Kendrick Lamar quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Kendrick Lamar

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The sky is falling, the wind is calling
Stand for something, or die in the morning

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God Then die and find out there really is Think about it

Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise,
Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.

It's the beauty in her, But when the makeup occur, I don't see it, All i see is a blur

My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation.

The ultimate thing I want to do in making music is to be able to inspire somebody else.

Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.

What is love? Love to me is god.

You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind of gives a crazy offset.

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems in these songs.

I aint a drinker Im a thinker, call it what you want

God to me is love.

I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time

Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself ?

I was raised inside the gang culture.

I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey.

It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb,
It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.

I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat

Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

The Universe energy doesn't lie.

It's easy to forget who you are.

Life Will Put Many Red Lights In Front Of You, But Sometimes We Must Push On The Gas And Trust God

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Everybody looking at you crazy,
What you gon' do?
Lift up your head and keep moving,
Or let the paranoia haunt you?

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

Let bygones be bygones ... but where I'm from,
We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young.

Just let me be me, That's the only way I know.

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.

I'm constantly thinking.

Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture.

As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.

I don't sugarcoat it you'd die from diabetes if these other niggas wrote it

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.

Bitch don't kill my vibe.

The one in front of the gun lives forever

A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon,

It's that find some inspiration, it's that crack the installation, it's that quantum jump and that fist pump and that bomb detonation...

I'm putting out this free music, constantly putting it out.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Am I the only one who measures time using songs? Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that's not to long!

I stole a Bible, is that a sin?

I can't help the way you was born if you was gay.

How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

Tell me how I stay positive
When they never see good in me

I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa

I am a sinner ... who's probably gonna sin again ... Lord forgive me!

I be off the slave ships, building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

I like to let things breathe.

Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich.
Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists ...

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

I live this life at a pace that anyone can go.
Know your place, and dedicate your role
... To the faith that you'll die alone

A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. To Pimp a Butterfly is an extension of those albums.

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.

I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.