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lirik lagu kendrick lamar - the prayer

i was born on february 24th 1970
the day i was delivered they said i would build a legacy
picture me with influence that lasts generations
i was made outta love to keep you happy and educated
the first three letters of the alphabet my name
i made you laugh, i made you dance, i made you sing
i been around the world and back, you recorded my almaneck
so dearly before the fact, me and my pops was estranged
my father was a public figure, bigger than life
[??] on stages alike
rivers of people surely united just to see our bond
time carried on, there was a common threat
my perfect father had many flaws, still they moved they legs and shook they heads in unison
he had more children, i was the oldest
we always played with each other ‘fore the ruined ’em
told me his personal secrets, childhood, catchin and beaten
s~xually touched and abused, never seen life in a school
the price of being iconic was demonically screwed
stood on stage and had to watch my father on the news
stress on the head of my spirits, i was lost and confused
i knew both sides of the story, but still i couldn’t choose
see, it was more the humiliation than being sued
that crucified my affiliation for points to prove
and now my purpose for living makes no difference to you
my total existence was for making us smile and move
they said that i would live forever.

the whole nation had saved the date, i made it on tv
my come~out was a standin~ova’, the crowd in disbelief
how could a group of words be so great, designed to make you think?
racists and faces (?) embracing my conscious in letter~form
how gracious was i? speaking on changes was outside the norm
the person responsible: my creator. he never conformed or used hatred to form as retaliation
watch him perform with conviction, 250,000 souls left their homes to listen
i gathered his thoughts in abundance made to complete the mission
his life became heroic, then tables turned
my creator stripped from being a poet because he yearned
other women, infidelity~stricken, i can’t say he was perfect
it made me nervous, they’d tare him down and forget me
i prayed that i’d survive in the midst of the controversy
how many lifes have allowed their deaths (?) if i’m not worthy?
i won’t justify his personal problems, that’s not my job
i was only born to make sure your children can play outside
and i imagine the other demons he had before he died
if they came to surface, this dream prolly won’t be alive
because of you

[verse 3]
i was born in paranoia, it’s poison for us
we can’t create with joyous ambition, we’re outta luck
the critics have formed a new coalition and huddled up
the non~creators are now eladed and outta touch
why can’t you gladly appreciate the influence we give?
stop staring at me disgusted, my substance made sure you live
you want the head of the messenger, and the history from him
which eventually takes away from the good you accustomed
think of a life without the likes of imagination that’s prosperin
the bodies that you consider g~nius, you like to box ’em in
the great debaters and thinkers that gave you a voice
why can’t you prosecute the crimes and not the thoughts i employ?
because your better judgment would always look down on me
and if i recollect how we connect you’ll count on me
i got a theory that most o’yall won’t allow to see
it goes like this: talent doesn’t choose morality
see, if daniel hale was a k!ller, would you not want a heart?
if karl benz was a racist, would you stop driving cars?
i can’t help we jump in these bodies sayin you called them a god (?)
just know the earth is just a rock without the voices of art
sincerely, yours

- lirik lagu kendrick lamar

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