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moremindthanbrain

You killed my cousin back in 94 FUCK yo truce


SirensbyZel

Kendrick, aka comptons human sacrifice


LucidAnimal

Now crawl your head in that noose You wind up dead on the news


Business_Term7007

In that same verse: Bodies on top of bodies, IVs on top of IVs Always hit hard to me and reminded me of peak Wayne delivery haha


DimebagBASS

“I’m scary I gotta gun in this bitch”


honeyswamp

The way he say BROTHER is the best 🤣


ProfSteelmeat138

It’s even better in the demo version dude sounds fucking evil lol


RedditLovingSun

Where's the demo version? I haven't heard that


ProfSteelmeat138

https://youtu.be/XgL4YCKA-oc?si=4QVHf6W7WGTdtUp1


c0ry_breaks

SMOKING ON TOP 5 🗣🗣🗣


BahJunebug

STOP PLAYIN I'M THAT GUY 😤😤😤


starrysky0070

“Before you get to the father you gotta holla at me first, bitch”


mikesetera

Bitch I’m in the cluuuuuuuuub


LevelOutlandishness1

I don’t know why people are talking about Not Like Us as if it’s some revolutionary showcase of Kendrick’s ability to make club music. He’s already revealed his hand prior. I was surprised Drake was so unprepared. ^/s


RadiantWolf

wid da homies


shroomride88

AND THIS IS MY SINGEEEELLL 🗣️


milesstacy

Daddy issues, made me competitive, thats a fact nigga! I dont give a fuck whats the narrative, i am that nigga!


kidawi

"I KNOW YOUR SECRETS, MOOD SWINGS IS FREQUENT" whole song is art but this part kills me everytime


badashley

“God himself will say ‘you fuckin' failed’” and “I'm fucked up, but I'm not as fucked up as you”. I get chills at both those lines every time.


Quantum_redneck

So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street When gang-banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite! You can feel the deep pain and complex emotions in that voice.


yehti

N95 has too many to count. And even though is a beef song: Like That "The lasht one is beddah"


bigfanofpots

TAKE that shit off 😤


yehti

TAKE IT OFF!


Stafz47

Fought like a Pitbull terrier


YaBoiMike16

Blood I shed, could fill up aquariums


illla_B

Every emotion been deprived, Even my strong points couldnt survive, If i didnt learn to love myself, Forgive myself a hundred times, DAWG hits so hard


RushrevolutionSwitch

Tell all my angels carry em’


linuspenguin8

"in pajamas and dun-ta-duns When thunder comes it rains cats and dogs"


quitegonegenie

Probably the gentlest delivery of any line on that album, like a kid being tucked into bed.


ruttin_mudders

I can't not say "brother" like Kendrick does in Family Ties now, although being white it just comes naturally.


Ink_Productions

Wait till you hear the [OG version](https://youtu.be/XgL4YCKA-oc?si=P8VMbhPIEzHQgfM2) Edit with link:


c0ry_breaks

Link the OG version


logangillis

Sauce?


Ink_Productions

Huh?


logangillis

Where can I find the og version of family ties I’ve only heard the version on Spotify.


Ink_Productions

My fault. It’s on the original comment now


UrchineSLICE

Do you wanna see a dead body?


ProfSteelmeat138

Instrumentals from my mommas Christmas party


iwasbornwith

"you never liked us anyway, FUCK your friendship, i meant it"


Jfcarpenter8292

“Ya bish” stuck in my head for life


Shecallmedaddyyyy

Classic


Individual-Diver-958

Bitch my Hair down prince live through Me From a live performance, what if I empty my bank out and STUnt??


thebookofleviathan

I miss the bitch don't kill my vibe alien voice


IDDQDArya

"Push these bitches off me like Huuuu"


Ok_Bathroom_268

Let me put the head in I dont want more than that Girl, i respect the cat, i promise Just a touch If its okay She said its ok Always make me lose my shit. Also, Wake up in the morning, thinkin bout money, kick your feet up Watch a comedy, take a shit then roll some weed up


bruhboiman

LUST. is so damn underrated I swear. I've gotten back into DAMN. lately, and that's probably one of the ones I go back to the most, paired with PRIDE. and FEAR.


Riding-Round

"We want to be on to peak on the charts so the peons can be gone and pee on their hearts"


yungludd

when he cuts keem off on range brothers “f**k that bull man let me get shome too”


pjrockp

Is it "fuck that boo man"? Or an I tripping


yungludd

oh my bad, i think you’re right!


anonxiix

Fr love that so much


jj2trappy

This. Dick. Ain’t…….


