Faith - Kendrick Lamar (肯德里克·拉马尔)

Cloud nine Kendrick Lamar

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I take a sip of Hennessy

And then get pissy drunk

I ain't a drinker I'm a thinker

Call it what you want

But if you turn your back

Know that you just missed your chance

To witness the realest

Sh*t that's ever been told to man

I found myself losing focus

At a Sunday service

Embarrassed so I started questioning God

What is my purpose

He say to live the way he did

That's all he want from me

Spread the word and witness

He rose on the first Sunday

I said alright

Enthused that my Lord gave a listen

I opened my bible and searched

To be a better Christian

And this from a person that

Never believed in religion

But sh*t my life is so f**ked up man

I can't help but give in

I'm giving testimonies

To strangers I never met

Hopped on the pulpit

And told 'em how I was truly

Blessed

Felt like I'm free from all

My sins when the service was over

Walked out the church then

Got a call that my homie was murdered

And lost my faith again

What am I gonna do

Gotta have faith

Life is too much

Understood

Where is your faith

Oh faaaaaaaith

All you need is the size

Of a mustard seed

Single black parent from

Compton raising children of four

That's four innocent bastards

Cause papa they don't know

Her day consists of working back

And forth with babysitters

Can't find no one to watch

Her kids so she pay her sister

Her baby daddy ain't bout sh*t

That ni**a ain't bout sh*t

Spent his daughter milk just

To cop a new outfit

She pray to God every night

Hoping that he'll mature

And maybe one day his kids

Something that he'll live for

Baby wanna go back to school

But she need some help

Because it's hard tryna pay

The bills when you're by yourself

She thought about credit card

Scams till she heard a voice

That said the Devil is a lie

Make a better choice

And so it's back to McDonald's

And every month dealing

With them crazy a** people

At the county building

Looked to the heavens and asked 'em

To make a better way

Then got a letter in the mail

Lost her section 8

Then lost her faith again

What am I gonna do

Gotta have faith

Life is too much

Understood

Where is your faith

Oh faaaaaaaith

All you need is the size of a mustard seed

Kendrick

I had dreams of holding

A nine-milla to raise Killa

Ask him why as my eyes fill up

Each day it gets more realer

Orangutans bang like gorillas

It's jungle when the niggas ensue

The rat's lurking

Vulture's circling the serpents

Cats lying through they teeth

My ni**a didn't deserve it

I flirted with the idea

Of caressing the steel

To make karma come faster

Than she normally will

It's ill to see my faith

Try and leave me

It's so hard to get it

To get rid of it is easy

I'm tryna reach cloud nine

That's what my niggas bout

But it never rain

In California 'less them pistols out

Until then my feet

Planted on the ground

Shadowboxing my conscience

Till my faith start responding

And if I get no answer

Just know I tried

I should have never

Looked into his son's eyes

Ray Charles voice

What am I gonna do

Gotta have faith

Life is too much

Understood

Where is your faith

Oh faaaaaaaith

All you need is the size of a mustard seed

This for my people that

Stressing whenever times is hard

Your mind's slipping

Wondering is there really a God

Knowing you shouldn't think

That way and tryna freeze your brain

But whenever it's pain

That feeling forever remains

We can't believe what we can't see

And reality seems stronger than prayer

Cause you tried to change your life

And now you live in a wheelchair

And your son was born with cancer

And he live in urgent care

At the tender age of twelve

And you feel that no one cares

Searching for answers that's human nature

You ain't in the wrong

Just know when you feeling

That way his spirit's in the room

I watched people I know pray

And catch the Holy Ghost

And wonder why I ain't never

Caught that feeling before

Maybe they know him better

Or I don't know no better

But what I do know is that

He's real and he lives forever

So the next time you feel

Like your world's about to end

I hope you studied because

He's testing your faith again

I'd rather not live

Like there isn't a God

Than die and find out there really is

Think about it