Kendrick Lamar - DNA. Lyrics
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]I got, I got, I got, I got—Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNACocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNAI got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNAI got hustle though, ambition flow inside my DNAI was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conceptionI transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weaponI don't contemplate, I meditate, then off your *****ing headThis that put-the-kids-to-bedThis that I got, I got, I got, I got—Realness, I just kill shit ’cause it's in my DNAI got millions, I got riches buildin' in my DNAI got dark, I got evil, that rot inside my DNAI got off, I got troublesome heart inside my DNAI just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serveYeah, that’s him again, the sound that engine in is like a birdYou see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevardI know how you work, I know just who you areSee, you's a, you's a, you's a—*****, your hormones prolly switch inside your DNAProblem is, all that sucker shit inside your DNADaddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DNABackbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gaugeSee, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the frontShit I've been through prolly offend you, this is Paula's oldest sonI know murder, convictionBurners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead, redemptionScholars, fathers dead with kids andI wish I was fed forgivenessYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA (soldier’s DNA)Born inside the beast, my expertise checked out in second gradeWhen I was 9, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stayAt 29, I’ve done so well, hit cartwheel in my estateAnd I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to, antisocial extrovertAnd excellent mean the extra workAnd absentness what the ***** you heardAnd pessimists never struck my nerveAnd Nazareth gonna plead his caseThe reason my power’s here on earthSalute the truth, when the prophet say[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar & Geraldo Rivera]I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNAThis is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent yearsI got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNAI live a better life, I'm rollin' several dice, ***** your lifeI got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNAI live a be-, ***** your life5, 4, 3, 2, 1This is my heritage, all I'm inheritin'Money and power, the maker of marriages[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]Tell me somethin'You motha*****as can't tell me nothin'I'd rather die than to listen to youMy DNA not for imitationYour DNA an abominationThis how it is when you in the MatrixDodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sowAnd stackin' up the footage, livin' on the goAnd sleepin' in a villaSippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the buildin'Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floorsBeach inside the window, peekin' out the windowBaby in the pool, godfather goalsOnly Lord knows I've been goin' hammerDodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the camerasEat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandalsYoga on a Monday, stretchin' to NirvanaWatchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakesPhone never on, I don't conversateI don't compromise, I just penetrateSex, money, murder—these are the breaksThese are the times, level number 9Look up in the sky, 10 is on the waySentence on the way, killings on the wayMother*****er, I got winners on the wayYou ain't shit without a body on your beltYou ain't shit without a ticket on your plateYou ain't sick enough to pull it on yourselfYou ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skateTell me when destruction gonna be my fateGonna be your fate, gonna be our faithPeace to the world, let it rotateSex, money, murder—our DNA[Video Outro]DNA, DNAReal nigga in my DNAAin't no ho inside my DNADrippin' gold inside my DNAPower shows inside my DNADNAReal nigga in my DNAAin't no ho inside my DNA
