Kobe Bryant - Fade to Black lyrics

[Intro: Kendrick Lamar] It's over, it's really over Kobe really retired, it's crazy! It's just a trip to even be doing this right now Kobe really retiring [Director] Call in marks, Kendrick take one [Kendrick Lamar] What can I say? I mean really, what can we say? Day by day, season by season, twenty, to be exact Growing up watching him paint murals Using this building as his first studio Using L.A. as his canvas Restoring crowns back to where they belong Under royal banners, purple and gold The color of royalty My one man L.A. king [Announcer] Back to Kobe, fallaway pull up Oh! What a way to finish! [Kendrick Lamar] Kobe Never meaningless could never mean less That's what he means at this moment All season has been his goodbye Him to us, us to him, to the whole world [Sample from untitled 07] Still got magic, but he made it magical From Compton to Crenshaw Jack to Jeanie We were all witnesses To all things that was him I mean, we shared with him the world [Announcer] Kobe, inside the three point arc... Kobe Bryant has hit a shot at the buzzer! [Kobe Bryant] WOO! [Kendrick Lamar] Soon enough, he became our identity If you wasn't born and raised here Or never lived here You probably would never understand I'm-a make sure you do I'm talking about the 81 points I'm talking about the afro I'm talking about the alleyoop to Shaq The off-gla** buzzer beater over D-Wade The game four overtime takeover in the Finals Kobe I'm talking about the posterizing of Steve Nash I'm talking about Dwight Howard's rookie year when he got baptized You remember that Kobe bodied him The helicopter The five parades Kobe [Sample from untitled 07] The mashed-up gamut of emotions with you and with ourselves is so deep I don't think nobody can break that bond So I ask, how do empires last when there's no longer an emperor? I mean, we got you But at the same time, we got you I'm talking about your blood, your sweat, your tears Even your DNA is placed in these L.A. concretes, man And nothing would ever replace that or erase that Forever great in our hearts So with that being said Know that it's never goodbye It's simply respect due Our due, forever Kobe