meet the grahams
meet the grahams

meet the grahams chords by Kendrick Lamar

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Dear 
    Adonis 

    I'm 
    sorry 
    that 
    that 
    man 
    is 
    your father, 

    let 
    me 
    be 
    honest 

    It 
    takes 
    a man 
    to 
    be 
    a man, 

    your dad 
    is not 
    responsive 

    I look 
    at 
    him 
    and wish 
    your 
    grandpa 

    woulda 
    wore 
    condom 

    I'm sorry 
    that 
    you gotta 
    grow 
    up 

    and then 
    stand 
    behind 
    him 

    Life 
    is hard, 
    I know, 

    the 
    challenges 
    always 
    gon' 
    beat 
    us 
    home 

    Sometimes 
    our 
    parents 
    make 
    mistakes 

    that 
    affect 
    us 
    until 
    we 
    grown 

    And 
    you're 
    good 
    kid 
    that 

    need 
    good 
    lead
    ership 

    Let me 
    be 
    your 
    mentor 
    since 

    your daddy 
    don't 
    teach 
    you shit 

    Never 
    let 
    man 
    piss 
    on your 
    leg, 
    son 

    Either 
    you 
    die 
    right 
    there 
    or pop 

    that 
    man 
    in the 
    head, 
    son 

    Never 
    fall 
    in the 
    escort 
    busi
    ness, 

    that's 
    bad 
    religion 

    Please 
    remember, 

    you 
    could be 
    bitch 
    even 
    if 
    you 
    got 
    bitches 

    Nev
    er 
    code-switch, 
    whether 
    whether 
    right 
    or wrong, 

    you 
    a Black 
    man 

    Even 
    if 
    it 
    don't 
    bene
    fit 
    your 
    goals, 

    do some 
    push-ups, 
    get 
    get some 
    discipline 

    Don't 
    cut 
    them 
    corners 
    like 
    your daddy 
    did, 

    fuck 
    what 
    Ozempic did 

    Don't 
    pay 
    to 
    play 
    with 
    them 
    Brazilians, 

    get 
    gym 
    membership 

    Understand, 
    no 
    throwin' 
    rocks 
    and hidin' 
    hands, 

    that's 
    law 

    Don't 
    be 
    ashamed 
    'bout 
    who 
    you wit', 

    that's 
    how 
    he treat 
    your moms 

    Don't 
    have 
    a kid 
    to hide 
    a kid 
    to hide 
    again, 

    be sure 

    Five 
    percent 
    will 
    comprehend, 

    but 
    ninety-five 
    is 
    is lost 

    Be 
    proud 
    of who 
    you 
    are, 

    your strength 
    come from 
    within 

    Lotta 
    super
    stars 
    that's 
    real, 

    but 
    your daddy 
    ain't one 
    of them 

    And 
    you 
    nothin' 
    like 
    him, 

    you'll 
    carry 
    yourself 
    as 
    king 

    Can't 
    understand 
    me right 
    now? 
    Just 

    Interlude 1
    play 
    this 
    when you 
    eighteen 



    Verse 2
    Dear 
    Sandra 

    Your 
    son 
    got some 
    habits, 

    I hope 
    you 
    don't 
    undermine 
    them 

    Especially 
    with 
    all the 
    girls 

    that's hurt 
    inside 
    this 
    climate 

    You 
    woman, 
    so 
    you 
    know 
    how 

    it 
    feels 
    to be 
    in 
    alignment 

    With 
    emotion, 
    hopin' 
    man 
    can 

    see 
    you and 
    not 
    be 
    blinded 

    Dear 
    Dennis, 
    you 
    gave 
    birth 
    to 

    master 
    manipulat
    or 

    Even 
    usin' 
    you 
    to prove 

    who 
    he 
    is 
    is 
    a huge 
    favor 

    think 
    you 
    should 
    ask 
    for more 
    paper

    and 
    more 
    paper 

    And more, 
    uh, 
    more 
    paper

    I'm blamin' 
    you 
    for 
    all 

    his gamblin' 
    addictions 

    Psychopath 
    intuition, 

    the 
    man 
    that 
    like 
    to play 
    victim 

    You 
    raised 
    horrible 
    fuckin' 
    person, 

    the 
    nerve 
    of you, 
    Dennis 

    Sandra, 
    sit 
    down, 
    what 
    I'm about 
    to 
    say 
    is 
    heavy, 

    now 
    listen 

    Mm-mh, your 
    your 
    son's 
    sick 
    man 
    with 
    sick 
    thoughts, 

