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Fear (Kendrick Lamar)

  1. [Verse 1]
  2. I beat yo ass, keep talkin' back
  3. I beat yo ass, who bought you that?
  4. You stole it, I beat yo ass if you say that game is broken
  5. I beat yo ass if you jump on my couch
  6. I beat yo ass if you walk in this house
  7. With tears in your eyes, runnin’ from Poo Poo and Prentice
  8. Go back outside, I beat yo ass, lil nigga
  9. That homework better be finished, I beat yo ass
  10. Your teachers better not be bitchin' 'bout you in class
  11. That pizza better not be wasted, you eat it all
  12. That TV better not be loud if you got it on
  13. Them Jordans better not get dirty when I just bought 'em
  14. Better not hear ’bout you humpin' on Keisha's daughter
  15. Better not hear you got caught up
  16. I beat yo ass, you better not run to your father
  17. I beat yo ass, you know my patience runnin' thin
  18. I got buku payments to make
  19. County building's on my ass, tryna take my food stamps away
  20. I beat yo ass if you tell them social workers he live here
  21. I beat yo ass if I beat yo ass twice and you still here
  22. Seven years old, think you run this house by yourself?
  23. Nigga, you gon' fear me if you don't fear no one else
  24.  
  25. [Chorus]
  26. If I could smoke fear away, I'd roll that mothafucka up
  27. And then I'd take two puffs
  28. I'm high now, I'm high now
  29. I'm high now, I'm high now
  30. Life's a bitch, pull them panties to the side now
  31. I don't think I could find a way to make it on this earth
  32.  
  33. [Verse 2]
  34. I'll prolly die anonymous
  35. I'll prolly die with promises
  36. I'll prolly die walkin' back home from the candy house
  37. I'll prolly die because these colors are standin' out
  38. I'll prolly die because I ain't know Demarcus was snitchin'
  39. I'll prolly die at these house parties, fuckin' with bitches
  40. I'll prolly die from witnesses leavin' me falsed accused
  41. I'll prolly die from thinkin' that me and your hood was cool
  42. Or maybe die from pressin' the line, actin' too extra
  43. Or maybe die because these smokers are more than desperate
  44. I'll prolly die from one of these bats and blue badges
  45. Body slammed on black and white paint, my bones snappin'
  46. Or maybe die from panic or die from bein' too lax
  47. Or die from waitin' on it, die 'cause I'm movin' too fast
  48. I'll prolly die tryna buy weed at the apartments
  49. I'll prolly die tryna defuse two homies arguin'
  50. I'll prolly die 'cause that's what you do when you're 17
  51. All worries in a hurry, I wish I controlled things
  52.  
  53. [Chorus]
  54. If I could smoke fear away, I'd roll that mothafucka up
  55. And then I'd take two puffs
  56. I've been hungry all my life
  57. I'm high now, I'm high now
  58. I'm high now, I'm high now
  59. Life's a bitch, pull them panties to the side now
  60. Now…
  61.  
  62. [Verse 3]
  63. When I was 27, I grew accustomed to more fear
  64. Accumulated 10 times over throughout the years
  65. My newfound life made all of me magnified
  66. How many accolades do I need to block denial?
  67. The shock value of my success put bolts in me
  68. All this money, is God playin' a joke on me?
  69. Is it for the moment, and will he see me as Job?
  70. Take it from me and leave me worse than I was before?
  71. At 27, my biggest fear was losin' it all
  72. Scared to spend money, had me sleepin' from hall to hall
  73. Scared to go back to Section 8 with my mama stressin'
  74. 30 shows a month and I still won't buy me no Lexus
  75. What is an advisor? Somebody that's holdin' my checks
  76. Just to fuck me over and put my finances in debt?
  77. I read a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered
  78. How did the Bad Girl feel when she looked at them numbers?
  79. The type of shit'll make me flip out and just kill somethin'
  80. Drill somethin', get ill and fill ratchets with a lil' somethin'
  81. I practiced runnin' from fear, guess I had some good luck
  82. At 27 years old, my biggest fear was bein' judged
  83. How they look at me reflect on myself, my family, my city
  84. What they say 'bout me reveal if my reputation would miss me
  85. What they see from me would trickle down generations in time
  86. What they hear from me would make 'em highlight my simplest lines
  87.  
  88. [Verse 4]
  89. I'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' creativity
  90. I'm talkin' fear, fear of missin' out on you and me
  91. I'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' loyalty from pride
  92. 'Cause my DNA won't let me involve in the light of God
  93. I'm talkin' fear, fear that my humbleness is gone
  94. I'm talkin' fear, fear that love ain't livin' here no more
  95. I'm talkin' fear, fear that it's wickedness or weakness
  96. Fear, whatever it is, both is distinctive
  97. Fear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth
  98. And I can't take these feelings with me
  99. So hopefully they disperse
  100. Within fourteen tracks, carried out over wax
  101. Searchin' for resolutions until somebody get back
  102. Fear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth
  103. And I can't take these feelings with me
  104. So hopefully they disperse
  105. Within fourteen tracks, carried out over wax
  106. Wonderin' if I'm livin' through fear or livin' through rap
  107. Damn
  108.  
  109. [Bridge: Bēkon]
  110. Goddamn you
  111. Goddamn me
  112. Goddamn us
  113. Goddamn we
  114. Goddamn us all

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