Lamar, Kendrick - The Heart Pt. 2 Lyrics






[Intro: excerpt from interview with Dash Snow]
I'll tell you what I don't believe in, can I do that?
Alright, I don't believe in the, in laws, or the system by any means, whatsoever
I try not to obey them at any time
That's what I believe in, not believing in
(So what keeps you alive?)
Four big bottles of water a day, two packs of Marlboro Reds and
uh, what keeps me alive? Shit, um
Music, I have to listen to music all day long
I say that keeps me going
I'm a pretty dark person, I've thought about ending it a million times
and I have to say that music keeps me here, by far, the main thing

[Kendrick Lamar]
Thank you
Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go
right now, freestyle or write down, whatever
And still I come up clever, I just need to free my thoughts
and Lord knows that I know better, but I ain't perfect
I ain't seen too many churches or know them testament verses
You should either hear me now or go deaf
or end up dead, die trying and know death
Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath
Fuck a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect nigga
I mean that from the bottom of my heart
You see my art is all I have, and victory tastes sweet
even when the enemy can throw salt
Still knock 'em out the park like a fucking tow car
Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from
we buy guns and more guns to give to the young
I'm living the life of a nigga trapped nigga
inside the system, all you envision is trap niggas
My uncle doing life inside prison, he wasn't wrapped too tight
He told me rap about life, not rap, niggas
That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissing
My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching
I start evaluating, then my final intuition
is that you wishing a come up, would just come up
We used to beefing over turf, fuck beefing over a verse
Niggas dying, motherfuck a double entendre
And this is Compton, lions in the land of the triumph
Wrap Saran our defiance, ban our alliance
Put burners in the hands of the black man
One hood with twenty fo'-fo's like a cloned Kobe Bryant
You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am
You probably even listen to "Faith" and think I know Zion
But really I'm just caught in the loop of understanding the truth
because it seem like it's always clashing with science
I got a big fear of flying
My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying
I swear to God half of y'all just don't know Kendrick
The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance
You walking down the block, he got shot, you wouldn't know I witnessed
You just mind your bidness
You just turn your head, kneel down, and then tie your tennises
It's kinda scary ain't it
You can't act like no bitch, that only got Tyler Perry famous
Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless?
Cause your pops wasn't anxious to see you when you hated him
so much, you probably had your burner tucked in graduation
Said if you see him on them bleachers then you kill him, facing
twenty-five to life with a murder charge
Your enemies was the prey, and now you pray to God
I pray these bars get farther than Compton
And if my record never break I still won't break my promise, I promise to keep it honest
Secret society, all we ask is trust
and all we lack is communication like service sucks
The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come
And I'm like, the Kendrick Lamar O.D. in less than a month
Alright? Gotta keep it pushing
Can't let the government tell me how my future looking
I'm on Rosecrans & Central trying to duck the central bookings
If the fucking pigs get behind me then you know I'm bucking, never will I surrender
I've been a warrior when I came out of my mom's placenta
In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter
How splendid, I guess my project had did it
Got all these niggas approaching their mixtapes different
They said seven tracks, I said fifteen
Called it an EP, they said I'm tripping
But little did they know, I'm tryna change the rules
that we've been confined to, so the corporate won't make decisions
Uppity bitches, handling bidness
Killing our dreams, stealing our vision
Out in Haiti adolescents barely have a home
In L.A. everybody think they fucking on
Hop on Twitter, perpetrate, we doing big shit
Who we hanging with, and bragging about the iPhone
I swear to God, most y'all cats just don't know Kendrick
You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended
Ain't doing this for my health, I'm just trying to purchase my momma them businesses
Occupy my time with riches, justify my time, ambition's
just to coincide, just to go inside, books we idolize while we living
Look the mastermind, took the master's mind, just the perfect time, just to mastermind
Just to master grind with precision, look the mastermind, took the... [coughs]

[Outro]
We would like to call this an appreciation tape
for those who recognized the Kendrick Lamar EP
For this is the Kendrick Lamar O.D.
Because of you, we are Overly Dedicated





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  1. W.... T....