    think 
    niggas 
    like 
    him 
    should 
    die 

    Him 
    and Weinstein 
    should 
    get 
    fucked 

    up 
    in a 
    cell 
    for the 
    rest 
    they 
    life 

    He 
    hates 
    Black 
    women, 

    hypersexualize 'em 
    with 
    kinks 
    of 
    nympho fetish 

    Grew 
    facial 
    hair because 
    he 
    understood 

    bein' 
    a beard 
    just 
    fit 
    him 
    better 

    He 
    got 
    sex 
    offenders 
    on 
    ho-VO 
    that 

    that 
    he 
    keep 
    on 
    a monthly 
    allowance 

    child 
    should 
    never 
    be 
    compromised 

    and he 
    keepin' 
    his 
    child 
    around 
    them 

    And 
    we 
    gotta 
    raise 
    our 
    daughters 
    knowin' 

    there's 
    predators 
    like 
    him 
    lurkin' 

    Fuck 
    a rap 
    battle, 

    he 
    should 
    die 
    so 
    all 
    of these 
    women 
    can 
    live 
    with 
    purpose 

    been 
    in this 
    industry 
    twelve 
    years, 

    I'ma 
    tell 
    y'all 
    one 
    lil' 
    secret 

    It's some 
    weird 
    shit 
    goin' 
    on 
    and 
    some 

    of these 
    artists 
    be 
    here to 
    police 
    it 

    They be 
    streamlinin' victims 
    all 
    inside 
    of 

    they home 
    and 
    callin' 
    'em 
    tender 

    Then 
    leak 
    videos of themselves 
    to 

    further 
    push 
    their 
    agendas 

    To any 
    woman 
    that 
    be 
    playin' 
    his 
    music, 

    know 
    that you're 
    playin' 
    your 
    sister 

    Or 
    better 
    yet 
    sellin' 
    your 
    niece, 

    to 
    the 
    weirdos, not the 
    good 
    ones 

    Katt 
    Williams 
    said, 

    "Give 
    you the 
    truth," 
    so 
    I'ma 
    get 
    mines 

    The 
    Embassy 
    'bout 
    to get 
    raided 
    too, 

    it's 
    only 
    matter 
    of 
    time 

    Ayy, LeBron, 
    keep 
    the 
    family 
    away, 

    hey, Curry, 
    keep 
    the 
    family 
    away 

    To 
    anybody 
    that embody 
    the 
    love 
    for they 
    kids, 

    keep 
    the 
    family 
    away 

    They 
    lookin' 
    at 
    you 
    too 
    if you 
    standin' 
    by 
    him, 

    keep 
    the 
    family 
    away 

    I'm 
    lookin' 
    to shoot 
    through 
    any 
    pervert 
    that 
    lives, 

    Interlude 2
    keep 
    the 
    family 
    safe 



    Dear 
    baby 
    girl 
    Verse 3

    I'm sorry 
    that 
    your 
    father 
    not 

    active 
    inside 
    your world 

    He 
    don't 
    commit 
    to much 
    but 
    his 
    music, 

    yeah, 
    that's 
    for 
    sure 

    He a 
    narcissist, misogynist, 

    liv
    in' 
    inside 
    his 
    songs 

    Try 
    destroy 
    families 
    rather 
    than 

    tak
    in' 
    care 
    of his 
    own 

    Should 
    be teachin' 
    you 
    time 
    tables 

    or watchin' 
    Frozen 
    with 
    you 

    Or 
    at 
    your 
    eleventh 
    birthday 

    singin' 
    poem
    s with 
    you 

    Instead, 
    he 
    be 
    in Turks 
    payin' 
    for 
    sex 
    and poppin' 

    Percs, examples 
    that 
    you don't 
    deserve 

    I wanna 
    tell 
    you 
    that 
    you're loved, 

    you're brave, 
    you're kind 

    You 
    got 
    a gift 
    to 
    change 
    the world 
    and 

    could change 
    your father's 
    mind 

    'Cause 
    our children 
    is 
    the future, 

    but 
    he 
    lives 
    inside 
    confusion 

    Money's 
    always 
    been 
    illusion, 

    but 
    that's 
    the 
    life 
    he's 
    used 
    to 

    His 
    father 
    prolly didn't 

    claim 
    him 
    neither 

    History 
    do 
    repeats 
    itself, 

    sometimes 
    it don't 
    need 
    a reason 

    But 
    I would 
    like 
    to 
    say 
    it's 
    not 
    your 
    fault 

