[Produced by Pharrell Williams & Sounwave]
[Directed by Colin Tilley]
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
Alls my life I has to fight, n***a
Alls my life I...
Hard times like, "God!"
Bad trips like, "Yeah!"
Nazareth, I'm f**ed up
Homie, you f**ed up
But if God got us, then we gon' be alright
[Hook: Pharrell Williams]
n***a, we gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Uh, and when I wake up
I recognize you're looking at me for the pay cut
But homicide be looking at you from the face down
What MAC-11 even boom with the ba** down?
Schemin', and let me tell you 'bout my life
Paink**ers only put me in the twilight
Where pretty p**y and Benjamin is the highlight
Now tell my momma I love her, but this what I like, Lord knows
20 of 'em in my Chevy, tell 'em all to come and get me
Reaping everything I sow, so my karma comin' heavy
No preliminary hearings on my record
I'm a motherf**ing gangster in silence for the record
Tell the world I know it's too late
Boys and girls, I think I gone cray
Drown inside my vices all day
Won't you please believe when I say
[Pre-Hook: Kendrick Lamar]
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
n***a, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
n***a, and we hate po-po
Wanna k** us dead in the street fo sho'
n***a, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
[Hook: Kendrick Lamar]
n***a, we gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
What you want you: a house or a car?
40 acres and a mule? A piano, a guitar?
Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog
Motherf**er, you can live at the mall
I can see the evil, I can tell it, I know it's illegal
I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero
Thinking of my partner, put the candy, paint it on the Regal
Digging in my pocket, ain't a profit big enough to feed you
Everyday my logic get another dollar just to keep you
In the presence of your chico... Ah!
I don't talk about it, be about it, everyday I sequel
If I got it then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you
Pet dog, pet dog, pet dog, my dog, that's all
Pick back and chat, I trap the back for y'all
I rap, I black on track so rest a**ured
My rights, my wrongs; I write 'til I'm right with God
[Pre-Hook: Kendrick Lamar]
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
n***a, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
n***a, and we hate po-po
Wanna k** us dead in the street fo sho'
n***a, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
[Hook: Kendrick Lamar]
n***a, we gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
n***a, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
I keep my head up high
I cross my heart and hope to die
Lovin' me is complicated
Too afraid, a lot of changes
I'm alright, and you're a favorite
Dark nights in my prayers
[Poem]
I remembered you was conflicted
Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screamin' in the hotel room
I didn't wanna self-destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went runnin' for answers