Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry lyrics

Everything black, I don't want black
(They want us to bow)
I want everything black, I ain't need black
(Down to our knees)
Some white, some Black, I ain't mean black
(And pray to the God)
I want everything black (We don't believe)
Everything black, want all things black
I don't need black, want everything black
Don't need black, our eyes ain't black
I own black, own everything black

Six in the morn' fire in the street
Burn, baby, burn (You, you, you, you, you)
That's all I wanna see
(You, you, you, you, you)
And sometimes I get off watchin'
You die in vain
It's such a shame, they may call me crazy
They may say I suffer
From schizophrenia or somethin'


But homie, you made me
(You, you, you, you, you)
Black don't crack, my nigga

I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015
Once I finish this
Witnesses will convey just what I mean
Been feelin' this way since I was sixteen
Came to my senses you never liked us anyway
Fuck your friendship, i meant it
I'm African-American, I'm African
I'm black as the moon
Heritage of a small village
Pardon my residence
Came from the bottom of mankind
My hair is nappy, my dick is big
My nose is round and wide
You hate me, don't you? You hate my people
Your plan is to terminate my culture
You're fuckin' evil
I want you to recognize that
I'm a proud monkey
You vandalize my perception but can't
Take style from me
And this is more than confession
I mean I might press the button
Just so you know my discretion
I'm guardin' my feelings
I know that you feel it
You sabotage my community, makin' a killin'
You made me a killer
Emancipation of a real nigga

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot

I said they treat me like a slave
Cah' me Black
Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain
Cah' we Black
And man a say they put me inna chains
Cah' we Black
Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks
How you no see the whip
Left scars 'pon me back
But now we have a big
Whip parked 'pon the block
All them say we doomed from the start
Cah' we Black
Remember this, every race start
From the block, jus 'member dat

I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015
Once I finish this
Witnesses will convey just what I mean
I mean
It's evident that I'm irrelevant to society
That's what you're tellin' me
Penitentiary would only hire me
Curse me 'til I'm dead
Church me with your fake prophesizing
That I'ma be just another slave in my head
Institutionalized manipulation and lies
Reciprocation of freedom only live
In your eyes you hate me, don't you?
I know you hate me just as
Much as you hate yourself
Jealous of my wisdom and cards I dealt
Watchin' me as I pull up, fill up my tank
Then peel out
Muscle cars like pull-ups, show you
What these big wheels 'bout, ah
Black and successful
This black man meant to be special
Katzkins on my radar, bitch
How can I help you?
How can I tell you I'm making a killin'?
You made me a killer
Emancipation of a real nigga

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
The blacker the berry, the bigger I shoot

I said they treat me like a slave
Cah' me Black
Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain
Cah' we Black
And man a say they put me inna chains
Cah' we Black
Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks
How you no see the whip
Left scars 'pon me back
But now we have a big
Whip parked 'pon the block
All them say we doomed from the start
Cah' we Black
Remember this, every race start
From the block, jus 'member dat

I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015
When I finish this, if you listen
Then sure you will agree
This plot is bigger than me
It's generational hatred
It's genocism, it's grimy
Little justification
I'm African-American, I'm African
I'm Black as the heart of a fuckin' Aryan
I'm Black as the name of Tyrone and Darius
Excuse my French
But fuck you no, fuck y'all
That's as blunt as it gets
I know you hate me, don't you?
You hate my people
I can tell 'cause it's threats when I see you
I can tell 'cause your ways deceitful
Know I can tell because you in
Love with that Desert Eagle
Thinkin' maliciously
He get a chain then you gon' bleed him
It's funny how Zulu and Xhosa might go to war
Two tribal armies that wanna
Build and destroy
Remind me of these Compton Crip
Gangs that live next door
Beefin' with Pirus
Only death settle the score
So don't matter how much I say I
Like to preach with the Panthers
Or tell Georgia State "Marcus Garvey
Got all the answers"
Or try to celebrate February
Like it's my B-Day
Or eat watermelon, chicken
And Kool-Aid on weekdays
Or jump high enough to
Get Michael Jordan endorsements
Or watch BET 'cause urban
Support is important
So why did I weep when Trayvon
Martin was in the street
When gang banging make me kill
A nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite!