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KENDRICK LAMAR – King Kunta

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This song is from the album To Pimp a Butterfly(2015), released on March 23, 2015.
I didn’t really enjoy this song fully. The production was interesting, but the execution and the performance didn’t feel very impressive. The rhythm and the chords used were not interesting either, although the bass felt pretty nice for this song. I would have enjoyed it better if there were some variety in the music or the verses.
SongRating: 6.5/10


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Scale: G Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 108
[INTRO]
[VERSE]
Gm
I dont want you monkey mouth motherfuckers sittin' in my throne again
Gm
(Aye aye nigga whats happenin' nigga, K Dot back in the hood nigga)
Gm
I'm mad (He mad), but I ain't stressin'
Gm
True friends, one question

[HOOK]
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta
Gm
Black man taking no losses
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

[VERSE]
Gm
When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
Gm
The yam is the power that be
Gm
You can smell it when I'm walking down the street
Gm
(Oh yes we can, oh yes we can)
Gm
I can dig rapping, but a rapper with a ghost writer
Gm
What the fuck happened?
Gm
(Oh no) I swore I wouldn't tell
Gm
But most of you share bars like you got the 
Gm
Bottom bunk in a two man cell
Gm
(A two man cell)
Gm
Something's in the water (Something's in the water)
Gm
And if I got a brown nose for some gold then
Gm
I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller

[HOOK]
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta
Gm
Black man taking no losses
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
Gm
When you got the yams (What's the yams?)
Gm
The yam brought it out of Richard Pryor
Gm
Manipulated Bill Clinton with desires
Gm
24/7, 365 days times two
Gm
I was contemplatin' gettin' on stage
Gm
Just to go back to the hood see my enemies and say...

[HOOK]
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, Kunta
Gm
Black man taking no losses
Gm
Bitch where you when I was walkin'?
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

[VERSE]
Gm
You goat mouth mammy fucker
Gm
I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves
Gm
Everybody's suicidal they don't even need my help
Gm
This shit is elementary, I'll probably go to jail
Gm
If I shoot at your identity and bounce to the left
Gm
Stuck a flag in my city
Gm
Everybody's screamin' "Compton"
Gm
I should probably run for Mayor when I'm done to be honest
Gm
And I put that on my Mama and my baby boo too
Gm
Twenty million walkin' out the court buildin' woo woo
Gm
Ah yeah fuck the judge
Gm
I made it past 25 and there I was
Gm
A little nappy headed nigga with the world behind him
Gm
Life ain't shit but a fat vagina
Gm
Screamin' "Annie are you ok? Annie are you ok?"
Gm
Limo tinted with the gold plates
Gm
Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast
Gm
From a peasant to a prince to a motherfucking king

[HOOK]
Gm
Bitch where was you when I was walkin'-
Gm
(By the time you hear the next pop, the funk shall be within you)
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, King Kunta
Gm
Black man taking no losses
Gm
Bitch where was you when I was walkin'
Gm
Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', King Kunta
Gm
Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

[BRIDGE]
Gm
(Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Do you want the funk?)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Do you want the funk?)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
(Now if I give you the funk, you gon' take it)
Gm
We want the funk
Gm
I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence

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