Alright - Kendrick Lamar

Alls my life I has to fight, ni**a Alls my life I... Hard times like yah Bad trips like "God!" Nazareth, I'm f**ked up Homie you f**ked up But if God got us then we gon' be alright

The song starts off with a reference to the novel The Color Purple. Kendrick often brings his religion and relationship with God into his music, and in this, he reassures that he'll be alright even though he's struggling as of now.

[Hook - Pharrell Williams:] Ni**a, we gon' be alright Ni**a, we gon' be alright We gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright Ni**a, we gon' be alright Huh? We gon' be alright Ni**a, we gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright

Uh, and when I wake up I recognize you're lookin' at me for the pay cut Behind my side we lookin' at you from the face down What mac-11 even boom with the bass down Schemin'! And let me tell you bout my life Painkillers only put me in the twilight Where pretty p***y and Benjamin is the highlight

Kendrick again addresses that he feels that the only reason he's in the music industry is because he brings in money, not because his label stands for him and his values. He also talks about his life and how he gains temporary happiness from drugs, women, and money.

Now tell my mama I love her but this what I like Lord knows, 20 of 'em in my Chevy Tell 'em all to come and get me, reapin' everything I sow So my karma coming heavy No preliminary hearings on my record I'm a motherf**king gangster in silence for the record Tell the world I know it's too late Boys and girls I think I've gone cray Drown inside my vices all day Won't you please believe when I say

He addresses his mother and knows that she would be disappointed in his lifestyle as he gives into his vices. He also talks about how karma is going to handle him and what he deserves, which is why he doesn't need to involve his gang in preliminary hearings.

What you want, you a house you a car 40 acres and a mule, a piano a guitar Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog Motherf**ker you can live at the mall I can see the evil, I can tell it I know it's illegal I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero Thinkin' of my partner put the candy, paint it on the regal Diggin' in my pocket ain't a profit, big enough to feed you Everyday my logic, get another dollar just to keep you In the presence of your chico... ah! I don't talk about it, be about it, everyday I see cool If I got it then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you Pet dog, pet dog, pet dog, my dog that's all Pick back and chat I shut the back for y'all I rap, I'm black, on track so rest assured My rights, my wrongs I write till I'm right with God

I keep my head up high I cross my heart and hope to die Lovin' me is complicated Too afraid, a lot of changes I'm alright and you're a favorite Dark nights in my prayers

I remembered you was conflicted Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same Abusing my power full of resentment Resentment that turned into a deep depression Found myself screamin' in the hotel room I didn't wanna self destruct, the evils of Lucy was all around me So I went runnin' for answers