Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar
Vocals
Pharrell Williams
Background Vocals
Candace Wakefield
Background Vocals
Terrace Martin
Alto Saxophone
Thundercat
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kawan Prather
Songwriter
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Songwriter
Mark Spears
Songwriter
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pharrell Williams
Producer
Sounwave
Additional Producer
Andrew Coleman
Assistant Engineer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali
Mixing Engineer
Hart Gunther
Assistant Engineer
James Hunt
Recording Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mastering Engineer
Mike Larson
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
All's my life, I has to fight, -
All's my life, I
Hard times like, ya
Bad trips like, ya
Nazareth
I'm f- up, homie, you f- up
But if God got us, then we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright (be alright)
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
(Nigga) we gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright
Uh, and when I wake up
I recognize you're looking at me for the pay cut
But homicide be looking at you from the face down
What MAC-11 even boom with the bass down?
Schemin', and let me tell you 'bout my life
Painkillers only put me in the twilight
Where pretty - Benjamin is the highlight
Now tell my mamma I love her, but this what I like, Lord knows
20 of 'em in my Chevy, tell 'em all to come and get me
Reaping everything I sow, so my karma coming heavy
No preliminary hearings on my record
I'm a - gangster in silence for the record, uh
Tell the world I know it's too late
Boys and girls, I think I've gone cray
Drown inside my vices all day
Won't you please believe when I say
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
-, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
-, and we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure
-, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright (nigga)
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright
What you want? You, a house? You, a car?
40 acres and a mule? A piano? A guitar?
Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog
Motherf-, you can live at the mall
I can see the evil, I can tell it, I know it's illegal
I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero
Thinking of my partner, put the candy, paint it on the Regal
Digging in my pocket, ain't a profit big enough to feed you
Every day my logic, get another dollar just to keep you
In the presence of your chico, ah!
I don't talk about it, be about it, every day I sequel
If I got it then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you
Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, my dog, that's all
Bick back and Chad, I trap the bag for y'all
I rap, I black on track so rest assured
My rights, my wrongs, I write 'til I'm right with God
Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before
-, when our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?"
-, and we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure
-, I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
-, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me? Do you feel me? We gon' be alright
I keep my head up high
I cross my heart and hope to die
Lovin' me is complicated
Too afraid, a lot of changes
I'm alright, and you're a favorite
Dark nights in my prayers
I remember you was conflicted
Misusing your influence
Sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screamin' in a hotel room
I didn't wanna self-destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went runnin' for answers
Writer(s): Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Mark Spears, Kawan Prather
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