Lamar, Kendrick - DUCKWORTH. Lyrics

0:49 God*

2 underrated

The Ted Taylor sample >

The craziest part of the song is that back then you were able to support a family by just working at a KFC.... astonishing

K.Dot is a robot 🤦🏾‍♂️

Well mixed / mastered music here

I just finished the album and it is a fucking masterpiece I’ve never heard anything like it

It doesn’t feel like it’s been 2 years

julia just like it was yesterday

This shit was fire as fuck whoever said it isnt is stupid af

https://youtu.be/IUrOHBq8-6E

G.O.A.T 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

So proud of Slovenian-Croatian team of excellent musicians Bončina-Topić-Ugrin for making it into this song!

Excellent sampling of Ugrin/Topić/Bončina (September - Ostavi trag) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biVfj35iyDc

I'm literally addicted to the first minute of this song

Drake is king tho dont forget who gave kendrick his first international tour

I make better biscuits than KFC. Now who is top dawg?

This song is a message to the kids, the right way is a lot more beneficial than you’d think.

Kendrick told u "children listen it gets deep" in the beginning

Any else hear the last 10 seconds? During the rewind..... Like right before it started and then til it ends. That told a story unrelated to the song involving his other songs.. how interesting

3:44 is that the intro to a song I can’t remember the name

9th wonder 🔥 give him his credit for such an amazing song 💯

3:30 woaahhh

[Bēkon and Kid Capri:]
It was always me vs the world
Until I found it's me vs me
Why, why, why, why?
Why, why, why, why?
Just remember, what happens on Earth stays on Earth
We gon' put it in reverse

[Ted Taylor:]
Darling, I told you many times
And I am telling you once again
Just to remind you, sweetheart
That my...

[Kendrick Lamar:]
Oh Lamar, Hail Mary and marijuana, times is hard
Pray with the hooligans, shadows all in the dark
Fellowship with demons and relatives, I'm a star
Life is one funny mothafucka
A true comedian, you gotta love him, you gotta trust him
I might be buggin', infomercials and no sleep
Introverted by my thoughts; children, listen, it gets deep
See, once upon a time inside the Nickerson Garden projects
The object was to process and digest poverty's dialect
Adaptation inevitable: gun violence, crack spot
Federal policies raid buildings and drug professionals
Anthony was the oldest of seven
Well-respected, calm and collected
Laughin' and jokin' made life easier; hard times, Momma on crack
A four-year-old tellin' his nanny he needed her
His family history: pimpin' and bangin'
He was meant to be dangerous
Clocked him a grip and start slangin'
Fifteen, scrapin' up his jeans with quarter pieces
Even got some head from a smoker last weekend
Dodged a policeman, workin' for his big homie
Small-time hustler, graduated to a brick on him
10,000 dollars out of a project housing, that's on the daily
Seen his first mil twenty years old, had a couple of babies
Had a couple of shooters
Caught a murder case, fingerprints on the gun they assumin'
But witnesses couldn't prove it
That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin
He beat the case and went back to hustlin'
Bird-shufflin', Anthony rang
The first in the projects with the two-tone Mustang
That 5.0 thing, they say 5-0 came
Circlin' parking lots and parking spots
And hoppin' out while harrassin' the corner blocks
Crooked cops told Anthony he should kick it
He brushed 'em off and walked back to the Kentucky Fried Chicken
See, at this chicken spot
There was a light-skinned nigga that talked a lot
With a curly top and a gap in his teeth
He worked the window, his name was Ducky
He came from the streets, the Robert Taylor Homes
Southside Projects, Chiraq, the Terror Dome
Drove to California with a woman on him and 500 dollars
They had a son, hopin' that he'd see college
Hustlin' on the side with a nine-to-five to freak it
Cadillac Seville, he'd ride his son around on weekends
Three-piece special with his name on the shirt pocket
'Cross the street from the projects, Anthony planned to rob it
Stuck up the place before, back in '84
That's when affiliation was really eight gears of war
So many relatives tellin' us, sellin' us devilish works
Killin' us, crime, intelligent, felonious
Prevalent proposition with 9's
Ducky was well-aware
They robbed the manager and shot a customer last year
He figured he'd get on these niggas' good sides
Free chicken every time Anthony posted in line
Two extra biscuits, Anthony liked him and then let him slide
They didn't kill him; in fact, it look like they're the last to survive
Pay attention, that one decision changed both of they lives
One curse at a time
Reverse the manifest and good karma, and I'll tell you why
You take two strangers and put 'em in random predicaments
Give 'em a soul so they can make their own choices and live with it
Twenty years later, them same strangers, you make 'em meet again
Inside recording studios where they reapin' their benefits
Then you start remindin' them about that chicken incident
Whoever thought the greatest rapper would be from coincidence?
Because if Anthony killed Ducky, Top Dawg could be servin' life
While I grew up without a father and die in a gunfight

[Reversed Audio:]
So, I was takin' a walk the other day…

This song is so understated one of the goats songs.