    that 
    he's 
    hid
    in' 
    another 
    child 

    Give 
    him grace, 

    this 
    the reason 
    I made 
    Mr. 
    Morale 

    So 
    our 
    babies 
    like 
    you 
    can 
    cope 
    later 

    Give 
    you some 
    confidence 
    to 
    go 
    through 
    somethin', 

    it's hope 
    later 

    I never 
    wanna 
    hear 
    you 
    chase 
    a man 

    'cause 
    his 
    failed 
    behavior 

    Sittin' 
    in the 
    club 
    with 
    sugar 

    daddies 
    for 
    validation 

    You 
    need 
    to know 
    that 
    love 
    is 

    eternity 
    and 
    trumps 
    all 
    pain 

    I'll tell 
    you 
    who 
    your 
    father 
    is, 

    just 
    play 
    this 
    song 
    when 
    it rains 

    Yes, 
    he's 
    hitmaker, songwriter, superstar, 

    right 

    And 
    a fuckin' 
    deadbeat 
    that should 
    never 
    say, 

    "More 
    life" 

    Meet 
    the Grahams 

    Verse 4

    Dear 
    Aubrey 

    know 
    you 
    probably 
    thinkin' 

    I wanted 
    to 
    crash 
    your party 

    But 
    truthfully, 
    I don't 
    have 

    hatin' 
    bone 
    in my 
    body 

    This 
    supposed 
    to 
    be 
    a good 

    exhibi
    tion 
    within 
    the 
    game 

    But 
    you 
    fucked 
    up 
    the moment 
    you 

    called 
    out my 
    family's 
    name 

    Why 
    you 
    had 
    to stoop 
    so low 
    to 

    discredit 
    some 
    decent 
    people? 

    Guess 
    integrity 
    is lost 
    when 

    the metaphors 
    doesn't 
    reach 
    you 

    And 
    I like 
    to 
    understand 
    'cause 
    your house 

    was 
    never 
    a home 

    Thirty-seven, 

    but 
    but 
    you showin' 
    up 
    as 
    a seven-year-old 

    You 
    You 
    You got 
    gamblin' 
    problems, 
    drinkin' 
    problems, 

    pill-poppin' 
    and 
    and spendin' 
    problems 

    Bad 
    with money, 

    whorehouse 

    Solicitin' women 
    problems, 

    therapy's a lovely 
    start 

    But 
    suggest 
    some 
    ayahuasca, strip 

    the ego 
    from 
    the bot
    tom 

    I try 
    to 
    empathize with 
    you 
    'cause 
    I know 

    that 
    you ain't 
    been 
    through 
    nothin' 

    Crave 
    entitlement, but 
    wanna 
    be 

    liked 
    so 
    bad 
    that 
    it's 
    puzzlin' 

    No 
    dominance, 

    let's 
    recap mo
    ments 
    when 
    you didn't 
    fit 
    in 

    No secret 
    handshakes 
    with 
    your friend 

    No cul
    tural 
    cachet 
    to binge, 

    just 
    disrespectin' your mother 

    Identity's on the 
    fence, 

    don't 
    know 
    which 
    family 
    will 
    love 
    ya 

    The 
    skin 
    that 
    you livin' 
    in 
    is 
    com

    promised 
    in 
    personas 

    Can't chan
    nel 
    your 
    masculine 
    even 

    when 
    standin' 
    next 
    to 
    a woman 

    You 
    a body 
    shamer, you gon' 
    hide 

    them 
    baby 
    mamas, 
    ain't 
    ya? 

    You 
    embarrassed 
    of 
    'em, 
    that's 
    not right, 

    that 
    ain't how 
    mama 
    raised 
    us 

    Take 
    that mask 
    off, 

    wanna 
    see 
    what's 
    under 
    them 
    achievements 

    Why 
    believe 
    you? 
    You 
    never 
    gave 

    us 
    nothin' 
    to 
    believe 
    in 

    'Cause 
    you 
    lied 
    about 
    religious 
    views, 

    you lied 
    about 
    your surgery 

    You 
    lied 
    about 
    your accent 
    and 
    your past 
    tense, 

    all 
    is perjury 

    You lied 
    about 
    your 
    ghostwriters, you 

    lied 
    about 
    your 
    crew 
    members 

    They 
    all pussy, 
    you lied 
    on 
    'em, I 

    know 
    they 
    all 
    got 
    you 
    in 
    'em 

    You lied 
    about 
    your 
    son, 

    you 
    lied 
    about 
    your 
    daughter, 
    huh 

    You 
    lied 
    about 
    them other 
    kids 
    that's 

    out there 
    hopin' 
    that 
    you 
    come 

    You 
    lied 
    about 
    the 
    only 
    artist 
    that 

    can 
    offer 
    you 
    some 
    help 

    Fuck 
    rap 
    battle, 

    Outro 1
    this 
    long-life 
    battle 
    battle 
    with 
    yourself 


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