The Heart Part 5

《The Heart Part 5》是肯德里克·拉馬爾時隔五年的專輯《Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers》的先行曲 ^[2]  。

As I get a little older I realize life is perspective

And my perspective may differ from yours

I wanna say thank you to everyone that's been down with me

All my fans all my beautiful fans

Anyone who's ever gave me a listen all my people

I come from a generation of pain where murder is minor

Rebellious and Margielas that trip you for designer

Belt buckles and clout overzealous if prone to violence

Make the wrong turn be a wheel of the will alignment

Residue burned missed at a inner-city

Miscommunication to keep homo' detective busy

No protection is risky

Desensitized I vandalized pain covered up and camouflaged

Get used to hearin' arsenal rain

Analyze risk your life take the charge

Homies done f**ked your baby mama once you hit the yard that's culture

Twenty-three hour lockdown that somebody caused

Said your lil' nephew was shot down the culture's involved

I done seen n***as do seventeen hit the halfway house

Get out and get his brains blown out lookin' to buy some w**d

Car wash is played out new GoFundMe accounts'll proceed

A brand-new victim'll shatter those dreams the culture

I want I want I want I want

But I want you to want me too

I want I want I want I want

I want the hood come on here babe

I want I want I want I want

I want the hood

Look what I done for you

Look what I done for you

Look what I done for you

I said I do this for my culture

To let y'all know what a n***a look like in a bulletproof Rover

In my mama's sofa was a doo doo popper

Head trigger walk up closer ain't no photoshoppin'

Friends bipolar grab you by your pockets

No option if you froze up always play the offense

N***as goin' to work and sellin' work late for work

Workin' late prayin' for work but you don't paperwork

That's the culture point the finger promote ya

Remote location witness protection they gon' hold ya

The streets got me f**ked up y'all can miss me

I wanna represent for us

New revolution was up and movin'

I'm in Argentina wiping my tears full of confusion

Water in between us another peer's been executed

History repeats again

Make amends then find a n***a with the same skin to do it

But that's the culture crack a bottle

Hard to deal with the pain when you're sober

By tomorrow we forget the remains we start over

That's the problem

Our foundation was trained to accept whatever follows

Dehumanize insensitive

Scrutinize the way we live for you and I

Enemies shook my hand I can promise I'll meet you

In a land where no equal is your equal

Never say I ain't told ya nah

In the land where hurt people hurt more people

F**k callin' it culture

I want I want I want I want

But I want you to want me too

I want I want I want I want

I want the hood come on here babe

I want I want I want I want

I want the hood

Look what I done for you

Look what I done for you

Look what I done for you

Take the drums out

Phew phew

Phew phew

Phew phew

Celebrate new life when it come back around

The purpose is in the lessons we learnin' now

Sacrifice personal gain over everything

Just to see the next generation better than ours

I wasn't perfect the skin I was in I truly suffered

Temptation and patience everything that the body nurtures

I felt the good I felt the bad and I felt the worry

But all in all my productivity had stayed urgent

Face your fears always knew that I would make it here

Where the energy is magnified and persevered

Consciousness is synchronized and crystal clear

Euphoria is glorified and made His

Reflectin' on my life and what I done

Paid dues made rules change outta love

Them same views made schools change curriculums

But didn't change me starin' down the barrel of the gun

Should I feel resentful

Had to see my full potential

Should I feel regret about the good that I was into

Everything is everything this ain't coincidental

I woke up that morning with more heart to give you

As I bleed through the speakers feel my presence

To my brother to my kids I'm in Heaven

To my mother to my sis I'm in Heaven

To my father to my wife I am serious this is Heaven

To my friends make sure you countin' them blessings

To my fans make sure you make them investments

And to the killer that sped up my demise

I forgive you just know your soul's in question

I seen the pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezed

And though you did me gruesome I was surely relieved

I completed my mission wasn't ready to leave

But fulfilled my days my Creator was pleased

I can't stress how I love y'all

I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all

The memories recollect just because y'all

Celebrate me with respect

The unity we protect is above all

And Sam I'll be watchin' over you

Make sure my kids watch all my interviews

Make sure you live all the dreams we produce

Keep that genius in your brain on the move

And to my neighborhood let the good prevail

Make sure them babies and their leaders outta jail

Look for salvation when troubles get real

'Cause you can't help the world until you help yourself

And I can't blame the hood the day that I was killed

Y'all had to see it that's the only way to feel

And though my physical won't reap the benefits

The energy that carry on emits still

I want you ^[1]