    Now what Big Sean meant in no more interviews at the end sound like he having a asthma attack

  2. B.... B....

    @BTBBLUV1 Fresno Kalifornia 559.West Koast,
    https://youtu.be/KMfR4EXpYAQ
    Listen n Luv it Rest In Paradize

  3. A.... W....

    2019 I’m still bumping!

  4. T.... g....

    “You probably listen to fate and think I know Zion” he meantioned Kobe right before that verse







    8 years later zions the #1 pick in the nba. 2:17

  5. U.... R....

    Talent all around

  6. D.... S....

    "Can't let the government tell me how my future looking."

    - Kendrick Lamar

  7. C.... ....

    One of the greatest records of all time 🤯🔥

  8. M.... M....

    I tunes doesn’t have ?

  9. J.... M....

    These bars surely made it further than compton. Love from Pakistan.

  10. b.... n....

    "You can't act like a bit, that only got Tyler Perry famous." - 🔥

  11. H.... M....

    This was so classy ..I was so proud of Dot when I first heard this.

  12. B.... V....

    Here in 2019

  13. D.... Y....

    Lamar is just a dope M.C , it's just that simple.

  14. J.... J....

    4 minute verse. No breath.

  15. J.... U....

    Who's coming back to this in 2019?

    J.... U....

    We here fella.. Still going hard and strong

  16. S.... K....

    Man can't wait to have a new album of kendrick waiting too long for that shit.

  17. t.... ....

    Apparently 351 people (dislikes) went deaf instead of hearing this.

  18. S.... V....

    The song that made k.dot my favorite rapper 💯💯💯 this whole ep 🔥

  19. N.... ....

    Still slapping 3 years later💥

  20. C.... C....

    What’s Kendrick best top songs?

    Me:yes

  21. K.... ....

    this song should have gotten more comments by 4 days lol

  22. K.... ....

    2019 still one of the greatest anthems

  23. C.... M....

    HIIIPOWER

  24. O.... ....

    2019 and am still here

  25. M.... ....

    Man this song got me in tears and gave me hope. You can hear the hunger in Kendrick voice. The same hunger that I got right now. And the same potential. But the game just so different now music like this isn’t even appreciated. You basically gotta play the game to get on but I’m keeping faith I can remain myself and still make it 🙏🏾🖤

  26. t.... n....

    Oh my god cous this made me comment i never comment

  27. D.... A....

    Had to come back to this one while everybody talkin bout the iPhone 11 😔

    D.... A....

    damn life is just a cycle

  28. L.... T....

    Secret society all we ask is trust -uses the line 8 years later use it in loyalty

  29. D.... ....

    This is god ladies and gentlemen

  30. T.... T....

    in 2019 and its still one of the hardest songs🔥🔥🔥🔥

  31. T.... M....

    Saba brought me here

  32. n.... ....

    Sheeeeeesh

  33. A.... K....

    I'm speechless

  34. L.... T....

    You can’t act like no bitch that got Tyler perry famous

  35. l.... ....

    still listening to it
    one of a lot of kendricks masterpieces

  36. D.... ....

    Lmaoo he said cigarettes keeps him a live

  37. F.... A....

    The last part still gives me goosebumps to this day, even makes me tear up. He's going all out in 1 verse....

    F.... A....

    I felt that to Kendrick is a monster

  38. P.... P....

    Just cried like a little bitch listening to this after not hearing it for 2+ years. I would listen to this almost every day back in 2010/11

  39. A.... T....

    How is he so good it is amazing

  40. M.... P....

    "You Probably Even Listen to Faith and Think I know Zion
    But Really I'm Just Caught in the Loop, of Understanding the Truth
    Because it Seem Like It's Always Clashing With Science"

    Those lines right there really speak to me in 2019. I had no concept of how much we were being lied to about everything we take for granted when this song was written. A lot of our so called science is basically a bunch of unproven theories which they turned into a faith based religion.

  41. D.... J....

    This gotta be in the top 10 verses of all time

  42. M.... S....

    2019 gang

  43. M.... L....

    Why isnt this masterpiece on spotify?

    M.... L....

