FEAR. Chords by Kendrick Lamar

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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What's up family yeah it's yo cousin Carl man just given' you a call man
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I know you been havin' a lot on yo mind lately
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And I know you feel like ya know people ain't been prayin' for you
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But you have to understand this man that we are a cursed people
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Deuteronomy twentyeight:twentyeight says
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The Lord shall smite thee with madness and blindness
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And astonishment of heart
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See family that's why you feel like
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You feel like you got a chip on your shoulder
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Until you finally get the memo you will always feel that way
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Why God why God do I gotta suffer
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Pain in my heart carry burdens full ■  of struggle


[Chorus]
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Why God why God do I gotta bleed
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Every stone thrown at you restin' at my feet
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Why God why God do I gotta suffer
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Earth is no more why don't you burn this mufucka


[Verse]
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I beat yo' ass keep talkin' back
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I beat yo' ass who bought you that
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You stole it I beat yo' ass if you say that game is broken
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I beat yo' ass if you jump on my couch
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I beat yo' ass if you walk in this house with tears in your eyes
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Runnin' from poopoo and 'prentice
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Go back outside I beat yo' ass lil nigga
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That homework better be finished I beat yo' ass
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Yo' teachers better not be bitchin' 'bout you in class
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That pizza better not be wasted you eat it all
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That TV better not be loud if you got it on
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Them Jordans better not get dirty when I just bought 'em
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Better not hear 'bout you humpin' on Keisha's daughter
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Better not hear you got caught up I beat yo' ass
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You better not run to your father I beat yo' ass
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You know my patience runnin' thin
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I got beaucoup payments to make
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County building's on my ass
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Tryna take my food stamps away
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I beat yo' ass if you tell them social workers he live here
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I beat yo' ass if I beat yo' ass twice and you still here
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Seven years old think you run this house by yourself
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Nigga you gon' fear me if you don't fear no one else


[Chorus]
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If I can smoke fear away I roll that motherfucker up
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■   And then I take two puffs
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I'm high now I'm high now
                         
I'm high now I'm high now
                                                
Life's a bitch pull them panties to the side now
                         
I'll prolly die anonymous
                             
I'll prolly die with promises
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I'll prolly die walkin' back home from the candy house
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I'll prolly die 'cause these colors are standin' out
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I'll prolly die because I ain't know Demarcus was snitchin'
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I'll prolly die at these house parties fuckin' with bitches


[Verse]
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I'll prolly die from witnesses leavin' me false accused
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I'll prolly die from thinkin' that me and your hood was cool
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Or maybe die from pressin' the line actin' too extra
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Or maybe die because these smokers
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Are more than desperate
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I'll prolly die from one of these bats and blue badges
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Body slammed on black and white paint my bones snappin'
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Or maybe die from panic or die from bein' too lax
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Or die from waitin' on it die 'cause I'm movin' too fast
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I'll prolly die tryna buy weed at the apartments
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I'll prolly die tryna diffuse two homies arguin'
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I'll prolly die 'cause that's what you do when you're seventeen
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All worries in a hurry I wish I controlled things


[Chorus]
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If I could smoke fear away I'd roll that mothafucka up
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And then I'd take two puffs
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I've been hungry all my life
                         
I'm high now I'm high now
                         
I'm high now I'm high now
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Life's a bitch pull them panties to the side ■   now ■  now


[Verse]
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When I was twentyseven I grew accustomed to more fear
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Accumulated ten times over throughout the years
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My newfound life made all of me magnified
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How many accolades do I need to block denial
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The shock value of my success put bolts in me
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All this money is God playin' a joke on me
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Is it for the moment and will he see me as Job
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Take it from me and leave me worse than I was before
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At twentyseven my biggest fear was losin' it all
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Scared to spend money had me sleepin' from hall to hall
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Scared to go back to Section eight with my mama stressin'
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Thirty shows a month and I still won't buy me no Lexus
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What is an advisor somebody that's holdin' my checks
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Just to fuck me over and put my finances in debt
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I read a case about Rihanna's accountant and wondered
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How did the bad girl feel when she looked at them numbers
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The type of shit'll make me flip out
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And just kill somethin' drill somethin'
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Get ill and fill ratchets with a lil' somethin'
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I practiced runnin' from fear guess I had some good luck
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At twentyseven years old my biggest fear was bein' judged
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How they look at me reflect on myself my family my city
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What they say 'bout me reveal
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If my reputation would miss me
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What they see from me
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Would trickle down generations in time


[Chorus]
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What they hear from me
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Would make 'em highlight my simplest lines
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I'm talkin' fear fear of losin' creativity
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I'm talkin' fear fear of missin' out on you and me
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I'm talkin' fear fear of losin' loyalty from pride
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'cause my DNA won't let me involve in the light of God


[Verse]
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I'm talkin' fear fear that my humbleness is gone
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I'm talkin' fear fear that love ain't livin' here no more
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I'm talkin' fear fear that it's wickedness or weakness
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Fear whatever it is both is distinctive
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Fear what happens on Earth stays on Earth
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And I can't take these feelings
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With me so hopefully they disperse
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Within fourteen tracks carried out over wax
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Searchin' for resolutions until somebody get back
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Fear what happens on earth stays on earth
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And I can't take these feelings with me
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So hopefully they disperse
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Within fourteen tracks carried out over wax
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Wonderin' if I'm livin' through fear or livin' through rap 


[Chorus]
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Damn Goddamn you
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Goddamn ■     me
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Goddamn us
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Goddamn we
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Goddamn us all


[Verse]
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Verse two says you only have I known of all the families of the earth
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Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities
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So until we come back to these commandments
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Until you come back to these commandments
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We're gonna be in this place we're gonna be under this curse
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Because he said he's gonna punish us
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The socalled Blacks Hispanics and Native American Indians
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Are the true children of Israel
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We are the Israelites according to the Bible
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The children of Israel he's gonna punish us for our iniquities
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For our disobedience because we chose to follow other gods
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That aren't his son so the Lord thy God chasten you
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So just like you'll chasten your own son
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He's gonna chasten you because he loves you
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So that's why we get chastised that's why we're in the position we're in
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Until we come back to these laws statutes and commandments
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And do what the Lord said these curses are gonna be upon us
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We're gonna be at a lower state in this life that we live here in today
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In the United States of America
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I love you son and I pray for you
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God bless you shalom


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