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Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz? 00:12
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, who put the West back in front of shit? 00:15
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it 00:18
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, like, wow 00:20
Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it? 00:24
Have you ever had to flip your unemployment? 00:27
On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin' 00:29
Ayy, on the dead ones, we'll treat an enemigo like some bread crumbs 00:32
All of my killers on go, like, who said somethin'? 00:37
Redrum, all I think about when I see heads come 00:40
Do my dance, hit the chop when I see opps go 00:42
Let 'em claim it, we the ones who really pop, bro 00:45
Don't televise it, we the ones who lettin' chops blow 00:48
Opps know, let 'em piss him off and it's a flop show 00:50
Murder man, singin' murder music off a murder van 00:53
Beat the pussy up like I been celibate and I murder sound 00:56
Who is him? One and only shotta, known as murder man 00:58
Catch you doin' dirty, it's no other way but murder plans 01:01
I broke her heart and you the type to go and fix it 01:04
Don't wanna speak if you ain't talkin' 'bout no ticket 01:06
I'm bougie wit' it, but I might just let you kiss it 01:09
Hit that block with diamonds on me, you could tell young Peysoh did it 01:11
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz? 01:16
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, who put the West back in front of shit? 01:19
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it 01:21
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, like, wow 01:24
Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it? 01:28
Have you ever had to flip your unemployment? 01:31
On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin' 01:34
Hop out suicide doors, it's the Hitta, man 01:36
You don't wanna see them doors slidin' on the Caravan 01:39
I know killers who was catchin' bodies and not one fade 01:41
I was 13 up at Avalon, poppin' chains 01:43
14, ridin' minibikes with some dead friends 01:46
21, flag on my head like a Taliban 01:49
25, feelin' like the box, it was full of sand 01:51
At the cemetery, fuck that, that's where I coulda been 01:54
142nd, I'm connected like I'm Rosecrans 01:57
Kinda shit I seen, try and forget and I will pop a Xan' 01:59
Uppin' scores, doin' files, sacrifices like a boxin' ring 02:02
Can't throw in the towel, pistol-packin' since a child 02:05
Ayy, like it's Iraq, shoot and aim 02:08
Hussein, ridin' with the dirty blicky, switchy, make a new flame 02:10
She said I been a dawg all my life, bae, can you change? 02:13
True to my religion, Cuban links, more than two chains 02:16
Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz? 02:20
Tell 'em Hitta did it, who put the West back in front of shit? 02:23
Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it 02:26
It's gettin' down to the wire 02:29
Get on my Bob the Builder shit, get down with the pliers 02:31
Been comin' back-to-back hits, how this nigga ain't tired? 02:34
I'm with some rockstar bitches, they want Lizzy McGuire 02:37
I'm switchin' gears, I pop the clutch, I'll send a nigga up 02:39
A risk-taker, I'll call you niggas' bluff 02:43
If they hangin' out for real, we come deduct, tuckin' tails, they outta luck 02:45
When it's wartime, they hidin' in the cut 02:48
Y'all had y'all chance, y'all couldn't do it 02:50
I swear I'm comin' worse than y'all baby moms, I'm puttin' niggas through it 02:52
They hate to see me doin' it, meal ticket, I'm pursuin' it 02:56
I'm in the field for real, UCLA Bruins 03:01
They askin' how I do it, how a young nigga so fluent 03:03
I kept my mouth closed, and I ain't never leave no witness 03:05
D.O.A. up on the scene, tell 'em Young Threat did it, nigga 03:08
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Kendrick Lamar
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[English]

Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?

Tell 'em Kendrick did it, who put the West back in front of shit?

Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it

Tell 'em Kendrick did it, like, wow

Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it?

Have you ever had to flip your unemployment?

On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin'

Ayy, on the dead ones, we'll treat an enemigo like some bread crumbs

All of my killers on go, like, who said somethin'?

Redrum, all I think about when I see heads come

Do my dance, hit the chop when I see opps go

Let 'em claim it, we the ones who really pop, bro

Don't televise it, we the ones who lettin' chops blow

Opps know, let 'em piss him off and it's a flop show

Murder man, singin' murder music off a murder van

Beat the pussy up like I been celibate and I murder sound

Who is him? One and only shotta, known as murder man

Catch you doin' dirty, it's no other way but murder plans

I broke her heart and you the type to go and fix it

Don't wanna speak if you ain't talkin' 'bout no ticket

I'm bougie wit' it, but I might just let you kiss it

Hit that block with diamonds on me, you could tell young Peysoh did it

Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?

Tell 'em Peysoh did it, who put the West back in front of shit?

Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it

Tell 'em Peysoh did it, like, wow

Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it?

Have you ever had to flip your unemployment?

