Kendrick Lamar - Black Friday (Clean)

Dream Big

Nana

Prod. by Trent Davis

This girly tryna send me down a spiral 
and I got emotions for her but I'm tryna hide those 
and she's seductive, I know I should keep my eyes closed
but it's hard to deny something that lives inside your bones
So I'm chasing her, tryna hide me tracks
Doing things, tryna fight regret
paranoid I start looking back
Darkness winning inside my head
Do you feel like what I'm feeling like right now? 
Even in the silence my guilt is screaming out
But this girly is so pretty that I cannot leave her
she keeps saying that she's harmless why do I believe her?
I need her now and I'm trapped in Neverland 
makin' the same mistakes, call me peter pan
and I'm feeling like I am a slave
Same process, same results am I insane?
But there again she is calling out my name
I try to fight it but again I just obey (Dang!)
And now I'm crying out:
Please please, send me light! 
Why can't I just get this thing right?
I feel like a deaf man losing my sight
How do I, How do I win this fight?
And now I know that it don't cost a thing to buy captivity 
what used to be my favorite necklace has become a leash
I pull and pull and pull and yet there's no release 
I used to think you were a beauty but you are a beast,
I'm bleeding but you don't care.
Down here pleading to your blank stare
So demeaning it's just not fair tryna see beyond your long hair
and you've just got my mind so full of doubts
can I call on Heaven someone help me out! All I know is wherever you say, that's where I'm going
I used to have my dignity but now I can't control this
And I don't know if anyone can clean this mess
and I have heard a wicked soul never finds rest
And now I'm crying out:
Please please, send me light!
Why can't I just get this thing right?
I feel like a deaf man losing my sight
How do I, How do I win this fight? 
(Oh someone send me light, I'm gonna get it right, I'm seeing through your lies, and you know I'ma fight)
Please please, send me light! 
Why can't I just get this thing right? 
I feel like a deaf man losing my sight.
How do I, How do I end this fight?

How Do I?

Prod. by Trenton Davis

Lyrics:
Problems all over the planet
Meanwhile, I was taking life for granted
And I used to be so negative
My family probably remembers it
I woke up in the morning
And chose to be mad or sad in an instant
And yet I would insist that I was the victim of all of it
But I ain’t doing that no more, I’m just gonna be an optimist

And I know I can’t sing so I just auto tune
And I know I don’t fit in but I’m not trying to
And I love how I live, yeah I’m never giving up
I’m gonna show these people love
I’m on a natural high all through the night
And when the earth is so dark I’ll be shining my light
And when challenges come, there’s no compromise
I am just learning to see the world through new eyes

My eyes

And I know you’ll show me the way to go
‘Cause I’ve been flying but I still get vertigo
And although I feel unstable 
that does not mean you’re unable
to help me see life through new angles
I’ll be flying up with them angels
I’m singing, I’m bringing you all that I got
Positive, optimist, that’s how I rock
I’m learning that it’s really easy to throw talk
But it’s really really hard to learn how to walk yeah

And I know I can’t sing so I just auto tune 
And I know I don’t fit in but I’m not trying to
And I love how I live, yeah I’m never giving up
Gonna show these people love 
I’m on a natural high all through the night
And when the earth is so dark I’ll be shining my light
And when challenges come there’s no compromise
 I am just learning to see the world through new eyes

My eyes

Natural Highs

Enemy Lines

Back Home

Life‘s been getting hard 
I don’t want to be negative 
but lately all my doubts have become something repetitive 
they almost knocked me out 
my fear is like a sedative 
the future’s knocking at the door but I don’t want to let it in 

I’m running out of time 
I’m trying to ease my mind 
I lay awake at night and do my best to close my eyes
but when I do I start to focus on the things inside 
and all the darkness and the pain, they just start to arise 

 But Lord if I’m honest 
I’m really just so afraid 
‘cause I look down at the waves 
instead of blessings You gave 
to me throughout my whole life 
I try to act like it’s mine 
This two years ain’t a whole lot 
 And at the end I will find 
that it was all for my benefit 
I want to be more penitent
‘cause You are so benevolent 
when I am I degenerate

 We’re messed up 
but You test us so that we can grow 

Chest up, You invest trust in our weary souls

Chorus:
I understand that pain may come 
I’m looking up, I’m moving on 
One day I know I will come home 
but until then I’m not alone

Though I don’t feel ready 
You will hold me steady 
through all of the rubble of the war 
to the place I’m heading 

When the future is the past 
I’ll look back and be glad 
that You let me be tried
while I walked down the path 

I know that my tiny faith ain’t perfect 
but if I can keep on going, then it will be worth it 
every day I’m learning how to be a better servant 
if I live my life, I want to live it out with purpose 

‘cause nothing can be better than Your perfect plan 
 And my whole life is held together by two nail-scarred hands 
so in the rainy weather I will learn to dance 
‘cause every time I fall you give another chance 

and at times I will feel lost and afraid 
but that is the entire reason why the Savior came 
He stepped into the darkness and took it by the reigns
then he suffered for my sins 
He can take away the pain

Chorus:
I understand that pain may come 
I’m looking up, I’m moving on 
One day I know I will come home 
but until then I’m not alone

Not Alone.

For Behr

Lately I’ve been feeling like the earth is losing gravity, hope that your understanding me when I say that humanity’s not ready for the things that are coming we’re running all around, looking for the normal days and they ain’t nowhere to be found. 
That is when I look to my past it all has been a class, prepping me for all the tests, I know that I’m gonna pass. If I keep running I will amount to something, I’ve got my eye on the future and on the man I’m becoming.

Remember the good times and throw out the bad, I’m looking back on these memories they’re all in my head, and now I’ve been moving on I put it all in a song, now I’m just tryna find the place I belong. 
Remember the good times and throw out all the bad I’m looking back on these memories they’re all in my head, and lately I’ve been really feeling lots of pressure, that is when I tell myself that I’ve got a good track record.

¿Cuando me miro en el espejo, que veo?
¿Cuando miro hacia los cielos, que veo?
Realmente no hay diferencia, soy muy similar a una estrella
Solamente me falta brillar y unas cosas más como distancia.

Really I’m kidding I know that I’m not a star 
I’ve just been out here battling with all the pride in my heart
I wrote another song and hope that it is high on the charts
But if I’m being realistic well I know that it’s not
I’m just out here between pain and pleasure
Tryna rearrange the letters
Did it once, then did it better
Criticism never lets up
So I’ve been out here walking under pressure but I tell myself “I’ve got a good track record.”

Remember the good times and throw out the bad, I’m looking back on these memories they’re all in my head, and now I’ve been moving on I put it all in a song, now I’m just tryna find the place I belong. 
Remember the good times and throw out all the bad I’m looking back on these memories they’re all in my head, and lately I’ve been really feeling lots of pressure, that is when I tell myself that I’ve got a good track record.

So I’ve been out here walking under pressure but I tell myself “I’ve got a good track record.”

Record (Single)

Record

Life has been bittersweet
Now that you’re not around
And yes I’ve got memories but I wish that you were here with me right now
I miss how we used to speak
In the late night hours
We’d talk about crazy things; my terrible beats and your favorite flowers

This song is for the girl I knew
Way back when I was still in school
She used to be so good to me
Now she is just a memory

And honestly I just cannot decide 
If I would go back and change the past or if I would just let it ride
And a lot of times I think, I wish I could have read your mind
‘Cause if I tell the truth I never really knew who I was in your eyes

This song is for the girl I knew
Way back when I was still in school
She used to be so good to me
Now she is just a memory

And I’ve been moving on but sometimes I look at our photos
And I will play it strong but honestly I miss you the most
So wherever you are over there living out on the coast
Wherever you are, I wish we were close

This song is for the girl I knew
Way back when I was still in school
She used to be so good to me
Now she is just a memory

Nana

Davo & Boogie Lee

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