DNA.
DNA.

DNA. chords by Kendrick Lamar

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  • Verse 1
    got, 
    got, 
    got, 
    got 

    Loyalty, 
    got 
    royalty 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    Cocaine 
    quarter 
    piece, 

    got 
    war 
    and 
    peace 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    got 
    power, 
    poison, 
    pain 
    and 
    joy 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    got 
    hustle, 
    though, 
    ambition, 
    flow 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    Verse 2
    was 
    born 
    like 
    this, 
    since 
    one 
    like 
    this, 

    immaculate 
    con
    ception 

    trans
    form 
    like 
    this, 
    perform 
    like 
    this, 

    was 
    Yeshua's new 
    weapon 

    don't 
    contemplate, 
    meditate, 

    then 
    off 
    your 
    fucking 
    head 

    This 
    that 
    put-the-kids-to-bed, 

    this 
    this 
    this 
    this 
    this 
    that 

    Verse 3
    got, 
    got, 
    got, 
    I got 

    Realness, 
    just 
    kill 
    shit 

    'Cause 
    it's 
    in 
    my 
    DNA 

    got 
    millions, 
    got 
    riches 

    Buildin' 
    in 
    my 
    DNA 

    got 
    dark, 
    got 
    evil, 
    that 
    rot 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    got 
    off, 
    got 
    troublesome 
    heart 

    Inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    Verse 4
    just 
    win 
    again, 

    then 
    win 
    again 
    like 
    Wimble
    don, 
    I serve 

    Yeah, 
    that's 
    him 
    again, 

    the sound 
    that 
    engine 
    in 
    is 
    like 
    bird 

    You 
    see 
    fireworks 
    and 
    Corvette 

    tire 
    skrrt the 
    boulevard 

    know 
    how 
    you 
    work, 

    know 
    just 
    who 
    you 
    are 

    See, 
    you's 
    a, 
    you's 
    a, 
    you's 
    bitch 

    Verse 5
    Your 
    hormones 
    prolly switch 

    Inside 
    your 
    DNA 

    Problem 
    is, 
    all 
    that 
    sucker 
    shit 

    Inside 
    your 
    DNA 

    Daddy 
    prolly snitched, 
    heritage 

    Inside 
    your 
    DNA 

    Backbone 
    don't 
    exist 

    Born 
    onside a 
    jellyfish, 
    gauge 

    Verse 6
    See, 
    my 
    pedigree 
    most 
    definitely 

    don't 
    toler
    ate 
    the front 

    Shit 
    I've 
    been 
    through 
    prolly offend 
    you 

    This 
    is 
    Paula's 
    oldest 
    son 

    know 
    murder, 
    conviction 

    Burners, 
    boosters, 
    burglars, 

    ballers, dead, 
    redemption 

    Scholars, 
    fathers 
    dead 
    with 
    kids 

    And 
    wish 
    was 
    fed 
    forgiveness 

    Yeah, 
    yeah, 
    yeah, 
    yeah, 
    soldier's 
    DNA 

    Born 
    inside 
    the 
    beast 

    My 
    expertise 
    checked 
    out 

    in second 
    grade 

    When 
    was 
    nine, 
    on 
    cell, 
    motel, 

    we 
    didn't 
    have 
    nowhere 
    to stay 

    At twenty-nine, 
    I've 
    I've 
    done 
    so 
    well, 

    hit 
    cartwheel 
    in 
    my 
    es
    tate 

    And I'm 
    gon' 
    shine 
    like I'm 
    supposed 
    to 
    antisocial, 

    extrovert 

    And excel
    lent 
    mean the 

    extra 
    work 

    And absent-ness 
    what 
    what the 

    fuck 
    you 
    heard 

    And pessim
    ists 
    never 
    struck 
    my nerve 

    And 
    that's 
    a riff, 
    gonna 
    plead 
    this 
    case 

    The 
    reason 
    my 
    power's 
    here 
    on 
    earth 

    Verse 7
    Sa
    lute 
    the truth, 
    when 
    the prophet 
    say 

    got 
    loyalty, 

    got 
    royalty 
    inside 
    my 
    DNA 

    (This is 
    why 
    say 
    that 
    Hip-Hop 

    has 
    has done 
    more 
    damage) 

    (To 
    young 
    African-Americans than 

    racism in recent 
    years) 

    I live a 
    better, 
    fuck 
    your life 

    (Five, four, 
    three, two, 
    one) this 
    is my 
    heritage, 

    all 
    I'm in
    heritin' 

    Money 
    and 
    power, 

    the 
    makin' 
    of 
    marriages 

    Tell 
    me somethin' 
    Verse 8

    You 
    mothafuckas can't 
    tell 
    me nothin' 

    I'd 
    rather 
    die 
    than to 
    listen 
    to 
    you 

    My DNA 
    not 
    for 
    imitation 

    Your 
    DNA 
    an 
    abomination 

    This 
    how it 
    is 
    when you're 

    in 
    the Matrix 

    Dodgin' 
    bullets, 

    reapin' 
    what you 
    sow 

    And stackin' 
    up the 
    footage, 

    livin' 
    on the 
    go 

    And sleepin' 
    in 
    a Villa 

    Sippin' 
    from 
    Grammy and walk

    in' 
    in the 
    buildin' 

    Diamond 
    in the 
    ceilin', 

    marble 
    on the 
    floors 

    Beach 
    inside 
    the 
    window, 

    peekin' 
    out the 
    window 

    Baby 
    in the 
    pool, 
    Godfather 
    goals, 

    only 
    Lord 
    knows 

    Verse 9
    I've been 
    goin' 
    hammer, 
    dodgin' 
    paparazzi, 

    freak
    in' through 
    the 
    cameras 

    Eat 
    at Four 
    Daughters, 

    Brock 
    wearin' 
    sandals 

    Yoga 
    on 
    Monday, 

    stretch
    in' to 
    Nirvana 

    Watch
    in' 
    all the 
    snakes, 

    curvin' 
    all the 
    fakes 

    Phone 
    never 
    on, 
    don't 
    conversate 

    don't comprom
    ise, 
    just 
    penetrate 

    Sex, 
    money, 
    murder, 

    these 
    are the 
    breaks 

    These 
    are the 
    times, 
    level 
    number 
    nine 

    Look 
    up 
    in the 
    sky, 
    ten 
    is 
    on the 
    way 

    Sen
    tence 
    on the 
    way, 

    killings 
    on the 
    way 

    Mother
    fucker, 
    I got 
    winners 
    on the 
    way 

    You 
    ain't 
    shit 
    without 
    a body 
    Verse 10

    on your 
    belt 

    You ain't 
    shit 
    without 
    a ticket 

    on your 
    plate 

    You ain't 
    sick 
    enough 
    to pull 

    it 
    on your
    self 

    You ain't 
    rich 
    enough 
    to 

    hit the 
    lot and 
    skate 

    Tell 
    me 
    when de
    struction 

    gonna 
    be 
    my 
    fate 

    Gonna 
    be 
    your 
    fate, 
    gonna 
    be our 
    faith 

    Peace 
    to 
    the 
    world, 
    let it 
    rotate 

    Sex, 
    money, 
    murder, 
    our 
    DNA 

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