kendrick lamar ahh lyrics

i’m a PROPHET in a PROFIT-driven world, Split a SERMON with a SYRINGE

cracked the CODEINE COMMANDMENTS, Moses lost the DOPAMEINE

the flock’s OD’N on HASHTAGS, CRUCIFIXION as a HASHTAG,

“#forgivethemfather” TRENDS while my choppers clap BACK

 

my CITY’S a SYMPHONY of SNARE DRUMS and KNEE-COLOGY,

KNEELIN’ on a DREAM till the ASPHALT coughs up a EULOGY.

they said, “COMPROMISE,” but I am the COMPROMISE,

GRANDMA’S HANDS still BLEEDIN’ in the GRANDER SCHEME of LIES

 

the city’s a CIPHER, i REWRITE it with a LIGHTER. burn the BYLAWS,

watch the smoke curl like question MARKS over childhood YARDS

“survivor’s GUILT” got me BUILDIN’ COFFINS for my VICES,

pray the holy water don’t drown me while i’m BAPTIZIN’ CRISIS

 

i’m shrodinger’s DISCIPLE, i’m alive and ERASED

a taxidermy of hope stuffed with the cash they threw at my FAITH

the blood on the leaves ain’t just Fallin’, it’s a LANGUAGE,

they LYNCH the RYTHYM then ask why my flow got ANGER?!

 

“what’s the price of a black HYMN?” the culprit stays QUIET,

the collection plate’s A MIRROR, AMERICA, confess your DIET

i’m the ghost in the MACHINE of the AMERICAN SCREAM,

tell God i’m stuck in the BELLY of the AMERICAN DREAM.