Kendrick Lamar just dropped his first track since unleashing “Not Like Us,” and rather than diss Drake, the West Coast MC appears to be calling out the entire culture. The lyrics find him calling out influencers and dissecting the world around him.
On Wednesday (Sept. 11), K-Dot hit up Instagram with a new song that leaves the listener wondering if society is living in a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. Presumed to be loosely titled “Watch the Party Die,” The 5-minute narrative finds Kendrick lamenting over an environment in which people succumb to temptation and gluttony. In his own vitriolic way, the Compton spitter rhymes about chopping the heads off the proverbial fakes and snakes in hip-hop culture over a beat that is both sad and soulful.
Throughout the first verse, Kendrick implies that he is living in an apocalyptic world that needs cleansing, and he is just the MC to do it. Following a chorus that sees Kenny praying to God while simultaneously hyping up his own righteousness, Kenny uses the second verse to call for those who practice corporate greed and propaganda to have their heads “cracked.” He then closes out the third verse with the same sentiment while praising the likes of Christian singer Lecrae and rapper-activist Dee-1.
Listen to Kendrick Lamar’s new track and read the complete lyrics below.
Complete Lyrics to Kendrick Lamar’s New Song Loosely Titled “Watch the Party Die”
Verse 1
I think it’s time to watch the party dieThis s**t done got too wicked to apologizeIt’s different, get him whacked and disqualifiedWe even kill the killers ’cause they like taking innocent livesBurn a whole village, we start over, here’s really that timeWhy reason with these ni**as if they can’t see the future firstWhy argue with these clowns if the circus is well at workJust walk that man down, that’ll do everyone a solidIt’s love but tough love, sometimes gotta result in violenceIf you parade in gluttony without giving truth to the youth,The graveyard is company, just tell us what casket to chooseThey party more than b**ches, tell me what are you working for?They glorify scamming, you get chipped over this credit cardInfluencers talk down ’cause I’m not with the basic s**tBut they don’t hate me, they hate the man that I representThe type of man that never d**k ride ’cause I want a favorThe man that resides in patienceSo where the soldiers at?The ones that lost it all and learned to learn from thatA thirst for life, head inside a book ’cause he concerned with thatInformation that’ll change his life because he yearns for thatDedication, finding out what’s right, ’cause he can earn from thatI feel for the women that deal with the clown and nerd s**tCan’t blame them, today they ain’t really got much to work withHow many b**ches harder than a lot of you ni**as?Would trade all of y’all for Nip, I can’t be proud of you ni**as
Chorus
God, give me life, dear God, please give me peaceDear God, please keep these lame ni**as away from meDear God, keep me shinin’, the f**k do they really think?Pocket watching, you must be the policeGod, bless these words, dear God, bless how I thinkDear God, draw the line, they tryin’ to confuse ’em with meDear God, please forgive me, you knowin’ how hard I triedI think it’s time for me to watch the party dieGet ’em gone, we gon’ watch the party dieSend ’em home, we gon’ watch the party die
Verse 2
I think it’s time to watch the party dieStreet ni**as and the corporate guys, the rappers that report the liesI need they families mortifiedWe can do life without ’em, get they bodies organizedTell me if you obligeNo more pillow talkin’, jump-startin’ neighborhood warsDirty mackin’ b**ches because your spirit is insecureThe flashy ni**a with nasty decisions using money as a backboneI want his head cracked before he’s back homeThe radio personality pushin’ propaganda for salaryLet me know when they turn up as a casualtyI want agony, assault and batteryI see a new earth filled with beautiful people making humanity workLet’s kill the followers that follow up on poppin’ mollies fromThe obvious, degenerates, that’s failing to acknowledge theHope that we tryin’ to spread, if I’m not his voteThen you need to bring his f**kin’ head or film that s**t in hi-res
Chorus
God, give me life, dear God, please give me peaceDear God, please keep these lame ni**as away from meDear God, keep me shinin’, the f**k do they really think?Pocket watching, you must be the policeGod, bless these words, dear God, bless how I thinkDear God, draw the line, they tryin’ to confuse ’em with meDear God, please forgive me, you knowin’ how hard I triedI think it’s time for me to watch the party dieGet ’em gone, we gon’ watch the party dieSend ’em home, we gon’ watch the party die
Verse 3
Sometimes I wonder what Lecrae would doF**k these ni**as up or show ’em just what pray’ll doI want to be empathetic, my heart like Dee-1But I will…It’s time to get these devils out the wayHeavy metals on my sword, we settle hard disputes todayThe ghetto Hollywood divorce, say hello to your future fateThe culture bred with carnivores, you let ’em snack, they eat your faceThe signatures is being forgedThey wonder why I’m not enthused to dropThe more visible you get, the more your spiritual is triedIt’s cynical to say I know these artists petrifiedThe end result in jail by Jezebel or drugged up full of liesCritical, I know my physical is tested all the timeI’m pitiful, sunken place soon as I’m questionin’ in my prideI’m seeing ghosts, blackin’ out, relapseAnd one-third of the time, I spare no feeling that ain’t mineI’m in my feelings when I slideI mean, a ni**a wonder what Lecrae would doTerrace Martin said I’m mentally with layers, trueI flood the market with my best regards, I paid your duesAnd so it’s up, if you ain’t one of ours, it’s bad newsMy ni**a Jay Estrada said I gotta burn it down to build it upThat confirmation real as fuck, it ain’t too many real as usLockin’ in to what I trustLooking outside, the kids live tomorrow ’cause today the party just died
