[Verse 1]
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I got, I got, I got, I got—
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Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
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Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace inside my DNA
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I got power, poison, pain, and joy inside my DNA
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I got hustle, though, ambition flow inside my DNA
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I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception
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I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua new weapon
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I dont contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head
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This that put-the-kids-to-bed
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This that I got, I got, I got, I got—
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Realness, I just kill shit ’cause its in my DNA
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I got millions, I got riches buildin in my DNA
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I got dark, I got evil that rot inside my DNA
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I got off, I got troublesome heart inside my DNA
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I just win again, then win again, like Wimbledon, I serve
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Yeah, that’s him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird
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You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard
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I know how you work, I know just who you are
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See, yous a, yous a, yous a—
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Bitch, your hormones prolly switch inside your DNA
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Problem is, all that sucker shit inside your DNA
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Daddy prolly snitched, heritage inside your DNA
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Backbone dont exist, born outside a jellyfish, I gauge
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See, my pedigree most definitely dont tolerate the front
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Shit Ive been through prolly offend you, this is Paulas oldest son
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I know murder, conviction, burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead Redemption, scholars, fathers dead with kids
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And I wish I was fed forgiveness
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier’s DNA (I’m a soldiers DNA)
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Born inside the beast, my expertise checked out in second grade
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When I was nine, on sale motel, we didn’t have nowhere to stay
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At twenty-nine, Ive done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate
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And Im gon shine like I’m supposed to, antisocial extrovert
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And excellent mean the extra work
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And absentness what the fuck you heard
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And pessimists never struck my nerve
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And Nazareth gonna plead his case
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The reason my powers here on earth
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Salute the truth, when the prophet say
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[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar & Geraldo Rivera]
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I-I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
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This is why I say that hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years
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I-I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
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I live a better life, Im rollin several dice, fuck your life
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I-I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA
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I live a be-, fuck your life
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Five, four, three, two, one
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This is my heritage, all Im inheritin
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Money and power, the mecca of marriages
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[Verse 2]
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Tell me somethin
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You motherfuckers cant tell me nothin
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Id rather die than to listen to you
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My DNA not for imitation
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Your DNA an abomination
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This how it is when you in the Matrix
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Dodgin bullets, reapin what you sow
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And stackin up the footage, livin on the go
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And sleepin in a villa
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Sippin from a Grammy, walkin in the buildin
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Diamond in the ceilin, marble on the floors
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Beach inside the window, peekin out the window
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Baby in the pool, godfather goals
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Only Lord knows Ive been goin hammer
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Dodgin paparazzi, freakin through the cameras
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Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin sandals
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Yoga on a Monday, stretchin to Nirvana
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Watchin all the snakes, curvin all the fakes
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Phone never on, I dont conversate
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I dont compromise, I just penetrate
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Sex, money, murder, these are the breaks
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These are the times, level number nine
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Look up in the sky, ten is on the way
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Sentence on the way, killings on the way
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Motherfucker, I got winners on the way
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You aint shit without a body on your belt
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You aint shit without a ticket on your plate
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You aint sick enough to pull it on yourself
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You aint rich enough to hit the lot and skate
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Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate
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Gonna be your fate, gonna be our faith
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Peace to the world, let it rotate
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Sex, money, murder, our DNA
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[Video Outro]