On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin'

Hop out suicide doors, it's the Hitta, man

You don't wanna see them doors slidin' on the Caravan

I know killers who was catchin' bodies and not one fade

I was 13 up at Avalon, poppin' chains

14, ridin' minibikes with some dead friends

21, flag on my head like a Taliban

25, feelin' like the box, it was full of sand

At the cemetery, fuck that, that's where I coulda been

142nd, I'm connected like I'm Rosecrans

Kinda shit I seen, try and forget and I will pop a Xan'

Uppin' scores, doin' files, sacrifices like a boxin' ring

Can't throw in the towel, pistol-packin' since a child

Ayy, like it's Iraq, shoot and aim

Hussein, ridin' with the dirty blicky, switchy, make a new flame

She said I been a dawg all my life, bae, can you change?

True to my religion, Cuban links, more than two chains

Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?

Tell 'em Hitta did it, who put the West back in front of shit?

Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, I'm trippin', and I'm lovin' it

It's gettin' down to the wire

Get on my Bob the Builder shit, get down with the pliers

Been comin' back-to-back hits, how this nigga ain't tired?

I'm with some rockstar bitches, they want Lizzy McGuire

I'm switchin' gears, I pop the clutch, I'll send a nigga up

A risk-taker, I'll call you niggas' bluff

If they hangin' out for real, we come deduct, tuckin' tails, they outta luck

When it's wartime, they hidin' in the cut

Y'all had y'all chance, y'all couldn't do it

I swear I'm comin' worse than y'all baby moms, I'm puttin' niggas through it

They hate to see me doin' it, meal ticket, I'm pursuin' it

I'm in the field for real, UCLA Bruins

They askin' how I do it, how a young nigga so fluent

I kept my mouth closed, and I ain't never leave no witness

D.O.A. up on the scene, tell 'em Young Threat did it, nigga

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

run

/rʌn/

A1
  • verb
  • - to move quickly on foot
  • verb
  • - to manage or operate

dead

/ded/

A1
  • adjective
  • - no longer alive

killers

/ˈkɪlər/

B1
  • noun
  • - people who kill

dance

/dæns/

A1
  • noun
  • - movements of the body and feet in rhythm
  • verb
  • - to move rhythmically to music

murder

/ˈmɜːrdər/

B2
  • noun
  • - the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
  • verb
  • - to kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation

heart

/hɑːrt/

A1
  • noun
  • - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation

chains

/tʃeɪnz/

A2
  • noun
  • - a series of metal links used for fastening or securing something

wire

/ˈwaɪər/

B1
  • noun
  • - metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod

rockstar

/ˈrɒkˌstɑːr/

B2
  • noun
  • - a rock musician who is very famous and successful

risk

/rɪsk/

B1
  • noun
  • - a situation involving exposure to danger
  • verb
  • - expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss

chance

/tʃæns/

A2
  • noun
  • - a possibility of something happening

ticket

/ˈtɪkɪt/

A1
  • noun
  • - a piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, such as to travel on public transport, enter a place of entertainment, or participate in a lottery

field

/fiːld/

A2
  • noun
  • - an area of open land devoted to pasture or arable farming

witness

/ˈwɪtnəs/

B1
  • noun
  • - a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place
  • verb
  • - see (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen

Grammar:

  • Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?

    ➔ Causative 'showed you how to'

    ➔ This uses the verb 'showed' to indicate someone caused or taught another person how to do something. It highlights influence or instruction.

  • Have you ever been a joint and you know it?

    ➔ Present Perfect with 'ever' and implied conditional

    ➔ 'Have you ever been...' questions experience up to the present and the 'and you know it' implies 'if you have'.

  • On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin'

    ➔ Slang/Colloquialism: emphatic negation.

    ➔ 'On the dead guys' is a street idiom used to emphatically affirm something is true or will not happen. The grammar is unconventional but understood in its context.

  • All of my killers on go, like, who said somethin'?

    ➔ Ellipsis and implied action (ready to act)

    ➔ 'On go' implies they are 'ready to go' or 'ready to act' instantly. The auxiliary verb is omitted for brevity and stylistic effect.

  • Beat the pussy up like I been celibate and I murder sound

    ➔ Simile ('like'), past perfect continuous implied ('had been'), verb + object metaphor (murder sound)

    ➔ This line uses 'like' to create a simile comparing the intensity of the sexual act. It also implies past celibacy using the implied past perfect continuous. Finally, 'murder sound' is a metaphor for creating amazing music.

  • She said I been a dawg all my life, bae, can you change?

    ➔ Indirect speech, contracted auxiliary verb ('been'), slang ('dawg')

    ➔ This line uses indirect speech to report what 'she' said. 'Been' is a contracted form of 'have been'. 'Dawg' is slang for someone unfaithful or promiscuous.

  • Been comin' back-to-back hits, how this nigga ain't tired?

    ➔ Present perfect continuous (implied auxiliary verb), informal language ('nigga'), rhetorical question

    ➔ 'Been comin'' implies 'has been coming'. The rhetorical question doesn't expect an answer but emphasizes the speaker's tireless success.