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Kendrick Lamar scores his first UK number one single with 'Not Like Us'
Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' reaches UK number one following his Super Bowl performance, alongside two SZA collaborations in the top five.
Feb 21, 2025 • 7:01 PM
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Everybody put three fingers in the air The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something or die in the morning Section 80, HiiiPoWeR Visions of Martin Luther staring at me Malcolm X put a hex on my future someone catch me I'm falling victim to a revolutionary song The Serengeti's clone Back to put you backstabbers back on your spinal bone You slipped your disc when I slipped you my disc You wanted to diss but jumped on my dick Grown men should never bite they tongue Unless you eating pussy that smell like it's a stale plum I got my finger on the motherfucking pistol Aiming it at a pig, Charlotte's Web is gonna miss you My issue isn't televised and you ain't gotta tell the wise How to stay on beat, because our life's an instrumental This is physical and mental, I won't sugar coat it You'd die from diabetes if these other niggas wrote it And everything on TV just a figment of imagination I don't want no plastic nation, dread that like a Haitian While you motherfuckers waiting I be off the slave ship, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs Just call this shit HiiiPoWeR Nigga, nothing less than HiiiPoWeR Five-star dishes, food for thought, bitches I mean this shit is Huey Newton going stupid You can't resist his HiiiPoWeR Throw your hands up for HiiiPoWeR Visions of Martin Luther staring at me If I see it how he seen it That would make my parents happy Sorry mama, I can't turn the other cheek They wanna knock me off the edge Like a fucking widow's peak, uh And she always told me pray for the weak, uh Them demons got me, I ain't prayed in some weeks, uh Dear Lord, come and save me, the devil's working hard He probably clocking double shifts on all of his jobs Frightening, so fucking frightening Enough to drive a man insane, I need a license to kill I'm standing on a field full of landmines Doing the moonwalk hoping I blow up in time 'Cause 2012 might not be a fucking legend Tryna be a fucking legend The man of mankind Who said a black man in the Illuminati? Last time I checked, that was the biggest racist party So get up off that slave ship Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs Just call this shit HiiiPoWeR Nigga, nothing less than HiiiPoWeR Five-star dishes, food for thought, bitches I mean this shit is Bobby Seale making meals You can't resist his HiiiPoWeR Throw your hands up for HiiiPoWeR Every day we fight the system just to make our way We've been down for too long, but that's alright We was built to be strong, 'cause it's our life, na-na-na Everyday we fight the system (we fight the system, we fight the system) (Never liked the system) We've been down for too long, but that's all right, na-na-na Who said a black man in the Illuminati? Last time I checked, that was the biggest racist party Last time I checked we was racing with Marcus Garvey On the freeway to Africa 'til I wreck my Audi And I want everybody to view my autopsy So you can see exactly where the government had shot me No conspiracy my fate is inevitable They play musical chairs, once I'm on that pedestal Frightening, so fucking frightening Enough to drive a man insane, a woman insane The reason Lauryn Hill don't sing or Kurt Cobain Loaded that clip and then said bang The drama it bring is crazy Product of the late 80's Tryna stay above water, that's why we shun the navy Pull your guns and play me Let's set it off, 'cause a riot, thow a Molotov Somebody told me them pirates had got lost 'Cause we've been off slave ships Got our own pyramids, write our own hieroglyphs Just call this shit HiiiPoWeR Yeah, nothing less than HiiiPoWeR Five-star dishes, food for thought, bitches I mean this shit is Fred Hampton on your campus You can't resist his HiiiPoWeR Throw your hands up for HiiiPoWeR Thug life, thug life!
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