reincarnated

[00:03.67] La noche, tú y yo

[00:20.41] I got this fire burnin' in me from within

[00:22.27] Concentrated thoughts on who I used to be, I'm sheddin' skin

[00:24.92] Every day, a new version of me, a third of me demented, cemented in pain

[00:28.38] Juggling opposing kinds of fame

[00:30.23] I don't know how to make friends, I'm a lonely soul

[00:32.63] I recollect this isolation, I was four years old

[00:35.28] Truth be told, I've been battling my soul

[00:37.14] Tryna navigate the real and fake

[00:38.73] Cynical about the judgement day

[00:40.59] I did bad, slight progression last year and it fucked me up

[00:43.52] Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus

[00:46.17] Body after body, lesson after lesson, let's take it back to Michigan in 1947

[00:50.69] My father kicked me out the house 'cause I wouldn't listen to him

[00:53.61] I didn't care about his influence, only loved what I was doing

[00:56.27] Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on the grand level

[00:59.45] The most talented where I'm from, but I had to rebel

[01:02.11] And so I'm off in the sunset, searchin' for my place in the world

[01:05.03] With my guitar up on my hip, that's the story unfurled

[01:07.95] I found myself with a pocket full of money and a whole lot of respect

[01:11.41] While the record business loved me

[01:13.00] I was head of rhythm and blues

[01:14.59] The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose

[01:17.25] But I manipulated power as I lied to the masses

[01:20.17] Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive, reincarnated

[01:33.99] Another life had placed me as a Black woman in the Chitlin' Circuit

[01:36.91] Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains

[01:39.56] My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed

[01:42.22] A musical genius what the articles emphasized

[01:44.88] Had everything I wanted, but I couldn't escape addiction

[01:47.53] Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted

[01:50.19] Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be

[01:52.58] Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity

[01:55.23] Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments

[01:57.63] I needed drugs, to me, an 8-ball was like penicillin

[02:00.55] Fuck love, my happiness was in that brown sugar

[02:03.21] Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'

[02:05.60] My first assistant was a small town scholar

[02:08.25] Never did a Quaalude 'til I got myself around her

[02:10.91] My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me

[02:13.83] I died with syringes pinched in me, reincarnated

[02:26.31] My present life is Kendrick Lamar

[02:27.65] A rapper looking at the lyrics to keep you in awe

[02:30.30] The only factor I respected was raisin' the bar

[02:32.95] My instincts sent material straight to the charts, huh

[02:37.20] My father kicked me out the house, I finally forgive him

[02:39.06] I'm old enough to understand the way I was livin'

[02:41.45] Ego and pride had me looking at him with resentment

[02:44.11] I close my eyes, hoping that I don't come off contentious

[02:47.03] I'm yelling, "Father, did I finally get it right?" Everything I did was selfless

[02:50.48] I spoke freely, when the people needed me, I helped them

[02:53.14] I didn't gloat, even told 'em, "No," when the vultures came

[02:55.80] Took control of my fleshly body when the money changed

[02:58.45] Son, you do well, but your heart is closed

[03:00.58] I can tell residue that linger from your past creates a cell

[03:04.03] Father, I'm not perfect, I got urges, but I hold them down

[03:06.16] But your pride has to die," okay, Father, show me how

[03:09.08] Tell me every deed that you done and what you do it for

[03:11.48] I kept one hundred institutions paid

[03:13.06] Okay, tell me more

[03:14.13] I put one hundred hoods on one stage

[03:15.98] Okay, tell me more

[03:17.05] I'm tryna push peace in L.A.

[03:18.65] But you love war

[03:19.70] No, I don't

[03:20.50] Oh, yes, you do

[03:22.36] Okay, then tell me the truth

[03:22.63] Every individual is only a version of you

[03:24.75] How can they forgive when there's no forgiveness in your heart?

[03:27.41] I could tell you where I'm going

[03:28.73] I could tell you who you are

[03:31.13] You fell out of Heaven 'cause you was anxious

[03:32.72] Didn't like authority, only searched to be heinous

[03:35.38] Isaiah fourteen was the only thing that was prevalent

[03:40.69] My greatest music director was you

[03:43.34] It was colors, it was pinks, it was reds, it was blues

[03:45.73] It was harmony and motion

[03:47.33] I sent you down to earth 'cause you was broken

[03:49.19] Rehabilitation, not psychosis

[03:51.05] But now we here now

[03:52.37] Centuries you manipulated man with music

[03:54.77] Embodied you as superstars to see how you moving

[03:57.42] You came a long way from garnishing evilish views

[04:00.08] And all I ever wanted from you was love and approval

[04:02.73] I learned a lot, no more putting these people in fear

[04:05.39] The more that word is diminished, the more it's not real

[04:07.78] The more light that I can capture, the more I can feel

[04:10.71] I'm using words for inspiration as an idea

[04:13.36] So can you promise that you won't take your gifts for granted?

[04:15.75] I promise that I'll use my gifts to bring understanding

[04:18.41] For every man, woman and child, how much can you vow?

[04:21.06] I vow my life just to live one in harmony now

[04:23.72] You crushed a lot of people keeping their thoughts in captivity

[04:26.38] And I'm ashamed that I ever created that enemy

[04:30.09] Then let's rejoice where we at

[04:30.90] I rewrote the devil's story just to take our power back, 'carnated