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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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One, two, one, two, one two, ch-ch-ch-ch Mm Nah, one, two, one, two, one two One, two Turn the headphones up, Ali One, two You mix with Dre, right? Turn the headphones up When the whole world see you as 'Pac reincarnated That's enough pressure to live your whole life sedated Find the tallest building in Vegas and jump off it But I could never rewrite history in a coffin So I'm talking to God, "Can you wash all these demons off me?" This last year been quite similar to Aaliyah Controlled my own destiny, only rapper that steered a G5 G's give high-fives to me and say, "Kendrick, just persevere" The presence of being real As I lay in this four-corner room, staring at candles Thinking, "How can I make an example for this generation of Compton?" My biggest fear is not feeling accomplished or turning back to that same accomplice My past life was a child with no act-right tryna smile in a room of killers, turn into a crash site Influenced by niggas that spoke the gang culture fluent Assuring that some blossom early and some truant Thank God for the album I idolized "It's Dark and Plus Hell is Hot", that's the start of this crazy ride Two young niggas, me and Dave inside the garage That thought we was Jay and Dame, that's the lane that we tried to drive Truthfully, I just started rappin' to get away I never thought that your favorite rapper would want a verse My nigga got hit 25 times with a K Make the decision, ride the beat or ride in a hearse Now Punch is my mentor, Top Dawg is the coach Jay Rock is my older brother, I was there when he wrote His name on his record deal, we had figured the coast Would live on a pedestal once the shit hit the store Found ourselves scrambling, tryna figure it out Soul told me that the record shop 'bout to go in a drought Q ain't got a place to stay and 'bout to sleep on the couch We eating off each other tray, the dollar-menu amount Meanwhile, the coast going hard at each other The younger rappers had wanted some of the OGs' comfort, but I ain't need it I never screamed out "The New West", I didn't believe it They brung each other down, I was planning out my achievements, huh I need to separate myself to stand out, huh I need a better way to take your fans now, huh I need to kill you motherfuckers dead Three hollow-tips aimed at your head I'll be damned if the chopper jam now And we never asked for no handout In the midst of it all, I recall a call when you said how We could never resolve in the Hall of Fame, and I went to trial With a Bible and rifle, I play the game as I "blam-blaow!" Holler back at me, nigga And if they said that I'm the one, why you asking me, nigga? 'Cause when the whole world see you as 'Pac reincarnated Enough pressure to make you just open the Book of David And pray to God that you make it or live your life in The Matrix 'Cause falling off is a sickness, I heard that it's quite contagious I need to separate myself to stand out, huh I need a better way to take your fans now, huh I need to kill you motherfuckers dead Three hollow-tips aimed at your head I'll be damned if the chopper jam now And we never ask for no handouts I'll take you back to that pack of Black & Milds in my hand now (Soul) In the midst of it all, was cooking, them pots and pans out Looking forward as four was forced to form a new clan now Fast-forward as I wait in line for this passport The homies was still poor, with work in a Jansport (ugh) Whoever thought that Rosenberg would mention me to Dre? Even Vanessa from XXL had told him press play And there goes my fate, now, I'm on stage with Snoop Gave me the torch and I ran with it in hot pursuit Rapped with my forefathers, even wreck it with Gaga, too Lyricist of the year, fuck am I 'posed to do? Rock! Laughing at you niggas out there who thought we was flukes Exaggerated shit that we rapped had came true Thought I was aggravated when Warner had let me loose I was honored, see, they was haunted when Mike Jones didn't recoup Cool, 'cause niggas won't outdo us in the booth Even when my album leak, fans still buy it for proof I came, I saw, I conquered No shame, I blame all of this on Compton Thinking 'bout when Sherane tried to set me up Cold game, full circle, they set up her I put my life in these 12 songs, my fight in these 12 songs The fight to ignite any wrong and right that I prolong The story, the short film, the glory of Him and them The worry of mothers that don't recover when babies killed The trial and the tribulations, the newer Miseducation The view of a body wasted, you knew somebody ain't make it The angry, the adolescent, the reason I ask this question Will you let hip-hop die on October 22nd? Will you let hip-hop die on October 22nd?
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