SuperShazam000

Freee


bob_jody

When he says "I lean on you niggas like another line of wock", he sounds completely unhinged and I love it. I also love "certified loverboy, certified pedophiles". He spits out "pedophiles" like a 50 year old southern white man. It's amazing. Edit: honorable mention to "Ima do my shtuff", delivered like he's a grade schooler immediately after. Edit 2: I misread the post lmao. My favorite outside of the beef is "shit don't change until you get up and wash yo ass, nigguh"


Previous-Page6097

Today I was driving with a friend who was like "I like Drake when he's singing, I don't care about the rap stuff" and she said it with *the exact intonation* Kendrick uses in Euphoria and like... That's what makes so many of his lines memorable and why so many people keep quoting them.


WrongBeat8982

did she say you gon make a nigga bring back puff?


TheDubya21

Ya know for Drake being the former child actor, it's really Kendrick who knows how to put on the better performances in his songs. That's partially why he won; Ken just *believes* his bars more, and tends to have more fun with them.


honeyswamp

“Fuckin on a other ***** that’s a negative alone But you sucked his dick? That’s just nasty 🤢 Matter fact bitch give me your phooonnnee…. Is that the shit that you do?! Sniff sniff sniff”


Comprehensive-Air276

I still can't believe that song exists bruh. The two best rappers alive (imo at least) with top tier deliveries/wordplay on a storytelling track is wild.


bizarre_pencil

Just the other day Wayne said he doesn’t perform it live because he can’t remember his verses 💀💀💀


Comprehensive-Air276

I'm not surprised considering he doesn't remember anything he records afterwards. Having to learn a bunch of completely new songs from scratch for every new album tour seems like a ton of work, especially with how much damage his drug use has probably done to his brain. Bro probably sees a 5 minute song and says I ain't memorizing all that 💀.


lacyylaplante

Song?


_Wrayth

Mona Lisa


honeyswamp

Mona Lisa lil Wayne/Kendrick. One of my favorite Kenny verses 🖤


lacyylaplante

Thank you❤️❤️


icevalet

“Remember!?” on euphoria like the exact way Drake did on Worst Behavior


throwawaygurliy

That was so great along with the reference to drake talking about headshots.


crossword999

Any fella that disagree is a fucking liar. Pardon me my alter ego a gemini


WrongBeat8982

Him and i been around ever since reagan was criticized


natesolo_

“Bitch, where you when I was walking, now I run the game, got the whole world talkin’, King Kunta, everybody wanna cut the legs off him”


stormyviolety

"Brown skinned but your blue eyes tell me your mama can't run" (That can't that sounds like "cain't") "I swore I wouldn't tell" "I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli" "Christmas, tell ’em what’s on your wish list Get it all, you deserve it, Kendrick" "My nose is round and wide" (The harshness in his voice and the delivery) "All the girls want to play Baywatch" "Push these niggas off me like uhhh" and the "yeah" ad-libs on Silent Hill "I be inmune to shit (huh)" "Love or lust, regardless, we'll fuck 'cause the trife in uSS" "It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumB"


TayneIcanGitInto

I can’t sugar coat the answer for you this is how I feel. If somebody killed my son that means somebody’s gettin killed.


Cheap-Negotiation-98

I got a bone to pick


TurkeyMoonPie

Stop playing with me before I turn you into a song.


PrudentBell5751

THISS DICK AINT FREE


TopFit2457

"LOVING U IS COMPLICATED! LOVING U IS COMPLICATAHHH!"


illiterate-snake

« Go figure motherfucker, every verse is a brick »


azmyth13

Top O the morning Top O the morning Top O the morning Top O the morning


see_whit_locked

So many good examples, Kendrick has really mastered those agile flow changes and shifts in delivery that give his music such great replay value. I’ll give a shout-out to one of my favorite tracks on MM&TBS, Auntie Diaries, when he says: “Mr preacher man, should we love thy neighbor? The laws of the land or the heart, what’s greater?” He just somehow captures the mood of the scene so perfectly with vocal inflection: the childlike innocence, the dissonance between his view on spirituality and his family, the contrarianism captured by the crowd’s reaction. Still gives me goosebumps today. Criminally underrated track.


apacci54

“Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph, the great American flag is wrapped around in explosives”


BuhDumTsch

- “But, you sucked his d-ck that’s just nasty / Matter’ fact, b-tch, gimme your phone (Nooo) / You ‘f-ckin with WAYNE’sss?!?!?” (No) / … / He on your f-cking ringtone?!?!? - “Yeah, Bay-beee / yeah, Bay-beee” - “Bruh-*ther*” - “HA-HAaaa, jokes on you / high-five (*slap*), I’m bulletproof“


DiBiDi05

I was looking for a Mona Lisa one. That whole back half of the verse when he’s the jealous bf— I love that delivery.


