Kendrick Lamar – i Lyrics

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"i." - Kendrick Lamar

Saturday, 24 October 2026, 12:55 am

Album: To Pimp a Butterfly

Track No: 15

Is this mic on?
Hey hey, turn the mic up
Come on, come on, is the mic on or not? I want the mic
We bringing up nobody, nobody, nobody
But the number one rapper in the world
He done travelled all over the world
He came back just to give you some game
All the little boys and girls, come up here
This is right here, just for you, come on up
Kendrick, come on
I done been through a whole lot
Trial, tribulation, but I know God
The devil wanna put me in a bow tie
Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah, yeah
As I look around me
So many **** wanna down me
But enemy could never drown me
In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me
And I love myself, huh
And when you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see?
I love myself (Ahh!)
I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully
I love myself
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
I love myself
One day at a time, uh
And when they say it's a war outside, bomb in the street
Gun in the hood, mob of police
Rock on the corner with a line full of fiend
And a bottle full of lean and a model on a scheme, oh
These days of frustration keep y'all on, come to the front, come, yeah
I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis
Dreams of reality's peace
Blow steam in the face of the beast
Sky could fall down, wind could cry now
Look at me ****, I smile
I love myself
When you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see?
I love myself
I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully
I love myself
Illuminated, all y'all come to the front, y'all come up to the front
I love myself
Baby girl, you, come on
Crazy
What you gon' do?
Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving)
Turn the mic up (Haunt you)
The fashion police, I wear my heart
On my sleeve, let the runway start
You know the miserable do love company
What do you want from me and my scars?
Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence
How many times my potential was anonymous?
How many times the city making me promises?
So I promise this, ****
I love myself
When you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see?
I love myself
I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully
I love myself
Illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy
I love myself
Huh
Walk my bare feet (Huh)
Walk my bare feet (Huh)
Down, down, valley deep (Huh)
Down, down, valley deep (Huh)
Fi-fie-fo-fum (Huh)
Fi-fie-fo-fum
My heart undone
One, two, three
I went to war last night
With a automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic
I'ma do it till I get it right
I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night)
I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent
Duckin' every other blessin' I can never see the message
I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave
From a negative and letting them annihilate me
And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed
Finna run into a building, lay my body
Not while I'm up here
Not on my time, kill the music
Not on my time
Save that **** for the streets
We could save that ****, this for the kids, bro
2015, **** tired of playin' victim dawg
**** ain't trying to play vic Tutu how many **** we done lost?
How many yeah, yeah, how many we lost?
No for real, answer the question, how many **** we done lost, bro?
This, this year alone
Exactly, so we ain't we ain't got time to waste time my ****
**** gotta make time, bro
The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time right?
The judge make time so it ain't ****
It shouldn't be **** for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dawg
On the dead homies Charlie P, you know that, bro
You know that
It's mando
It's mando
And I say this because I love you ****, man
I love all my ****, bro
Exactly 'nough said, 'nough said
We gon' get back to the show and move on, because that **** petty my ****
Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check
We gon' do some acapella **** before we get back to
All my **** listen
Listen to this
I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase **** ****
He said think about what you saying, **** ****
No better than Samuel L on D'Jango
No better than a white man with slave boats
Sound like I needed some soul searching
My pops gave me some game in real person
Retrace my steps on what they never taught me
Did my home work fast before government caught me
So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah
On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us
So many artist gave her an explanation to hold us
Well this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia
N-E-G-U-S, definition royality, king royalty, wait, listen
N-E-G-U-S, description black emperor, king, ruler, now let me finish
The history books overlooked the word and hide it
America tried to make it to a house divided
The homies don't recognize, we be using it wrong
So I'ma break it down and put my game in the song
N-E-G-U-S, say it with me
Or say it no more, black stars can come and get me
Take it from Oprah Winfrey
Tell her she right on time
Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive

Writer(s): Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Marvin Isley, Rudolph Isley, Christopher Jasper, Ernest Isley & C. Smith.

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