I got so many chills when after the gun sound, the whole album was reversing and ended with "So i was taking a walk the other day...." And everything just started to make so much sense. 3:26

*so I was taking a walk the other day...*

One of the greatest endings to an album frfr

i fucking love the beginning of this 😍😍🤪

Honestly changing my last name was my last magic trick

That was back when he turned his back and they killed his cousin

Life is one funny mahfucka

How can people tell that this is his worst album?

MR 8R it’s good but compared to his other albums it’s his worst

rise israel

Pulitzer Prize for this album... DAMN.

Kendrick goated

Best song of the album forsure .

PokeSteez yessir

easily his most emotional album

I slept in this to long ....

Dexiho • Fr

"Laughing and joking made life easier."

• It was always me vs. the world .... Until I found its me vs. me ... why oh why why

Damn this intro hits too hard 😒😪👌

This album has aged well

This is up there with the all time greatest songs in hip-hop history!!

what do you mean live through the heart

classic shit

Listening for that Hiatus Kaiyote sample👀

Sound just like Lupe

This is my first time listening to a Kendrick album, and I finally understand the hype. This has become one of my favorite albums and Kendrick has become my second favorite artist of the current era.

Gabe pRoDuCtIoNs I would love to feel that feeling of hearing him for the first time.

my ig lit asf read my name its the same as my ig lol

Oh, wow! Kendrick never fails to amaze me. Long story short, be careful with the choices you make. One leads to another and then it leads to something else and depending on it you will either be happy or miserable! Bless this man!

"So I was taking a walk the other day.........."

This man is the best representative of this decades true gen. of rap. (shout out to J.cole tho)

the fact that the beat keeps changing up and flows so well into each other just adds more to how fucking brilliant this song is

this is an amazing song just the ability that kendrick has to tell a story is amazing

*you take 2 strangers and put 'em in random predicaments, give 'em a soul so they make their own choices and live with it*

This album is so relatable

I did a remix on that ;)


https://youtu.be/Cs4ANO08Lds

a lot of people like to talk about DAMN like it's not up there as some of Kendrick's best work but holy fuck is this some top 25 rap songs of all time level shit.
Every time i listen to this it becomes more and more insane and the way the narrative evolves is so fucking perfect and precise, and at the same time his flow is on point, and that intro creates such a tight atmosphere.
Everything here was planned in a way that could not be done by anyone but 9th wonder and K-Dot
damn

it was this song, 2 years ago, that made me realise exactly why the album was named DAMN, bruh I sat in my room for awhile after that last gunshot and never listened to music the same again

It was always me vs the world
Until i found its me vs me .. Why why 🍺⏳

It's not often you listen to a rap track and shed a few tears...but kendrick Will take you there

🙏🙏🙏

I'm at work bumping this everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:27 is so slept upon 🥶🥶

the beat switch on this is beautiful

It's been said that if you tell God/The Universe what it is that you desire, and mix it with Faith.....God/The Universe has no choice but to grant to you that which you desire!


.....well, God/The Universe, I desire for K-Dot and Andre 3000 to collaborate on a track before 2019 is over!


Thank you in advance for making this happen.

This whole Album Gets me High

Best song from the album hands down

Masterpiece💯

I remember hearing the album the night it dropped and then getting to this song. Man, I was legit so taken aback by how seamlessly Kendrick makes me picture Anthony and Ducky both. This is why Kendrick is the best rapper of his era. He really can give you everything in one album

3:33 - 4:09 still haunts me till this day 😟

Ninth Wonder Crazy for this!!!

If you know you know

Mr. Duckworth! Class is not for sleeping! You failed!

incredible

Mr DUCKWORTH, long night?

Lol just realised Kendrick's last name is Duckworth.

It might only be a year or 2 but this is still before its time

favorite album . 💖

Storyteller genius.

fire🔥🔥

Get the chills every time

That was so good.

9th's drums are jus nasty. They sound live. Dilla lives in 9th

9th's drums are jus nasty. They sound live. Dilla lives in 9th

Best To Ever Do It

Poetry 🙌

I know it's corny but u ever hear a song and the verses are so good you get tears in your eyes? LoL like youre not sad it's just so good it brings tears to your EYES

Holy fuck yea. This is da shit

Fuck....
You HAVE to listen to this track high brother

This only got 1.7million views or more like listen to's????

so.. i was taking a walk the other day..🚶🏻‍♂️

hugs hard

This song will always be one of my favorite songs ever!!!💯🔥💞

The remix. https://youtu.be/qyg4sg3ybKE