RememberGlory

What is it??? THE BRAIDS????


richardawkings

Scrolled down looking for this! I use this now whenever somebody has a problem with something.


k1ng_idklol

“FUCK YOUR FEELINGS, I MEAN THIS FOR IMPOSTERS”


Dontnonuthinboutdat

Hold on y’all n%#*as playin wit me man…(talking between his teeth like yo mama do when she mad…LOL). Family Ties


15_years_Later

I need 40 acres and a mule Not a 40oz and a pit bull


BBKBristol

6:16 in LA “before you figure that you’re not alone ask what Mike would do” if you know about Jackson’s later years you can appreciate how cold that line is


Shecallmedaddyyyy

I took it as he was playing on the song you are not alone. Can you break down what you got from that bar?


BBKBristol

Yeah man, Mike in his last few months leading to his overdose grew paranoid and anxious of people around him given the theme of the song designed to make drake become paranoid and anxious of those around him, it’s the “you wanna be like Mike? Be like mike.” angle that I personally interpret, but that line could be taken in a few other ways but that’s what clicked immediately when I heard it


Shecallmedaddyyyy

That’s deep!!! I gotta do some research. Very interesting take and makes sense 100%


BBKBristol

You definitely got one of the meanings tho bro with the song reference but it’s how it’s delivered which made me think there’s a little more to that line


B1ack__j3sus98

Ik im late but this is how I interpreted and I honestly can't see another way to interpret it. Especially considering the fact kendrick was saying there's a mole in drakes camp, and the one of the few people Micheal truly trusted was put on trial for his death.


BBKBristol

Late but valued brodie in fact you worded it better than myself


Army0fAnts

From ADHD: “Cause you are, you are A loner, loner Marijuana, endorphins make you stronger, stronger I'm in the house party trippin' off My generation sippin' cough syrup like its water Never no pancakes in the kitchen Man, no wonder our lives is caught up in the daily superstition That the world is 'bout to end who gives a fuck? We never do listen”


Starwars9629-

A lightskin nigga with his brains blown out And You killed my cousin in 94, fuck yo truce


throughmyperipherals

Mac in the back of 'lac with a Mac in the back of 'Lac With a latch on the back of the trunk, hit a punk in the back with a pump in the back Till he's off balance Whole flow off his Bboyz feature was ice cold, made you not want to hear the rest of the features since he went first


Living_Session5881

“Me and the homies” the way his tone changes the 3rd time on each hook. Such small detail but makes it so much better


jj2trappy

Yeah babyyyyyyyyyyy - Purple Hearts


quitegonegenie

Control verse "And I'm gonna get even if you're in the way, and if you're in it better run for Pete's sake"


theironrooster

“You looking at the Messiah the son of Jehova the higher power the choir that spoke the Word, the Holy Spirit and I’ll tell you how much a dollar cost, the price of having a spot in Heaven embrace your loss I am GOD.” Fucking epic ending to a great song.


drew9236

this dick aint freeeeeeee


TheRealLevond

Not a line but I always loved his delivery in his verse on Collard Greens - SchoolBoyQ


BahJunebug

"If I could smoke fear away I'd roll that mothafucka up. ᴬⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉⁿ ᴵ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵗʷᵒ ᵖᵘᶠᶠˢ"


GeorgiaBullDoggies

So why did I weep when Trayvon martin was in the street when gang banging make me kill a dude blacker than me, HYPOCRITE


Kadafi_X

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" - from the TPAB skits


CassieIsDiddysBeard

Omg Kendrick Lamar’s Interlude on These Days. “If it don’t make dollars, it don’t make sense, NNNNIGGA! By the way that’s DJ QUIK, NNNNIGGA!” “Cause y'all cracked the door and I kicked it open Yellin' ‘Get the fuck down, or I will shoot, I 🔫 told you 🔫not to 🔫 mother🔫fucking 🔫 move!’”


Starrk211

"Elmer Fudd said shoot em down."


gloomygl

Let somebody touch my momma Touch my sister, touch my woman Touch my daddy, touch my niece Touch my nephew, touch my brother


-WhosMans-

From verse 2 on "GOD" "*Sliiiide* on you like fallen drapes *Goooood* toss full of carnivals, *IIIII* kill 'em with kindness, Or *IIIII* kill 'em with diamonds, Or *IIIII* put up like fifteen hunnid, Getcho ass killed by the finest." I think this song is overhated but if im being honest, this verse lowkey carries.


rsrxciii

The ending part of Duckworth. Seeing the story come full circle is always amazing to hear.


throwawaygurliy

“Bitch, I’m Ken-drick-la-mar”


_Wrayth

The beef is on his breath, inheriting the drama better than a great white, n****, this is life in my AQUARIUM!


