Kendrick Lamar – DNA. (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

Listen, stream, buy, mp3 download, read lyrics and watch the video to Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 single titled “DNA.”. The song was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It.

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Kendrick Lamar’s heightened writing ability has granted him a variety of different songwriting avenues to explore, many of which have translated into experimental and thought-provoking music. But being that he’s one of the most technically proficient emcees to have ever graced a microphone, there’s a simple pleasure in seeming him black out and snap over a Mike WiLL Made-It banger. And that’s exactly what he chose to do on DAMN’s first non-introductory track “DNA,” a song that many still regard as one of the hardest of his career.

And for good reason, given that his performance is that of a man basking in confidence, the perfect level of hip-hop arrogance bleeding into his tone. Despite his widespread acclaim and immense fanbase, there are elements of Kenny’s artistry that make him occasionally feel like a niche act. On “DNA,” he opts to simply flex his sword-sharp flow and unrelenting lyricism over two distinct and devastating instrumentals. It’s on the second that K. Dot enters God Mode, his delivery keeping stride with the beat’s frenzied nature.

“I don’t compromise, I just penetrate, sex, money, murder—these are the breaks,” he snarls, rapping with both eyes whitened as if in a state of demonic possession. “These are the times, level number 9 / look up in the sky, 10 is on the way / Sentence on the way, killings on the way, motherfucker, I got winners on the way.” Even if the lyrics themselves aren’t his most cutting-edge, the conviction with which he spits them is enough to send shivers down spines. It’s no wonder that now, three years removed from DAMN’s initial release, Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” remains one of his crowning achievements.

Kendrick Lamar – DNA (prod. Mike WiLL Made-It)

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Lyrics

I got, I got, I got, I got
Loyalty, got royalty
Inside my DNA
Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace
Inside my DNA
I got power, poison, pain and joy
Inside my DNA
I got hustle, though, ambition, flow
Inside my DNA
I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua’s new weapon
I don’t contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head
This that put-the-kids-to-bed, this that
I got, I got, I got, I got
Realness, I just kill shit
‘Cause it’s in my DNA
I got millions, I got riches
Buildin’ in my DNA
I got dark, I got evil, that rot
Inside my DNA
I got off, I got troublesome heart
Inside my DNA
I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve
Yeah, that’s him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird
You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard
I know how you work, I know just who you are
See, you’s a, you’s a, you’s a bitch
Your hormones prolly switch
Inside your DNA
Problem is, all that sucker shit
Inside your DNA
Daddy prolly snitched, heritage
Inside your DNA
Backbone don’t exist
Born onside a jellyfish, I gauge
See, my pedigree most definitely don’t tolerate the front
Shit I’ve been through prolly offend you
This is Paula’s oldest son
I know murder, conviction
Burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead, redemption
Scholars, fathers dead with kids
And I wish I was fed forgiveness
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA
Born inside the beast
My expertise checked out in second grade
When I was nine, on cell, motel, we didn’t have nowhere to stay
At twenty-nine, I’ve done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate
And I’m gon’ shine like I’m supposed to antisocial, extrovert
And excellent mean the extra work
And absent-ness what the fuck you heard
And pessimists never struck my nerve
And that’s a riff, gonna plead this case
The reason my power’s here on earth
Salute the truth, when the prophet say
I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
(This is why I say that Hip-Hop has done more damage)
(To young African-Americans than racism in recent years)
I live a better, fuck your life
(Five, four, three, two, one) this is my heritage, all I’m inheritin’
Money and power, the makin’ of marriages
Tell me somethin’
You mothafuckas can’t tell me nothin’
I’d rather die than to listen to you
My DNA not for imitation
Your DNA an abomination
This how it is when you’re in the Matrix
Dodgin’ bullets, reapin’ what you sow
And stackin’ up the footage, livin’ on the go
And sleepin’ in a Villa
Sippin’ from a Grammy and walkin’ in the buildin’
Diamond in the ceilin’, marble on the floors
Beach inside the window, peekin’ out the window
Baby in the pool, Godfather goals, only Lord knows
I’ve been goin’ hammer, dodgin’ paparazzi, freakin’ through the cameras
Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin’ sandals
Yoga on a Monday, stretchin’ to Nirvana
Watchin’ all the snakes, curvin’ all the fakes
Phone never on, I don’t conversate
I don’t compromise, I just penetrate
Sex, money, murder, these are the breaks
These are the times, level number nine
Look up in the sky, ten is on the way
Sentence on the way, killings on the way
Motherfucker, I got winners on the way
You ain’t shit without a body on your belt
You ain’t shit without a ticket on your plate
You ain’t sick enough to pull it on yourself
You ain’t rich enough to hit the lot and skate
Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate
Gonna be your fate, gonna be our faith
Peace to the world, let it rotate
Sex, money, murder, our DNA