Let me start off this letter saying I don't like you Scared of you but I will fight you I stare at the ceiling and think about you Curiosity killing me, thinking of when I'ma meet you You introduced yourself to so many others, mothers, sisters and brothers, children and babies drive me crazy I wonder Why you love people that love people that do right? Is it rocket science to you or is it just your type? One of my biggest fears, is waking up 4 in the morning and gotta hear you met one of my peers Or maybe a family member that you thought was cool Or maybe a person that I'll never meet 'cause of you You, son of a bitch and I wish you never existed And I swear I'd blow your brains out if you pay me a visit But that's not realistic, 'cause you'll never rot But I'ma still send this letter off P.O. Box, and when you get it....
Please take it personal Please take it personal Please take it personal Because it's personal
Let me continue this letter saying I don't like you Scared of you but I will fight you Should be ashamed of the moves you make The pain you bring, the sorrow and the hearts you break Everyday you remind me that you're always there 'Cause every time I come around someone's getting shot down And all I say is a prayer, "so help me, Lord!" Then the Lord talk back, "I can't help you, boy!" That's ****ed up, my life's ****ed, was cursed before birth And what's ****ed up, I gotta live my life with the hurt Of knowing that you're everlasting Dwelling upon the masses Of the Earth fatal assassins Snatchin' bodies Probably, on my notepad as I write Why the **** you wanna take my life? Sooner or later, I'm tired and weary and my gray hairs are not in my favor So when I write on this paper It's real talk So...
Please take it personal Please take it personal Please take it personal Because it's personal
Let me start off this letter saying I don't like you too And the reason we haven't met because I've been busy doing whatever since grade school I've watched your every move You slipped up a few times, I gave you a pass So don't say I ain't sympathetic But you can barely get curiosity, I'ma dead it Everybody wanna know why I act this way Let's just say... I had a bad day Matter fact, everyday But I take it out on somebody and you could probably find me wherever the wolves parade I was born to be a killjoy, I'm an old brat Conceived by Adam and Eve, so who you mad at? Not me, see me? I'm just doing my job And you ducking me? Is mos def an odd So why send this letter as if I never knew you? I rather knock on your door and just hand it to you
It's everywhere The streets, the corners, the coroners, the morgues, the cemeteries, hospitals Heard about it when I was little Tomorrow's not promised, 'cause any day can be knocking at your front door War, genocide, homicide, suicide all coincide Signed and sealed by the living Make it, don't take it
Please take it personal Please take it personal Please take it personal Because it's personal
[00:01.268]September 22nd [00:04.424]Kendrick Lamar [00:11.639]To... to... [00:17.600][00:16.425] [00:18.862]Let me start off this letter saying I don't like you [00:22.947]Scared of you but I will fight you [00:24.900]I stare at the ceiling and think about you [00:26.896]Curiosity killing me, thinking of when I'ma meet you [00:29.340]You introduced yourself to so many others, mothers, sisters and brothers, children and babies drive me crazy I wonder [00:33.758]Why you love people that love people that do right? [00:37.441]Is it rocket science to you or is it just your type? [00:40.002]One of my biggest fears, is waking up 4 in the morning and gotta hear you met one of my peers [00:45.311]Or maybe a family member that you thought was cool [00:47.489]Or maybe a person that I'll never meet 'cause of you [00:50.014]You, son of a bitch and I wish you never existed [00:52.940]And I swear I'd blow your brains out if you pay me a visit [00:55.552]But that's not realistic, 'cause you'll never rot [00:57.983]But I'ma still send this letter off [00:59.880]P.O. Box, and when you get it.... [01:01.552][00:59.709] [01:03.432]Please take it personal [01:05.518]Please take it personal [01:10.843]Please take it personal [01:15.877]Because it's personal [01:20.561][01:20.680] [01:20.561][01:16.606] [01:22.039]Let me continue this letter saying I don't like you [01:25.196]Scared of you but I will fight you [01:27.100]Should be ashamed of the moves you make [01:29.173]The pain you bring, the sorrow and the hearts you break [01:31.648]Everyday you remind me that you're always there [01:34.205]'Cause every time I come around someone's getting shot down [01:36.964]And all I say is a prayer, "so help me, Lord!" [01:39.376]Then the Lord talk back, "I can't help you, boy!" [01:42.134]That's ****ed up, my life's ****ed, was cursed before birth [01:45.181]And what's ****ed up, I gotta live my life with the hurt [01:47.369]Of knowing that you're everlasting [01:49.170]Dwelling upon the masses [01:50.638]Of the Earth fatal assassins [01:52.432]Snatchin' bodies [01:53.389]Probably, on my notepad as I write [01:55.748]Why the **** you wanna take my life? [01:57.640]Sooner or later, I'm tired and weary and my gray hairs are not in my favor [02:01.508]So when I write on this paper [02:02.864]It's real talk [02:03.730]So... [02:03.730][02:03.622] [02:03.730][02:03.622] [02:05.173]Please take it personal [02:07.657]Please take it personal [02:13.162]Please take it personal [02:18.160]Because it's personal [02:18.160][02:17.933] [02:23.804]Let me start off this letter saying I don't like you too [02:27.920]And the reason we haven't met because I've been busy doing whatever since grade school [02:31.834]I've watched your every move [02:33.155]You slipped up a few times, I gave you a pass [02:35.240]So don't say I ain't sympathetic [02:37.087]But you can barely get curiosity, I'ma dead it [02:39.654]Everybody wanna know why I act this way [02:41.654]Let's just say... I had a bad day [02:44.382]Matter fact, everyday [02:45.567]But I take it out on somebody and you could probably find me wherever the wolves parade [02:49.574]I was born to be a killjoy, I'm an old brat [02:52.280]Conceived by Adam and Eve, so who you mad at? [02:54.983]Not me, see me? I'm just doing my job [02:57.612]And you ducking me? Is mos def an odd [03:00.207]So why send this letter as if I never knew you? [03:02.808]I rather knock on your door and just hand it to you [03:05.185][03:02.798] [03:05.185]It's everywhere [03:06.635]The streets, the corners, the coroners, the morgues, the cemeteries, hospitals [03:12.109]Heard about it when I was little [03:13.979]Tomorrow's not promised, 'cause any day can be knocking at your front door [03:18.610]War, genocide, homicide, suicide all coincide [03:23.328]Signed and sealed by the living [03:25.157]Make it, don't take it [03:26.484][03:26.466] [03:26.484]Please take it personal [03:30.809]Please take it personal [03:35.980]Please take it personal [03:45.243]Because it's personal