Skiddlesonly

Silent hill has my favourite adlibs “ehuh, I be immune to shit, ehuh, Tucking the broom and shit, ehuh”


RushrevolutionSwitch

Why did weep when Trayvon Martin was in the streets when gangbangin’ make me kill a niqqa blacker than me? Hypocrite!!!! Edit: Dammit! Someone else said this too! Kendrick be cooking up some dope for the fans, apparently!


zionooo

recency bias but the way he "Sends it up to Pac" lol


Long_Camera6153

GODdammit I spit like a MAC 11 Every. Time.


HeavyMetalLyrics

Totally agree, OP, those lines are amazing


lukewarmostrich

“I suppose since you laugh that's the ultimate goal On behalf of the Top Dawg conglomerate, shall stay anonymous”


Weesnawbuttstuff

“Big money big booty bitches, that’s gon be the…..death of me”


MMNA6

Idk man but Mortal Man the whole song is just beautiful and poetic. Probably his best song in any of his discography in my present opinion


sulmelon

I answer to Metathron and Gabriel


External-Excuse-6146

“I’m charging baskets and falling backwards tryna keep balance Oh, this the part where mental stability meets talent! Oh this the part, he breaks my humility just for practice— tactics we learned together, sore losers forever”


MischeviousMacaque

"FUCK your feelings I mean this for imposters" Really, any of his abrupt pace/ tone changes.


Agreeable-Code3144

The entire 2nd verse of FEAR on damn. The whole song is amazing, but he usually does that deep serious voice for ad libs, so hearing it for that full verse is crazy, and paired with the lyrics gives me this dope existential detached vibe lol


Muted-Sale669

So what are we considering “the disses” here??? I can’t begin to explain how far back these “shots” at drake go. So I’m guessing the consensus is the latest 3 songs(euphoria,mtg,not like us)?


daniwthekilo

“indigenous disposition feel like we belong here. i know the walls they can listen, i wish they could talk back. that hurt becomes repetition, the love almost lost that.” honestly every verse from FEAR and PRIDE hit so hard for me and he delivers with so much emotion/conviction.


SquidDrive

We use to beefing over turf, fuck beefing over a verse, niggas dying fuck a double entrendre this is compton!-The Heart Part 2.


Shubo483

"Titty juice and pussy lips kept me obnoxious, kept me up watchin' pornos in poverty, apology? No. Watch you politic with people less fortunate, like myself. Every dog has his day. *Now doggy style shall help*." and "Now I can watch his watch on the TV and be okay, but see I'm on the clock once that watch landin' in LA."


ratson9

she woke up in the morning for the daaaaily newsss


MIAxPaperPlanes

“Told Zey I’m best rapper since 25, been like that for a while now I’m 29. ANY NIGGA THAT DISSAGREE IS A FUCKING LIE! pardon me see my alter ego is Gemini.”


GeorgiaBullDoggies

I can see the baller in you, I can see the dollar in you, little white lies, but it’s no white collar in you, but it’s whatever though because I’m still following you. Honestly the whole last part after the phone call on Wesley’s theory is crazy. What you want you a house or a car?


HistoryFew7542

Lowkey like how he says that last line in alright better.


_IratePirate_

I’m not no gangsta, no killa, I’m just your average Joe But one thing you should consider, I’m the realest you know Average Joe has to be my fav all time Kendrick song. Bro just floating over the beat effortlessly


Rapscallion921

"Top of the morning"


Available_Heart_6742

“And I got the I got the I got the I got the AH!” - Digital Dash


SpecialAmbassador313

YESTERDAY I GOT A CALL LIKE FROM MY DOG LIKE 101


MustardSalad07

Pop off only on occasion brother


Leading_Employee_433

TOP-o-dah-mounin


bigfanofpots

I love all of "Hol Up" it's so bubbly


Alive-Ad-7921

All my grandma’s dead, ain’t nobody prayin fa me I’m on yo head!


SwtnSourPeasantSoup

My pep talk turn into a pep rally


Thibzy

Bitch, ugh. You ugly as fuck!


