLED “I CANT STAND THE RAIN” LOL. CLOSE THO.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
ab soul ft kendrick lamar-turn me up some best undiscoverd track right now
i love kendrick lamar he is the best to me in my own opinion…. my fav songs are Swimming Pool, looking out for detox, bitch dont kill my vibe and the backseat freestyle and poetic justice
kendrick you one of the best
k dot downloaded all mixtapes from c4 to overly dedicated and alubum maad city some crazyness dere cant stop listenin
your music is so inspirational and life changing …. I can’t even look at life the same anymore
You know there no jeanie in a bottle and i dont believe in jeanies but drinking and druging is not living its suffering
I’m certain you’re become A LEGEND
One love bro, you’re the PAC of our generation
You made your way! But you’re going on some bigger things. You’ll easy be a legend
Ann Peebles. Sampled by Kweli and Missy Elliott, probably others too.
turn off the caps lock kendrick
@atilah you’re grown now, does it feel the same?
This song is about me reminising about my years a kid witnessing a housing that indulged adults in alcohol. So much alcohol that it could fill a swimming pool. Eventually that me reminising became a reality when i became an adult.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
keep doin your thing Kendrick. All of us appreciate that you explain your lyrics.
This is great hip hop, thanks for the explanation
this is my song and for you to come on here and to explain that part shows that this aint just something being said that it has real true meaning under it and i know how you feel as well much love to kendrick lamar
Dude, you are my idol. You inspired me to write more poetically than I ever had. Seriously, love the message.
yeah man,dat’s a gud old dae’s of kendrick
kendrick come see me i live in chicago am shamell i have a son your age daniel hes 25 not at home been move out you live in chicago
Kendrick u may or may no c this but i feel u on dis lot a folk don’t know what its like to grow up with alcoholic is scary man when folk get drumk u dont know wat dey gonna do next bru
you really think Kendrck’s gonna take the time to proofread his rap genius annotations?? damn
I can totally relate. That became the scene when I got older but I did a 180 with my own children. I don’t want them to grow up and throw money and themselves away like that.
man kendrick tell your haters to drop de fake blings coz we niggas gatt gold chainz
Kendrick, you did it. The thing i never thought would happen, bring Hip-Hop/Rap back and give it that depth and magical spark that almost everyone else who is in the starlight these days have lacked, and you have done it almost the whole album through and i know only one who has done that before, coincidental with 12 tracks on his album where he did this deed, his name, Makaveli, better known as 2pac. You must be his soul reincarnated.
Kendrick man… You got so much potential to be on top of the game. Keep doing what you do
Have you ever seen the youtube video “Kendrick Lamar vs. Imagine Dragons Radioactive Swimming Pools?” My brother showed me it. First of all, it’s great, you and Imagine Dragons should collaborate on some songs. Second of all, I was wondering, if you had seen it, did it inspire your Grammy performance at all? I know that you already said you were a fan of them, but I was just wondering.
OMG you are my favorite rapper! You are unique compared to the other bling-riddled “thugs”. You actually have something worth saying and worth listening to!
*Reminiscing
On the album cover photo, there’s Kendrick’s milk bottle on the table, and there’s a bottle of an alcoholic drink. It’s a great, real-life image that show just that, that he grew up around some people living their life in bottles.
Some of the realest songs i have heard in some time! I really appreciate the nice tempo shifts in your rap. Nice of you to use genius and enlighten us all – respect.
I love your music, Kendrick, I’ve set this song as my phone’s ringtone, from “I see the crowd…” bit!!!
He’s the first artist I’ve seen on Genius make an annotation to his song and get 1000 IQ!
do yo thang K.Dot
i just want you to know that you are a fucking legend and i fuck with your music heavy bro
*reminiscing – thank you Kendrick – You can explain these amazing lyrics better than anyone else can – You inspire me to write my own music.
he’s only gotten better. albums such as damn and to pimp a butterfly are almost as good, if not better than good kid MAAD city. keep doing your thing, kendrick.
back stroke. playing on the word swimming pool. him drowning in a pool of liquor in Chicago.
This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.
I love U Mr. Lamar. your music takes me to another place , ur very talented <3 keep up the good work. your fan,
Tianna :)
to othr fans it says SHOW him love not talk abt his music… so called fans…
Chicago rockin hard with KDot
KENDRICK LAMAR……A LYRICAL GENIUS…PERIOD.
I used to drink wine just to be like my friends, didn’t really love it. Then I heard swimming pools, & decided to just stop trying to fit in. Its been good.. Kendrick Lamar’s music truly is making a positive contribution. Love every song that he makes <3 God bless
I loved Kendrick since I seen him at a concert in August. One of the best rappers ever
Your music is inspirational. You truly are the best rapper alive. Hoping to see a movie for G.K.M.C though
Kendrick how did you become a genius
Kendrick: good kid, m.A.A.d city is seriously one of THE best studio debuts in rap history – you’re gonna go down with Ready To Die and the Slim Shady LP and Doggystyle and all the other classics. you’re a lyrical genius and we can’t wait to hear whatever you do next
this my song i can rap it by heart but my alltime favorite is poetic justice
Kendrick Lamar, you are truly Tupac Shakur reincarnated. I respect what you do and the message you display in your music. One day, you’re going to know my name because I’m coming to the rap industry to make a difference and establish my point of view of America and the world from a East Coast perspective. Much love, One love. Ghost.
man you are the greatest look if i make it i want to get sign with you you my favorite rapper
Kendrick may your personal narrative, creative genius, personal spirit, and desire to be one of the best fuel you to create amazing music for this generation and future generations. You are a gifted artist, a humble person, and a dreamer which allows for a one pretty amazing, interesting, and soulful person to listen to and watch on TV. Long Live our very own from Compton, California…the Good Kid, m.A.A.d City :)
I lv your music u"re such an inspiration
Kendrick will be my favourite rapper for a long long long time ! He’s my idol.
Kendrick is a kinda rapper imbue with grave poetic verse
prinze says lamar is the new trend setter of the century i mean he is the real poet
Kendrick leader of the rap game
Soooo by verified what they mean? Like you actually lookin at this yourself or what? … Idk either way, dude is fire, so I guess it doesnt really matter! I fully intend on doin my girl to a couple of them tracks. #WeBeThuggin… Naw we dont but Oh well! Im honestly just bored right now and figure hey if I show love to anyone why not Kendrick, especially if verified mean he will actually see it. Let me go to be. Lol.
keeping hiphop alive!
hy Kendrick my brother and i love you, we went to your concert and my brother even has your hair cut and we also got wallpapers of you in over our room. You’re a role model to a lot of people, an inspiration to young people i mean in your own way it’s like you are telling them to work hard at school and then focus on music or what ever else they want to do bu hey have to put education.
this line is the first reference to swimming pools and drowning (via liquor and peer pressure) which Lamar really lays out in the hook.
I have crippling depression
could this be in anyway related to the medical term “stroke”. i believe heavy consumption of alcohol can cause it.
“back stroke” is also a reference to the physical motion of tossing back a drink
134