But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself ? Kendrick Lamar More Quotes by Kendrick Lamar More Quotes From Kendrick Lamar I sit and talk to kids all day, because I feel like they carry the most wisdom. Kendrick Lamar feels kids A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel Kendrick Lamar dollars rap might I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night. Kendrick Lamar hurt sleep night I'm usually homeboys with the same ni**as I'm rhyming wit/But this is hip-hop and them ni**as should know what time it is/And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale/Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake/Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller/I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you ni**as/Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you ni**as/They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you ni**as Kendrick Lamar nouns verbs hip-hop I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey... Kendrick Lamar monkeys proud want Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do. Kendrick Lamar being-the-best first-time firsts The more I started going through my own things in life, my faith got put to the test, and I had to believe that God is real in my heart, my lord and savior Jesus Christ, and I can't run from that. I'll always put that in my music or it just wouldn't be right. People can take it or leave it, I really don't care, because it's for me to put it on records. And I will continue to put more of a spiritual nature in my music. Kendrick Lamar spiritual running jesus Being where you from is a strong genetic. You can't run from it. Kendrick Lamar strong running I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble. Kendrick Lamar understanding live-in-the-moment thinking I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I’ve learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, ’cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself. Kendrick Lamar feel-better careers blessing I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They were shooting the second 'California Love' video. My pops had seen him and ran back to the house and got me, put me on his neck, and we stood there watching Dre and Pac in a Bentley. Kendrick Lamar california house years I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me. Kendrick Lamar calm i-can energy The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to. Kendrick Lamar hip-hop artist want What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting - it starts from within. Kendrick Lamar happened brown should I like to let things breathe. Kendrick Lamar breathe What is love? Love to me is god. Kendrick Lamar what-is-love My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop. Kendrick Lamar rap hip-hop people Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem. Kendrick Lamar hips hip-hop reality We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group. Kendrick Lamar trying people thinking I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery. Kendrick Lamar writing song thinking