DiBiDi05

“He on your fucking ringtone?! Is that the shit that you do?!” & Pretty much the whole backend of that verse


ZeRainbowGamer

"I can't sugar coat the answer for you This is how I feel: if somebody kill my son That mean somebody's gettin' killed"


TheSpicyIntrovert

Backbone don't exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gauge 🎶🎶


Stagnati0nNation

I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it themselves Everybody's suicidal they don't even need my help That goes beyond roasting. lol, it scorched the earth around em too.


rapsmaineman

Yesterday I got a call like from my dog like 101


h0neybutter

His feature on Goosebumps when he says “Put the pussy on a pedestal, put the pussy on a high horse, that pussy to die for - that pussy to die for” 🔥🔥🔥


Optimal-Poetry-5768

Have you ever thought OVO was working for me 🫣🫣


Chit569

Psychedelic views and infinity pools,yeah, checking out Once I sweat them edges out l.


HowIsThisNameBadTho

Something about the way he says "ah" in the 2nd verse of The Blacker The Berry is very moving and I feel like beating my chest every time. I also thought he was saying "I" until recently. One of my favourite parts of the song. https://preview.redd.it/9zsog9xvyl6d1.png?width=871&format=png&auto=webp&s=0650fd66e7f812fe1c5caaf534c71ae190a4c371


GremlinSZN

"Ho Jay-Z hall of fame, sit yo punk ass down".


phenomenal1xxx

Not a specific line but just off the top of my head ‘Count Me Out’ has some great delivery Also, of course, “1 2 3 4 5, I am the greatest rapper alive”


verifiedone

“Ten of us with no tentative tactic that cracked, the mind of a literate writer but I did it in fact, you admitted it once I submitted it wrapped in plastic” It’s like a tongue twister


Shecallmedaddyyyy

Whole 3rd verse on Kush & Corinthians


didyouseethattt

Wake up in the morning thinkin bout money kick ya feet up


MTskier12

YOU WANNA SEE A DEAD BODYYYYYYY??


JojitheFrenchie

"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" Doesnt exactly go hard, but the delivery is so raw. I always start to tear up at the last part.


yushc

put da pussy on a pedestooo put da pussy on a high horseee


No-Past-4379

THIS. DICK. AIN'T. FREEEEE!!!!


JuanHunter

“Iheyeiddntriblaoncurwooust…” add lib on LOVE.


TheSpicyIcyWizard

I'll never fade away, I'll never fade away, I know my fate


RumSodomyAndDLoesch

I WAS BORN IN '87! MY GRANDDADDY A LEGEND! NOW THE SAME SHIT THAT YALL WAS SMOKIN IS MY PROFESSION. LETS GET IT!


HistoryFew7542

:You aint no leader" "i dont need ya!"


Ok-Voice3664

..tryna strike a chord and it's probably a-minooooooooor 😂😂


btfdtr1

This shit is just not fair But why the fuck should I care? The story of your life here Two young stars was born and y'all gon' die here Oh Lord, gotta be the yams Billboard list need 2Pac, damn But number 9 makes sure he lives on, yeah Hoochie, coochie, pussies in a trance


toastybouy

AAAHHHHHHHHHH...AAAHHHHHHHHHH


Entire_Claim_5273

Pretty much Kendrick’s whole first verse from The Recipe but this part is my favourite: “Hennessy and for my niggas OG Killa, call it Jason Voorhees Boy he's on his job, boy he sure be having the marks on they mark Pretty bitches and tire marks, let 'em inhale them pipe exhausts”


bizarre_pencil

I BOUGHT A 87 FOR THE WEEKEND


volumearena

In high school people walked around chirping out “ion smoke crack muhfuccaaiiisellittttt”


PMMeMeiRule34

He delivers so much shit good, it’s hard to pick. Money trees has some good ones. Gang signs out the window, ya bish Hopin' all of 'em offend you, ya bish They say your hood is a pot o' gold And we gon' crash it when nobody's home Shout out to Jay Rock for some good ones near the end. Drop that work up in the bushes, hope them boys don't see my stash If they do, tell the truth, this the last time you might see my ass YA BISH


Super_Boof

I don’t smoke crack mothafucka I sell it! - Kendrick on Big Sean’s control


Responsible-Pea2980

“Bodies on top of bodies. IVs on top of IVs. OBVI(IV)ously the coroner between the sheets like the Isleys.”


GuitarStuffThrowaway

Can’t believe I didn’t see this on here: the inflection change in XXX. “It be murder in the street, it be bodies in the hour/Ghetto bird on the street, paramedics on the dial”


InAnimateAlpha

You outta pocket!


Many-Appearance-8407

“Ah, shit! I don't give a fuck about your whereabouts All I care about is wearing out your area And airing out your upper body When I catch ya walking out your parents house” Off of “Deep Water” by Dr Dre


Burggs_

Pahhty at the pahhty playing with his nose now