Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 lyrics

As I get a little older
I realize life is perspective
And my perspective may differ from yours
I wanna say thank you to everyone
That's been down with me
All my fans, all my beautiful fans
Anyone who's ever gave me a listen
All my people

I come from a generation of pain
Where murder is minor
Rebellious and Margielas'll chip
You for designer belt buckles and clout
Overzealous if prone to violence
Make the wrong turn
Be it will or the wheel alignment
Residue burned, mist of the inner-city
Miscommunication to keep homi' detective busy
No protection is risky
Desensitized, I vandalized pain
Covered up and camouflaged


Get used to hearin' arsenal rain
Analyze, risk your life, take the charge
Homies done fucked your baby mama
Once you hit the yard that's culture
Twenty-three hour lockdown
Then somebody called
Said your lil' nephew was shot down
The culture's involved
I done seen niggas do seventeen
Hit the halfway house
Get out and get his brains blown out
Lookin' to buy some weed
Car wash is played out
New GoFundMe accounts'll proceed
A brand-new victim'll shatter those dreams
The culture

(I want, I want, I want, I want)
But I want you to want me too
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood to want me back
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood look what I done for you
(Look what I done for you)
Look what I done for you

I said I do this for my culture
To let y'all know what a nigga
Look like in a bulletproof Rover
In my mama's sofa was a doo doo popper
Hair trigger, walk up closer
Ain't no Photoshoppin'
Friends bipolar, grab you by your pockets
No option if you froze up
Always play the offense
Niggas goin' to work and sellin' work
Late for work
Workin' late, prayin' for work
But he on paperwork
That's the culture, point the finger
Promote ya
Remote location, witness protection
They gon' hold ya
The streets got me fucked up
Y'all can miss me i wanna represent for us
New revolution was up and movin'
I'm in Argentina wiping my tears
Full of confusion water in between us
Another peer's been executed
History repeats again make amends
Then find a nigga with the same skin to do it
But that's the culture, crack a bottle
Hard to deal with the pain when you're sober
By tomorrow, we forget the remains
We start over that's the problem
Our foundation was trained to
Accept whatever follows
Dehumanized, insensitive
Scrutinize the way we live for you and I
Enemies shook my hand
I can promise I'll meet you
In the land where no equal is your equal
Never say I ain't told ya, nah
In the land where hurt
People hurt more people
Fuck callin' it culture

(I want, I want, I want, I want)
But I want you to want me too
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood to want me back
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
I want the hood look what I done for you
(Look what I done for you)
Look what I done for you

Take the drums out (Heavy breathing)

Celebrate new life when it come back around
The purpose is in the lessons we learnin' now
Sacrifice personal gain over everything
Just to see the next
Generation better than ours
I wasn't perfect
The skin I was in had truly suffered
Temptation, impatience
Everything that the body nurtures
I felt the good, I felt the bad
And I felt the worry but all-in-all
My productivity had stayed urgent
Face your fears
Always knew that I would make it here
Where the energy is magnified and persevered
Consciousness is synchronized
And crystal-clear
Euphoria is glorified and made His
Reflectin' on my life and what I done
Paid dues, made rules, change outta love
Them same views made
Schools change curriculums
But didn't change me starin' down
The barrel of the gun
Should I feel resentful I didn't
See my full potential?
Should I feel regret about the
Good that I was into?
Everything is everything
This ain't coincidental
I woke up that morning with
More heart to give you
As I bleed through the speakers
Feel my presence
To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven
To my mother, to my sis, I'm in Heaven
To my father, to my wife, I am serious
This is Heaven to my friends
Make sure you countin' them blessings
To my fans
Make sure you make them investments
And to the killer that sped up my demise
I forgive you
Just know your soul's in question
I seen the pain in your pupil
When that trigger had squeezed
And though you did me gruesome
I was surely relieved
I completed my mission, wasn't ready to leave
But fulfilled my days, my Creator was pleased
I can't stress how I love y'all
I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all
The memories recollect just because y'all
Celebrate me with respect
The unity we protect is above all
And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you
Make sure my kids watch all my interviews
Make sure you live out our dreams we produced
Keep that genius in your brain on the move
And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail
Make sure them babies and
The leaders outta jail
Look for salvation when troubles get real
'Cause you can't help the world
Until you help yourself
And I can't blame the hood the
Day that I was killed y'all had to see it
That's the only way to feel
And though my physical won't
Reap the benefit's
The energy that carry on emit's still
I want you