fuck your ethnicity
Singer: kendrick lamar
gather around
i'm glad everybody came out tonight
as we stand on our neighborhood corner
know that this fire that's burning represents the passion you have
listen
keisha
tammy
come up front
i recognize all of you
every creed and color
with that being said. fuck your ethnicity
you understand that?
we gon' talk about a lot of shit that concerns you
all of you
now everybody
throw your hands up high
if you don't give a fuck
throw your hands up high
now i don't give a fuck if you
black
white
asian
hispanic
goddammit
that don't mean shit to me
fuck your ethnicity
nigga
fire burning inside my eyes
this the music that saved my life
y'all be calling it hip-hop
i be calling it hypnotize
yeah
hypnotize
trapped my body but freed my mind
what the fuck is you fighting for? ain't nobody gon' win that war
my details be retail
man
i got so much in store
racism is still alive
yellow tape and colored lines
fuck that
nigga look at that line
it's so diverse
they getting off work and they wanna see kendrick
everybody can't drive benz's
and i been there
so i make it my business
to give 'em my full attention
ten-hut! man
i gotta get my wind up
man
i gotta get down with god cause i got my sins up
matter of fact
don't mistake me for no fucking rapper
they sit backstage and hide behind the fucking cameras
i mosh pit
had a microphone and i tossed it
had a brain
then i lost it
i'm out of my mind
so don't you mind how much the cost is
penny for my thoughts
everybody
please hold up your wallets
yeah man
i'm the mailman
can't you tell
man?
going postal
never freeze up
when i approach you
that's starstruck and roast you
oh my
hiiipower
now i don't give a fuck if you
black
white
asian
hispanic
goddammit
that don't mean shit to me
fuck your ethnicity
nigga
i'm tired of y'all
cause everybody lied to y'all
and you believe it? recognize them false achievements
it's treason and i'm tylenol
i knock out when you knock it off
knock on the doors of opportunity
i'm too involved
i'm no activist
i'm no einstein before calculus
i was kicking that math
dropping that science
like an alchemist
and i be kicking that ass
lyrically i'm ufc
if a ufo had came for me
i'mma come back with the head of an alien
don't alienate
my dreams
get it right
get a life
i got 2
that's a metaphor for the big shit i do
boy
tmi
tsa
man i'm fly
put wings on my back
that a plane or angel? both like a pilot with a halo
whoa. gross
i mean
i've seen so many things come through them
him
her
you
i'm just a messenger
yeah
i know life's a bitch
get the best of her
put them 3's up
they notice that we up
hiiipower
and the power in the people and if they don't believe us
they'll die
wizard
now i don't give a fuck if you
black
white
asian
hispanic
goddammit
that don't mean shit to me
fuck your ethnicity
nigga