“the story of struggle and standing up for what you believe in. No matter how many barriers you gotta break
down, no matter how many escape routes you gotta run to tell the truth. That’s what I think we all can relate
to.” - Kendrick Lamar explaining King Kunta.
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I got a bone to pick
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I don't want you monkey mouth motherfuckers sittin' in my throne again
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I'm mad (He mad) but I ain't stressin'
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True friends, one question
[Chorus]
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Kunta
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Black man taking no losses
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
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When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
[Verse 2]
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The yam is the power that be
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You can smell it when I'm walking down the street
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(Oh yes we can, oh yes we can)
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I can dig rapping,
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but a rapper with a ghost writer
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What the fuck ha-ppened?
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(Oh no) I swore I wouldn't tell
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But most of you share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell (A two man cell)
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Something's in the water (Something's in the wa--ter)
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And if I got a brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller
[Chorus]
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Kunta
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Black man taking no losses
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
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When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
[Verse 3]
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The yam brought it out of Richard Pry--or
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Manipulated Bill Clinton with de--sires
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twenty four seven, three sixty five days times -
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two, I was contemplatin' gettin' on stage
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Just to go back to the hood see my ene-mies and say...
[Chorus]
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Kunta
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Black man taking no losses
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
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You goat mouth mammy fucker
[Verse 4]
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I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves
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Everybody's suicidal they don't even need my help
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This shit is elementary, I'll probably go to jail
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If I shoot at your identity and bounce to the left
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Stuck a flag in my city, everybody's screamin' "Compton"
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I should probably run for Mayor when I'm done, to be honest
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And I put that on my Mama and my baby boo too
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Twenty million walkin' out the court buildin' woo woo
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Ah yeah fuck the judge
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I made it past 25 and there I was
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A little nappy headed nigga with the world behind him
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Life ain't shit but a fat vagina
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Screamin' "Annie are you ok? Annie are you ok?"
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Limo tinted with the gold plates
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Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast
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From a peasant to a prince to a motherfucking king
[Interlude]
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Bitch where was you when I was walkin'-
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(By the time you hear the next pop, the funk shall be within you)
[Chorus]
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him Kunta
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Black man taking no losses
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Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
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Now I run the game got the whole world talkin'
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King Kunta Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
[Outro]
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We want the funk
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We want the funk Now if I give you the funk, you gon'
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take it, We want the funk Now if I give you the funk, you gon'
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take it, We want the funk Now if I give you the funk, you gon'
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take it, We want the funk Do you want the funk
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We want the funk Do you want the funk
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We want the funk Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it
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We want the funk
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I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence