Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d city (Lyrics)

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[@soitsmeli]

"Now this is not a tape recorder saying that he did it... But ever since that day, I was looking at him different." Honestly one of my favorite parts

[@insertname8889]

My favorite part is probably just after that... The "That was back when I was nine" bit

[@kiggerst]

"AKs, ARs, Aye y'all duck."

[@mrgamer123bestone7]

That was back when i was nine joey pavked the ninie

[@Justin-bb7oi]

@ R Kelly

[@bucklemy123]

Some Hannah baker shit right there

[@missmisery18]

Gangsta rap did not create a violent society. A violent society created gangsta rap.

[@brandonsanchez398]

doesnt mean that gangsta rap and gangsta culture doesnt perpetuate a more violent society

[@oguzsamsa2628]

not a reason, it is a RESULT!

[@gh05tnoh24]

This sounds cringe but very true

[@zainismail7703]

@@jacksonwilkie9447 ok man

[@jacksonwilkie9447]

@@zainismail7703 i guess ill delete my reply since i actually brought something personal to the table and people like you just dismiss it with a simple statement. I get it its a joke but there are things that hurt people more than you'd think. Long live kendrick tho

[@janelycornejo1015]

Practicing for when Kendrick brings me up on stage

[@stevensdiecast5347]

As long as you're not white you good

[@gamingtvdi3r762]

Omg samee lool hahaahah

[@victornieves1794]

Izzy He should’ve never called her on stage.

[@saosalazar5585]

Kendrick...funded by whites

[@imafxingsimp1697]

Lol wow that will never happen

[@abrahamsaldana2674]

Bro, there's actually pain in his voice, this dark shiiiiit, in disguise of dopeee

[@JeromeProductions]

Exactly

[@Christhegoldenboy]

If this isn't in GTA 6 we're going to have a problem ROCKSTAR!!!

[@OnlyDarien]

This is definitely a gta song

[@mupsen123]

+KingOfDerpz this song aint GTA, has nothing to do with it, white boy

[@Rasmos]

+Carlo Brooklyn GTA V is in Cali. Compton is in Cali. Kendrick's from Compton. This song is about Compton. I think it would fit fine.

[@SG-cv4pf]

+RealRasmus Play it in Ganton, its based off compton.

[@Rasmos]

Shashank Gupta I was going to say it, but I didn't want to say the wrong thing lol

[@melanciboy]

This is straight poetry

[@lukasandersen8137]

+Luis Moreno yeah cuz that makes sense, and is mature

[@austinaries9019]

Poetry is something little different. This is more like storytelling

[@rabbitdrink]

even better than

[@vnth2186]

XOXO😍😍

[@epicab2092]

It's not just poetry , it's Rythm And Poetry

[@tragicsz]

no grandma is safe in m.A.A.d city

[@savytrain8374]

What? Lmao u dont get that part

[@koleonelaflare3997]

@@savytrain8374 😂😂we Year's late on that komment...but I was just bout to say the same shit....💯

[@vclarasc3214]

Lmfao.

[@cooper197]

Well I mean maad means made an angel on angel dust sooo

[@WaZeRetr0]

Burial I'll save you grams

[@kamblikritarth]

0:17 Production 10/10 3:01 Production 20/10 5:26 Production 17837/10

[@kamblikritarth]

.

[@bryse12]

I was fucking with the first beat the hardest

[@mu7mmad037]

@@vaibhavtripathi2630 the second part is dre ?

[@mu7mmad037]

@@bryse12 the second is better

[@jasonaplati7413]

@@mu7mmad037 MC EIHT

[@jordanpark8980]

2:38 I loved that fucking transition from modern to that 90s underground vibe

[@michellewong9595]

Is that coconut head?!

[@lucjeanjacques8617]

+Michelle Wong yep xD

[@michellewong9595]

Luc Jean Jacques :') It's so beautiful.

[@jordanpark8980]

Michelle Wong IM CUTE AN TOSSABLE LMFAO

[@markstjean8622]

Jordan Park that's when I change the song lol

[@junnychen3878]

smh i shoulda wore some fireproof headphones before listening to this song

[@Heatlifer77]

Junny Kun bruh

[@mahadmo7688]

Gotta get new headphones now

[@onixreyes8784]

Junny Bruh😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@akreates8100]

Meme man

[@trevornakai-trujillo9573]

ayyy my homie used a line in his song saying something like that. he was like you better be wearing fireproof headphones before listening to this song ... and call the fire department cuz the neighborhood gonna go up in flames

[@jamdamusic1327]

Biggie - flow king 2pac - lyric king Dr. Dre - beat king Eminem - rhyme king Eazy - Gang king Lil pump - shit king Kendrick Lamar - the last one standing

[@PacManPark]

Jam da music13 - Corny King

[@s.o.s3014]

Ja Rule: Toilet king

[@realhuman5688]

Rick Ross - Burger King

[@dattboii6541]

2pac isnt a lyrically type person

[@oddessydied]

datt boii if you say so

[@lezmez-qk2bb]

I’ve never heard a rap song like this Kendrick has great flow great lyrics and a epic beat

[@SpookieNook]

If reptilians and and nutties all got along they probablygunme down by the end of the song🐦‍⬛👻🥀

[@WallsTCAP]

Kendrick is the best rapper of this generation

[@4surealive]

Logic is.

[@lifeaftercollege1077]

+BlazingPanda64 Both amazing tho

[@joshy.g9848]

and Hopsin and me jk

[@man.newton]

Hope that jk isn't for hopsin, the dude is genius

[@4surealive]

Mark Newton I think it is for himself because he said,"and me jk".

[@robertramos1297]

YAWK YAWK YAWK YAWK

[@mrt5200]

Yawk Yawk Yawk Yawk!

[@robertramos1297]

+Mr T man down where are you from my koala

[@stankygreg]

+Mr T Where yo grandma stay, huh my koala?

[@Chris-dn5ih]

+Mr T This m.A.A.d city now run, my koala

[@XursSecretExotic]

Where's your grandma stay my ni**a

[@sithlorddread8721]

Man this song gives me goosebumps and literally has me rolling when his voice changes pitch....this song makes those days seem like they are 5min ago....I can just let this whole album run on repeat fr

[@ussishkingang7194]

The Beat at the end tho

[@g.c7297]

Ussishkin Gang Fucking lit🔥🔥🔥

[@yerika071]

Ussishkin Gang amazing

[@chadanding8692]

Banging

[@joannchaulk]

Ussishkin Gang

[@Sarutobiization]

trying to save the world? you cant even save yourself, homie. bad beats and you have no rhythm. bad lyrics and you have no timing.

[@pierzespitzer571]

The reason why i like kendrick lamar his songs aren't just about money and having sex and doing drugs. He tells stories about the struggles him and his community go through.For example in his other song "Money Trees" he talks about Louies burgers and how it won't be the same, and in this song he mentions it again like a continuation of a story

[@devinotis9938]

Kevin gates some of his songs to

[@chriscordova5241]

idk though kevin gates just isn't as good as Kendrick honestly I don't even like kevin gates that much no disrespect but I mean Kendrick story tells in probably one of the best ways ive seen

[@cydgood4959]

yes i totally agree with

[@kingdemiann1418]

then Listen to Logic

[@uglygod4813]

pierze spitzer it's because rappers now a days rap about there reality he is from Compton that's what he faced growing up most these other rappers didn't have to go thru that

[@menthol_pod]

Man down. Where ya from FRIEND

[@jerrygarren8757]

NEIGHBOR

[@bungtunger5345]

JewTube xdd

[@potus9517]

+I'd bash you Its an Ethiopian king lol get it right

[@kass4294]

+I'd bash you syndrome*

[@erectopotomus7799]

Man down, where you from my BROTHER

[@anamefitforaloser3933]

I love how he states "this is not a rap on how im slingin' crack or move cocaine" it struck me because that's usually what a lot of rap songs are about so it was pretty cool to see he was actually rapping about his childhood maybe or even the events taking place now. Either way im happy to find a rap song that isn't bragging about drug use or trafficking for once.

[@gunner0479]

There's loads you just gotta get deeper into hiphop and the real artists. Mainstream is full of bullshit. Listen to nas for example

[@tongraymondtong6693]

Most rap songs don't brag about moving cocaine or slingin crack :P

[@jjf5690]

​@@tongraymondtong6693 na just murder and drug dealing

[@Nee-vk7zz]

@@gunner0479 nas was pretty mainstream back in his day

[@lunaeons45]

Uh if you think most rap songs talk about moving crack cocaine you habe been going out of your way to listen to that stuff. It's not that common in rap

[@f.b.i2606]

“Brace yourself, I’ll take you on a trip down memory lane” yeah this sure does take me back to the good old days

[@bxwen8086]

Back when i was nine, Joey packed the nine. Fav part

[@CodenameOcelot]

Same

[@SJROCKA]

+XGN Raww and the ending" Go buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial i guess"

[@joeycarlson201]

I did pack a nine

[@bocojoe651]

Mine too lol

[@justinritter5877]

I think in DNA he said when he was 9 he was selling weed from a motel room

[@Hiiipower49]

Kendrick Lamar is best rapper out there

[@MegaEpicDudeGaming]

Francisco Avila Maybe?

[@liyaangelle6529]

and j.cole

[@josiahzephir4946]

DevilStormGaming | Road To 200

[@greenkat1392]

Francisco Avila yes that is true

[@alireyistheboss]

Francisco Avila true. better than Cole if u ask me

[@clough91]

This is my favorite song by kendrick so far (I haven't listened to "To Pimp A Butterfly" or "DAMN" yet). This song goes HARD, has amazing story telling, the beat change is amazing, and don't even get me started on that conans slow dance line.

[@beep-beep]

Kendrick is a fucking genius. His lyrics is truly poetry and this track in particular, there is just so many hidden meanings and alliterations that I keep coming back to find another lyric having more meaning than before. I only just realized on this last listen that the line "Compton USA, _M_ ade me an _A_ ngel on _A_ ngel _D_ ust" was a subtle acronym. It's not exactly the same vibe, but I recommend watching a lyric video on his song Sing About Me/I'm Dying of Thirst. That song paints such a disturbingly vivid image of what life in Compton was like, I swear you can feel their pain just by reading his words. It still brings me to tears since it dropped.

[@MitchTheMan420]

I appreciate this song more and more every time I listen to it. It really is a master piece.

[@sachintrivedi5008]

The first 15 sec his voice is too good .. anyone else?

[@ersus355]

This song is epic, the transition and the ending it just makes you jump up your seat

[@GrandIens]

0:51 “euphoria” definitely danced with society

[@isaaccutrer4415]

if peanuts and chips all got along I'd probably fatten down by the end of this song 😂😂😂

[@dasteraw]

nice one XD

[@vipergamingtm6155]

😹

[@ernieyt7942]

😂

[@alexdeckard3558]

Original

[@chadha98]

lmao

[@abbie2226]

"Make sure you're CORNBREAD" im dead

[@monzochamber931]

But what if you wanna be cake instead?

[@adorno_gang37]

+Monzo Chamber society always has to put you in a category :p

[@Bananapudding313]

SourDough

[@annishadunbar4275]

gimmie your ring

[@Bananapudding313]

Huh

[@alireyistheboss]

Until now I thought he was saying "Pakistan" on every porch is fine...

[@alireyistheboss]

alireyisboss okay I'm probably right. "cornbread"? naw he is saying "corporate". Make sure you're corporate or they'll be callin your mother collect.

[@frederikwong7062]

+alireyisboss He does say Pakistan.

[@elizabethballah5130]

+Frederik Won she was right it's pack to stand

[@frederikwong7062]

Elizabeth Ballah Erm. No he doesn't. That wouldn't make sense.

[@elizabethballah5130]

+Frederik Wong oh nvm my bad. U were right

[@chriswalkey2050]

When the violin kicks in this song goes from great to legendary, probably will never not get chills during this song

[@dacoosman4943]

1:57 lol its corporate not cornbread....idk why that would make sense. You could have looked it up to be sure.

[@kazumak.1542]

Dacoosman lmao that's actually kinda funny

[@dale1288]

lmao i had to google it as im really high and i was super inquisitive

[@jonahsgirlie1749]

I wheezed

[@josephsua7246]

I like cornbread better hahahaha

[@jfydjaja7077]

@@dale1288 my man 💀

[@heavystorming7037]

Have a doctor on speed deal, I guess. M.A.A.D City

[@tomcaro5873]

good ol' speed deal

[@abrahammartinez9505]

dial* pendejo

[@declandemille8912]

does he say Dr good my nigga ?

[@abrahammartinez9505]

Erik Mercado it's funny how ur tripping over a fucken online comment you fucken looser go do something useful.

[@criztal6604]

OH MY GOD AHHAHAH

[@davidjackson203]

This song is poetry at its finest🖤

[@pragyasingh2297]

Goodness, his music and lyrics give me chills every time.

[@snowball9577]

where you from nigga

[@olivercharles2930]

@@snowball9577where your grandma stay

[@wiggywu]

God damn the first verse of this is one of the best flows I have ever heard in my life. And my mental library goes from a-z on raps and a rappers. Seriously impressive

[@redchally6080]

it made him an angel on angel dust.... so thats what maad stands for, made me an angel on angel dust

[@farennicole9018]

Whoa really?! My mind just got blown dude I've been wondering what it meant for yearrrrrrsssss!!

[@steadyzz2371]

Maad stand for MY angels on angel dust. The ones that died are his angels of angel dust. When he says made ME an angel on angel dust he is speaking in another pov

[@JeromeProductions]

👏🏾

[@zuforouge8320]

With angel dust he means the drug right?

[@redchally6080]

@@zuforouge8320 yeah MAAD stands for Me an Angel on Angel Dust, because he said imagine if your first blunt had you foaming at the mouth, and that’s why it’s an “angel” because he was so young when it happened that’s why he doesn’t smoke weed

[@elizabetharteaga5343]

I love this song, feel like I'm listening to two songs.

[@basis6613]

Guess, i won't be the only who understand the pain behind these lyrics. Kendrick has always been a poet.

[@elic2023]

It's 2020 and this song never gets old

[@carmengastelum7887]

If Prius and crips all got along they'd probably gun me down by the end of this song It seems like the whole city go against me every time I'm in the street I hear Leedle Leedle Leedle Lee

[@applesauce9555]

Um guys som of the words in theses lyrics are actually wrong just saying

[@cornycobble3042]

@@applesauce9555 and?

[@Spvceman_]

Patrick?

[@foiturelaye2102]

R/woosh to the replies above

[@Hero-eo4ms]

@@Spvceman_ Yes

[@CC-lm1tw]

This song is so deep. Lyrics are amazing. 90s gangsta rap feel

[@sloppymelon445]

0:49 Gives me goosebumps EVERY time

[@FatimaZohra-gu3if]

Kendrick lamar is the best raper

[@Walmartbagvr0338]

Erm what the sigma

[@solsist__3291]

I miss raps like this. This is fire

[@frocklewocka981]

Everytime I'm in the kitchen I hear yawk yawk yawk yawk Tortilla down making Quesadillas

[@hectorolivas7122]

thats where i came from juan

[@Andrea-gu7xy]

😂😂

[@jenniferlopez8236]

+Hector Olivas me to

[@bigstepper3k694]

took it from vines

[@frocklewocka981]

Kendrick Brown yes

[@latishaharrell665]

This dude is lyrically gifted. FACTS

[@Prettypaigexxx]

Ive been looking for this song for so long

[@thelimon4338]

I like the 2nd part better because of the oldies feel

[@peachy3800]

Same😝

[@natethetanker3434]

+Malachi Darden It's MC Eiht

[@jakezoog2546]

+Eric Limon i hate the 2nd part.

[@kalanimaiava5603]

Same

[@ExShinsengumi]

+Eric Limon man the second parts beat is good as fk yo :)

[@jonathanarnold5078]

Masterpiece

[@jessemacneil2723]

Thats some of that old school beat and lyrics . Fire! deep and dark

[@CryptofSkulk]

We ain't gonna talk about how that last half is a work of art

[@Max-lz1yn]

I think it's "This maad city I run my nigga"

[@502nick1]

+kristian bramlev well it's actually This maad city like "run, my nigga" but even then, it's hard to tell if it's I or like. I've been trying to figure it out for a bit of time now, cause the whole hook could have a different meaning depending on the right one. edit- but with that, I'm pretty sure it is "I" because most of the song is more significant with "I" rather than like.

[@lillonerboi504]

Well, the hook is supposed to be someone talking to Kendrick. So he's probably saying "I'd run my nigga." Like as if he was warning him he was about to get fucked up if he didn't leave.

[@icecube9669]

+Nick L. Yeah it is I

[@hmblnss5260]

0:15 from there on has been stuck in my head for the past few months.

[@robeswin]

That background music on top of phenomenal lyrics. It hits so hard

[@hahahahhaahhaha1201]

I’m definitely cornbread so they won’t be calling my mother collect.

[@luismontenegro3195]

One of Kendrick's best tracks.

[@bbcroc]

Hands down, this is the best rap song of all time

[@sheepslayer649]

Best song i've ever heard

[@xichubz7736]

EVERY TIME IM IN THE STREETS I HEAR nothing just cars

[@josephancion2190]

This final verse will probably go down as one of the greatest in rap history.

[@vitorbueno4301]

Don't know whats sicker, lyrics or beat. DAMN

[@craigoliver7330]

Goosebumps. Goosebumps every single time.

[@nickgrummitt1826]

This is so dope!!

