
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.
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Alright, here we go, third take Real quick, Ali Mmm Got me breathing with dragons I'll crack the egg in your basket, you bastard I'm Marilyn Manson with madness Now just imagine the magic I light to asses Don't ask for your favorite rapper (He dead), yes, sir (amen), church (He dead), I killed him (amen), bitch And this is rigor mortis, and it's gorgeous when you die Ali recorded, and I'm Morpheus, the matrix of my mind I'm out the orbit, you an orphan and a hairdresser combined I'm on the toilet when I rhyme, if you the shit, then I decline I climax where you begin, and then I end on cloud nine And that's important when you morph into an angel in the sky And don't be forging all my signatures, my listeners reply And tell me that you biting style, you got a hell of an appetite And I'ma be here for a while, just buckle up before the ride Or knuckle up if you can fight, we always making 'em duck or die A suit and tie is suitable and usual in suicide CSI just might investigate this fucking parasite (He dead, amen) That's what they telling me Aim it at your celebrity, this is studio felony Ferragami so many and cool enough for the '70s Nigga, payback's a bitch, and bitch, you been livin' in debt with me Dead 'em all and especially Leave a call on his mother voicemail that say that he rest in peace Bigger chopper the recipe Wrestling? That's irrelevant, rather rest at your residence Whistling to the melody, couldn't think of a better D Better be on your P and Q, it's just me, Jay Rock, Soul, and Q Solar system and barbecue, nothing else you can do (He dead), yup-yup (amen), I killed him (He dead, amen), amen Got me breathing with dragons I'll crack the egg in your basket, you bastard I'm Marilyn Manson, don't ask for your favorite rapper (He dead), yup-yup (amen), I know (He dead), for sure (amen), amen Got me breathing with dragons I'll crack the egg in your basket, you bastard I'm Marilyn Manson, don't ask for your favorite rapper I wrapped him and made him Casper, I capture the likes of NASA My pedigree to fly past ya, I'll pass the weed to the pastor We all are sinners, won't you send us to Bible study faster? Your hypocritist reaction a blasphemy, I assassin my casualty And it's casually done, and tell 'em my salary come In lump sum one hundreds, don't talk to me 'bout no money The sun is under my feet, and I come in peace to compete I don't run if you'd rather leap, my statistics go up in weeks And I go visit the nearest creek, and I get busy on many MC Really ballistic, anybody can see Any assistance, everybody deceased Some persistence, recognize I be Really too vicious, the permanent beast And the demolition breaking up the street Better partition, better dot your T And I gon' mention how the far you see Putting my dick in the rap industry Everybody bitching, getting mad at me Recognize Kendrick in the battery And I'm charged up, and the catastrophe Is charged up, and the audacity Of y'all fucks never could hassle me And y'all luck just ran out, you'll see (He dead), yup-yup (amen), I know (He dead), for sure (amen), amen Got me breathing with dragons I'll crack the egg in your basket, you bastard I'm Marilyn Manson, don't ask for your favorite rapper (He dead), yup-yup (amen), I know (He dead), for sure (amen), amen
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