    One day it will.. and bring it new life

  44. J.... S....

    I’m pretty dark person I’ve thought about ending it a million times I felt that 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🖤🤞🏾

  45. K.... ....

    I always come back to the heart 2 for the nostalgia. Can never get tired of this song

  46. M.... M....

    this song made me cry first time i heard it, but i wasn't sad at all......

  47. B.... m....

    Thank you Kendrick for this remedy

  48. M.... C....

    Gotta k33p it pushn

  49. A.... H....

    One of the best songs of all time

  50. L.... M....

    Dte am a ever apart of this cus I look dumb just being a groupy

  51. N.... D....

    The first message it's as if I was speaking so much like I cannot even.

  52. g.... ....

    G.O.A.T.

  53. j.... h....

    Wish these kinds of songs had 300 million views opposed to justin beiber or drakes gay ass songs that have no depth

  54. F.... F....

    Tupac saying well done 🙌

  55. J.... t....

    May 9, 2019.. shit still bang

  56. W.... W....

    Whoaaaaaaa

  57. I.... ....

    Still slappin in 2019

  58. S.... B....

    DAMN KENDRICK WAS A BEAST

    S.... B....

    Scorin Boii was still is lmao

  59. P.... M....

    His best

  60. M.... L....

    music like this never dies

  61. N.... w....

    Classic

  62. R.... A....

    Still bumping in 2k19

  63. L.... P....

    2019????

  64. R.... P....

    Apple Music me please.

  65. T.... F....

    2k19 anyone 🤔👀

  66. A.... A....

    this is horrid........

  67. M.... L....

    Who's here in 2019

    M.... L....

    I'm here man DEEP..

  68. T.... F....

    2019 an I’m still hear like it’s my first listen

  69. D.... G....

    Best Kendrick Song out there

  70. M.... C....

    Gotta keep it pushn can't let the government tell me how my future lookin 🙏👍

  71. m.... m....

    This is so fuckin good

  72. J.... D....

    You just walk by and tie your tennis....

  73. A.... R....

    2019 still playing this

  74. M.... W....

    Kendrick nice 🐾 We fcK with dude

  75. J.... B....

    I love this song it’s like I listened to it for the first time every time play this, the Hart part 2 is the best to hit my eardrums

  76. b.... h....

    how could u dislike this ....

  77. q.... d....

    Intro was powerful

  78. G.... ....

    Greatest of all Time

  79. G.... A....

    FOR ME the best one, and I think it's underrated

  80. R.... ....

    i cant be the only one that thinks joyner straight copied the ending at the zeze freestyle

  81. C.... B....

    Part 2 the hardest one 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  82. T.... E....

    Legendary

  83. M.... n....

    I was not a kendrick fan until I heard this

  84. m.... s....

    Who's still here in 2018???

  85. W.... W....

    Praying for you...

  86. b.... ....

    this song always reminds me of Tupac-So Many Tears. Kendrick isn’t as dark as PAC but they gave their all on these tracks.

  87. T.... O....

    What's the first soundbyte from??

  88. K.... ....

    Who still bumping this in 2018?

  89. b.... b....

    I swear to god half of yall just dont know kendrick.The school of hard knocks, we was the first ones in attendance

  90. C.... ....

    Ladies and gentlemen, this is what I call lyricism.

  91. C.... ....

    RIP Dash Snow

  92. C.... ....

    Why isn't this on Spotify!!??

  93. x.... ....

    [Intro: Dash Snow]
    "I’ll tell you what I don’t believe in, can I do that? All right, I don’t believe in laws, or the system by any means, whatsoever. I try not to obey them at anytime. That's what I believe in not believing in."

    "So what keeps you alive?"

    "Four big bottles of water a day, two packs of Marlboro Reds. And, uh, I don’t - what keeps me alive, shit. Music, I have to listen to music all day long. I'd say that keeps me going. I’m a pretty dark person, I’ve thought about ending it a million times. And I have to say that music keeps me here, by far, the main thing."

