These are chords by Kendrick Lamar on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro] C#m As I get a little older, I realize life is perspective C#m And my perspective may differ from yours C#m I wanna say thank you to everyone that's been down with me C#m All my fans, all my beautiful fans C#m Anyone who's ever gave me a listen, all my people [Verse 1] C#m I come from a generation of pain, where murder is minor C#m Rebellious and Margielas'll chip you for designer C#m Belt buckles and clout, overzealous if prone to violence C#m Make the wrong turn, be it will or the wheel alignment C#m Residue burned, mist of the inner-city C#m Miscommunication to keep homi' detective busy C#m No protection is risky C#m Desensitized, I vandalized pain, covered up and camouflaged C#m
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Get used to hearin' arsenal rain
C#m
Analyze, risk your life,
take the charge
C#m
Homies done fucked your baby
mama once you hit the yard,
that's culture
C#m
Twenty-three hour lockdown,
then somebody called
C#m
Said your lil' nephew was shot down,
the culture's involved
C#m
I done seen niggas do seventeen,
hit the halfway house
C#m
Get out and get his brains blown out,
lookin' to buy some weed
C#m
Car wash is played out,
new GoFundMe accounts'll proceed
C#m
A brand-new victim'll shatter
those dreams, the culture
[Chorus]
C#m F#m
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
G#m Amaj7
But I want you to want me too
G#m G#7#9 F#m
I want the hood to want me back
B
I want the hood
Emaj7
Look what I done for you
(Look what I done for you)
G#7
Look what I done for you
[Verse 2]
C#m
I said I'd do this for my culture
C#m
To let y'all know what a nigga look
like in a bulletproof Rover
F#m
In my mama's sofa was a doo-doo popper
F#m
Hair trigger, walk up closer,
ain't no Photoshoppin'
B
Friends bipolar, grab you by
your pockets
B
No option if you froze up,
always play the offense
G#m
Niggas goin' to work and sellin'
work, late for work
G#7
Workin' late, prayin' for work,
but he on paperwork
C#m
That's the culture,
point the finger, promote ya
C#m
Remote location, witness protection,
they gon' hold ya
F#m
The streets got me fucked up,
y'all can miss me
F#m
I wanna represent for us
B
New revolution was up and movin'
B
I'm in Argentina wiping my
tears full of confusion
G#m
Water in between us, another
peer's been executed
G#m
History repeats again
G#7
Make amends, then find a nigga with
C#m
the same skin to do it
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C#m
But that's the culture,
crack a bottle
C#m
Hard to deal with the
pain when you're sober
F#m
By tomorrow, we forget the remains,
we start over
G#m
That's the problem
G#m
Our foundation was trained to
Amaj7
accept whatever follows
Amaj7 G#m
Dehumanized, insensitive
G#m
Scrutinize the way we live for you and I
F#m
Enemies shook my hand,
I can promise I'll meet you
B
In the land where no equal
is your equal
Emaj7
Never say I ain't told ya, nah
G#7
In the land where hurt
people hurt more people
G#7 C#m
Fuck callin' it culture
[Chorus]
C#m F#m
(I want, I want, I want, I want)
G#m Amaj7
But I want you to want me too
G#m G#7#9 F#m
I want the hood to want me back
B
I want the hood
Emaj7
Look what I done for you
(Look what I done for you)
G#7
Look what I done for you
[Interlude]
C#m
Take the drums out
F#m
Phew, phew
B
Phew, phew
G#7
Phew
[Verse 3]
C#m
Celebrate new life when it
come back around
C#m
The purpose is in the
lessons we learnin' now
F#m
Sacrifice personal gain over everything
F#m
Just to see the next generation
better than ours
B
I wasn't perfect, the skin
I was in had truly suffered
B
Temptation and patience,
everything that the body nurtures
G#7
I felt the good, I felt the bad,
and I felt the worry
G#7
But all-in-all, my productivity
had stayed urging
C#m
Face your fears, always knew
that I would make it here
C#m
Where the energy is magnified
and persevered
F#m
Consciousness is synchronized
and crystal-clear
F#m
Euphoria is glorified and made His
B
Reflectin' on my life and what I done
B
Paid dues, made rules, change outta love
G#7
Them same views made schools
change curriculums
G#7
But didn't change me starin'
down the barrel of that gun
C#m
Should I feel resentful
I didn't see my full potential?
C#m
Should I feel regret about
the good that I was into?
F#m
Everything is everything,
this ain't coincidental
F#m
I woke up that morning
with more heart to give you
B
As I bleed through the speakers,
feel my presence
B
To my brother, to my kids,
I'm in Heaven
G#7
To my mother, to my sis,
I'm in Heaven
G#7
To my father, to my wife,
I am serious, this is Heaven
C#madd9
To my friends, make sure you countin'
them blessings
C#madd9
To my fans, make sure you make
them investments
F#m
And to the killer that sped up my demise
F#m
I forgive you, just know your
soul's in question
B
I seen the pain in your pupil
when that trigger had squeezed
B
And though you did me gruesome,
I was surely relieved
G#m7
I completed my mission,
wasn't ready to leave
G#7
But fulfilled my days,
my Creator was pleased
C#madd9
I can't stress how I love y'all
C#madd9
I don't need to be in
flesh just to hug y'all
F#m
The memories recollect j
ust because y'all
F#m
Celebrate me with respect
F#m
The unity we protect is above all
B
And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you
B
Make sure my kids watch all
my interviews
G#m7
Make sure you live all the
dreams we produce
G#7
Keep that genius in your brain on the move
C#madd9
And to my neighborhood,
let the good prevail
C#madd9
Make sure them babies and
them leaders outta jail
F#m
Look for salvation
when troubles get real
F#m
'Cause you can't help the world
until you help yourself
B
And I can't blame the hood
the day that I was killed
B
Y'all had to see it,
that's the only way to feel
G#m7
And though my physical
won't reap the benefits
G#7
The energy that carry on emits still
C#m
I want you