Que reflejan tu mirada
La noche tú y yo
I got this fire burnin' in me from within
Concentrated thoughts on who
I used to be, I'm sheddin' skin
Every day a new version of me
A third of me demented
Cemented in pain
Jugglin' the pros and cons of fame
I don't know how to make friends
I'm a lonely soul
I recollect this isolation
I was four years old
Truth be told
I've been battlin' myself
Tryna navigate the real and fake
Cynical about the judgement day
I did past life regression last year and it fucked me up
Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus
Body after body
Lesson after lesson
Let's take it back to Michigan in nineteen forty-seven
My father kicked me out the house 'cos I wouldn't listen to him
I didn't care 'bout his influence
Only loved what I was doin'
Gifted as a musician
I played guitar on a grand level
The most talented where I'm from but I had to rebel
And so I'm off in the sunset
Searchin' for my place in the world
With my guitar up on my hip as the story unfurled
I found myself with a pocket full of money and a whole lot of respect while the record business loved me
I was head of rhythm and blues
The women that fell to they feet
So many to choose
But I manipulated power as I lied to the masses
Died with my money
Gluttony was too attractive
Reincarnated
Another life had placed me as a Black woman in the Chitlin' Circuit
Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains
My voice was angelic
Straight from heaven
The crowd sobbed
A musical genius what the articles emphasized
Had everything I wanted but I couldn't escape addiction
Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted
Turned on my family
I went wherever cameras be
Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity
Self-indulged
Discipline never been my sentiments
I needed drugs
To me an eight-ball was like penicillin
Fuck love
My happiness was in that brown sugar
Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'
My first assistant was a small town scholar
Never did a Quaalude 'till I got myself around her
My daddy looked the other way
He saw sin in me
I died with syringes pinched in me
Reincarnated
My present life is Kendrick Lamar
A rapper lookin' at the lyrics to keep you in awe
The only factor I respected was raisin' the bar
My instincts sent material straight to the charts huh
My father kicked me out the house
I finally forgive him
I'm old enough to understand the way I was livin'
Ego and pride had me lookin' at him with resentment
I close my eyes hopin' that
I don't come off contentious
I'm yellin' Father did I finally get it right
Everything I did was selfless
I spoke freely
When the people needed me I helped them
I didn't gloat, even told 'em No when the vultures came
Took control of my fleshly body when the money changed
Son you do well but your heart is closed
I can tell residue that linger from your past creates itself
Father I'm not perfect
I got urges but I hold them down
But your pride has to die
Okay Father show me how
Tell me every deed that you done and what you do it for
I kept one hundred institutions paid
Okay tell me more
I put one hundred hoods on one stage
Okay tell me more
I'm tryna push peace in L.A.
But you love war
No I don't
Oh yes you do
Okay then tell me the truth
Every individual is only a version of you
How can they forgive when there's no forgiveness in your heart
I could tell you where I'm goin'
I could tell you who you are
You fell out of Heaven 'cos you was anxious
Didn't like authority
Only searched to be heinous
Isaiah fourteen was the only thing that was prevalent
My greatest music director was you
It was colors, it was pinks
It was reds, it was blues
It was harmony and motion
I sent you down to earth 'cos you was broken
Rehabilitation, not psychosis
But now we here now
Centuries you manipulated man with music
Embodied you as superstars
To see how you movin'
You came a long way from garnishin' evilish views
And all I ever wanted from you
Was love and approval
I learned a lot
No more puttin' these people in fear
The more that word is diminished the more it's not real
The more light that I can capture the more I can feel
I'm usin' words for inspiration as an idea
So can you promise that you won't take your gifts for granted
I promise that I'll use my gifts to bring understandin'
For every man, woman and child how much can you vow
I vow my life just to live one in harmony now
You crushed a lot of people keepin' their thoughts in captivity
And I'm ashamed that I ever created that enemy
Then let's rejoice where we at
I rewrote the devil's story just to take our power back
'Carnated
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