Prayer - Kendrick Lamar.mp3

[00:25.577]I was born on Februaty 24th, 1970
[00:29.463]The day I was delivered, they said I would build a legacy
[00:32.715]Picture me with influence that last generations
[00:35.451]I was made out of love to keep you happy and educated
[00:38.569]the first three letters of the alphabet my name
[00:41.865]I made you laugh, I made you dance, I made you sing
[00:45.005]I been around the world and back, you recorded my almanac
[00:48.150]So dearly way before the fact me and pops was estranged
[00:51.529]My father was a public figure，bigger than life
[00:54.305]Lived as a winner，on stages alike
[00:56.474]Rivers of people surely united，just to see our bond
[00:59.681]Time carried on, that was a common thread. My perfect father had many flaws
[01:04.103]Still they moved they legs and shook they heads in unison
[01:06.940]He had more children, I was the oldest
[01:09.300]We always played with each other 'fore they ruined 'em
[01:11.826]He told me his personal secrets, childhood catching on beatings
[01:15.258]Sexually touched and abused, never seen life in a school
[01:18.656]The price of being iconic was demonic and screwed
[01:21.730]I stood on stage and had to watch my father on the news
[01:25.368]Stress on the head of my spirit, I was lost and confused
[01:28.361]I knew both sides of the story, but still, I couldn't choose
[01:31.839]See, it was more than humiliation and bein' sued
[01:35.128]They crucified my affiliation for points to prove
[01:38.243]And now my purpose for livin' makes no difference to you. My total existence was for makin' a smiling move
[01:44.715]They said that I'll live forever
[01:46.761]But the moment he died, more accusations arrived
[01:49.851]I had to die too
[02:02.404]I remember takin' my first breath August 28th, 1963
[02:07.751]The whole nation had saved the day, I made it on TV
[02:10.954]My come out was a standing ova', the crowd in disbelief
[02:14.103]How could a group of words be so great?
[02:15.957]Designed to make you think
[02:17.581]Races and faces embracin' my conscience in letter form
[02:20.442]How gracious was I speakin' on changes once outside the norm?
[02:23.839]The person responsible, my creator
[02:26.048]He never conformed or used hatred to form mass retaliation
[02:29.415]Watch him perform with conviction
[02:31.167]Two hundred and fifty thousand souls left they homes to listen
[02:34.212]I gather his thoughts in abundance made to complete the mission
[02:37.541]His life became heroic, then tables turned
[02:40.026]My creator stripped from being a poet because he yearned other women, infidelity stricken, I can't say he was perfect
[02:47.016]It made me nervous, they tear him down and forget me
[02:49.987]I prayed that I survived in the midst of the controversy
[02:53.091]How many lives'll fall on deaf ears if I'm not worthy?
[02:56.225]I won't justify his personal problems, that's not my job
[02:59.410]I was only born to make sure your children can play outside
[03:02.565]And I imagine the other demons he hid before he died
[03:05.862]If they came to surface, this dream probably won't be alive
[03:09.174]Because of you
[03:22.177]I was born in paranoia, it's poison for us
[03:25.219]We can't create with joyous ambition, we're out of luck
[03:28.467]The critics formed a new coalition and huddled up
[03:31.760]The non-creators are now elated and out of touch
[03:35.030]Why can't you gladly appreciate the influence we give?
[03:38.439]Stop starin' at me disgusted, my substance made sure you'd lived
[03:41.673]You want the head of the messenger and the history from him
[03:45.070]Which eventually takes away from the good you accustom
[03:48.200]Think of a life without the likes of imagination that's prosperin'
[03:51.989]The bodies that you consider genius, you like to box 'em in
[03:55.063]The great debaters and thinkers, they gave you a voice
[03:57.928]Why can't you prosecute the crimes and not the thoughts I employ?
[04:01.296]Because your better judgement will always look down on me
[04:04.105]But if I recollect how we connect, you'll account on me
[04:07.589]I got a theory that most of y'all won't allow to see
[04:10.836]It goes like this, talent doesn't choose morality
[04:14.094]See, if Daniel Hale was a killer, would you not want a heart?
[04:17.654]If Carl Benz was a racist, would you stop driving cars?
[04:20.888]I can't help we jump in these bodies and you called them a god
[04:24.176]Just know the Earth is just a rock without the voices of art
[04:27.292]Sincerely yours