    [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
    Thank you
    Sitting in the studio thinking about which mood would go
    Right now, freestyle or write down, whatever
    It still'll come up clever
    I just need to free my thoughts, and Lord knows that I know better
    But I ain't perfect, I ain't seen too many churches
    Or know them testament verses
    You should either hear me now or go deaf
    Or end up dead, die trying and know death
    Might end up dead, swallow blood, swallow my breath
    Fuck a funeral, just make sure you pay my music respect nigga
    I mean that from the bottom of my heart
    You see my art, is all I have
    And victory tastes sweet, even when the enemy can throw salt
    Still knock them out the park like a fucking tow car
    Let bygones be bygones, but where I'm from
    We buy guns and more guns to give to the young
    I'm living the life of a nigga trapped nigga
    Inside the system all you envision is trap niggas
    My uncle doing life inside prison he wasn't wrapped too tight
    He told me rap about life, not rap niggas
    That's why I'm shaking my head when you rap dissin'
    My stomach start turning, my nerves get to twitching
    I start evaluating, then my final intuition
    Is that you wishing a come up, would just come up
    We used to beefing over turf, fuck beefing over a verse
    Niggas dying, motherfuck a double entendre
    And this is Comp-ton, lions in the land of the triumph
    Wrap saran our defiance, ban our alliance
    Put burners in the hands, of the black man
    One hood with 20 four-four's like a cloned Kobe Bryant
    You probably heard I wanna be heard and wonder who I am
    You probably even listen to Faith, and think I know Zion
    But really I'm just caught in the loop, of understanding the truth
    Because it seem like it's always clashing with science
    I got a big fear of flying
    My future so bright I'd probably go blind before I blink twice, I ain't lying
    I swear to God half of ya'll just don't know Kendrick
    The school of hardknocks, we was the first ones in attendance
    You walking down the block, he got shot, you are no eye witness
    You just mind your business
    You just turn your head, kneel down and then tie your tennis
    It's kind of scary ain't it?
    You can't act like no bitch, that only got Tyler Perry famous
    Just let me explain this, why you pick up that stainless
    'Cause your pops wasn't anxious
    To see you and you hate it
    So much you probably had your burner tucked at graduation
    So if you see him on 'em bleachers then you kill him
    Facing 25 to life with a murder charge
    Your enemies was the prey and now you pray to God
    I pray these bars get farther than Compton
    And if our record never break, I still won’t break my promise
    I promise to keep it honest
    Secret society all we ask is trust
    And all we lack is communication like service sucks
    The people scared of annihilation when Kingdom Come
    And I'm like, "The Kendrick Lamar OD in less than a month, all right?"
    Gotta keep it pushing
    Can't let the government tell me how my future looking
    I'm on Rosecrans and Central trying to duck the central bookins'
    If the fucking pigs get behind me then you know I'm bookin'
    Never will I surrender
    I been a warrior when I came out my mom's placenta
    In the gutter lane like I'm Master Splinter
    How splendid, I guess my project had did it
    Got all these niggas approaching they mixtapes different
    They said seven tracks, I said fifteen
    Called it an EP, they said I’m trippin'
    But little did they know, I’m tryna' change the rules
    That we’ve been confined to, so the corporate won’t make decisions
    Uppity bitches, handling business
    Killing our dreams, stealing our vision
    Out in Haiti, adolescents barely have a home
    In L.A everybody think they fucking on
    Hop on Twitter, perpetrate we doing big shit
    Who we hanging with and bragging about the iPhone
    I swear to God most of y'all cats just don’t know Kendrick
    You barely know yourself, so I guess most of y'all should be offended
    Ain’t doing this for my health I’m tryna' purchase my momma dem' Benzes
    Occupying my time with riches, justifying my time ambitions
    Just to coincide, just to go inside, plus we idolize why we living
    Look the mastermind, took the master's mind
    Just the perfect time, just to master mine
    Just to match the grind with precision
    Look the mastermind, took - (cough)

    [Outro: Alori Joh]
    We would like to call this an appreciation tape for those who recognized the Kendrick Lamar EP. For this is the Kendrick Lamar OD. Because of you we are Overly Dedicated

  94. D.... D....

    Really I’m jus caught in a loop of understanding the truth
    Cause it’s always clashing wit science 🤦🏽‍♂️🙌🏽👌🏾