[@jacobhammonds4107]

awesome song

[@lauraelliott1844]

"Made me an angel on angel dust wat" bro this song is so much better than everything else out rn. Seems like a 90s song tbh

[@tybrouwer7620]

Best talent ive heard in a long time

[@adnamamedia]

Truly legendary

[@communistboi5994]

*M A N D O W N*

[@realwillsovis]

How do you do in bold

[@13donstalos]

man the 2nd part of the song is crazy dope

[@aim__freakz8499]

I love this song!

[@dennislagrange9675]

Bro my headphones caught on fire because all dis fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@austingriggs8671]

Boy, this shit sure takes me back!

[@aim__freakz8499]

this the greatest album ever released!

[@josephwhite9628]

He is very good at immersing you in the narative he is painting. very talented

[@hawaii2825]

Nice I love the beat and everything

[@angrybuffalofan1750]

These 2 guys in my grade preformed this at the SCHOOL TALENT SHOW

[@RobinHood-cd9mh]

+Joshua Holdaway explicit version?

[@kae6826]

They deserve to win

[@gates1222]

lol

[@islandhawkins3912]

@sasukefangirl4lyfe that's RACIST

[@duanemcleod9443]

@sasukefangirl4lyfe RACIST ASS

[@cuznryan]

Everybody knows this is one of the best hip-hop songs of all time, right?

[@Shabiraxo]

all time fav!!!

[@actaea.]

So nice at the end

[@Ssquaremusic]

HYPEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[@diegojjjjj]

MC Eight went offff!!

[@SamUnderStars]

I love the M.I.D.G.A.R mix of this

[@cameronadams6965]

5 years later and it’s still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sidu6]

This was my hype song before an argument with my wife. I lost but with confidence🤘🏽

[@AllyMcDonald12]

Here every year 2014✅ 2015✅ 2016✅ 2017✅ 2018✅ 2019✅ 2020✅ 2021

[@ra6160]

NO.BODY.CARE.BITCH

[@qqvx]

hey

[@Anonymat-co2of]

2024

[@kasanosangma7515]

This dope af

[@anacletoclaudioquispemaman3312]

This is my first time listening to this song, what i get from this: 1-The first part of the song is very raw, ive never heard someone rap with such trauma, the storytelling in here contains amger and you can feel it vividly as he narrates hus anecdotes in the mad city. The second part is the same from a colder perspective, almost like an active gangster realtes the story, tye peoduction is great also. Hip hop is not my thing but kendricks trauma and storytelling are definitely serious.

[@Aazib_Warriors]

1:11 "I’m bleeping out a name. These stories are serious and in-depth, I’m not going to go out here and really, really slander and put my real ones out there that have been in some real situations. Those close to me know what I’m talking about. It’s just about me seeing somebody get killed, just as a kid. And knowing, and being right there, and knowing how it all went down, feel me?" - Kendrick Lamar

[@bellagrey703]

Still my favorite song, anyone else still listening to this album in 2021?

[@jaylenphillip6239]

yuh

[@quitesmacked]

I finally found this song, this dude never stops it's sick lmao

[@nirvan5735]

😢this song is 🔥

[@rougeshinobi3594]

“Not the drill sergeant but the stress that’s weighing on your brain” .....that part

[@life_as_miya]

I love it

[@tylergovern7728]

Love the old school style cameo at the end

[@Yaka95]

LMAO I thought he said "im still in the hood, no jedi school"

[@adorno_gang37]

lol ikr, i thought at 4:08 it went "with jedi's lightning"! xD

[@davidmusser1269]

Johan Delvare hl

[@chriszaric5557]

This is not a rap on how I'm slingin crack or move cocaine. This is cul-de-sac and plenty cognac and major pain. Jheeeeez, when the opening lines to a song are like that, you know its about to be a banger

[@iljaps4242]

Sorry for you loss!!! Love you Amanda you are such a blessing!! May God give you strength and peace on the days to come! I give you and your family condolences 💐🙏🏻💖😘 🙄 💚 |

[@alfonsocasique8469]

This song is badass

[@chrisscholten8205]

Anyone else watching this in 2004?

[@murmurtalib2130]

Christopher James Scholten No

[@georgem.7785]

yeah, I am.

[@ajkcoleman]

+Christopher James Scholten Nope I'm watching in 1738 (I know that's fetty wap)

[@syb869]

+Christopher James Scholten 2015 bro

[@syb869]

FreestyleGaming King Looks like your brain hasn't fully developed yet as you can't tell sarcasm apart from realism, go catch my fucks that flew away, please.