20 Blackest Lines From Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly

Lyrics from "The Blacker the Berry," "Complexion" and more.

"Mortal Man" - And then there was this: "The ghost of Mandela/ Hope my flow stay propellin'/ Let these words be your Earth and moon/ You consume every message/ As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression/ And with that being said, my n***a let me ask this question/ When s**t hit the fan, is you still a fan? When s**t hit the fan, is you still a fan?" Tupac makes an appearance.(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Clear Channel)
'King Kunta' - “Ah yeah, f**k the judge/I made it past 25 and there I was/A little nappy headed n***a with the world behind him”(Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)
'Alright' - “When you know, we been hurt, been down before, n***a/When my pride was low, lookin’ at the world like, ‘Where do we go, n***a?’/And we hate po-po, wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, n***a/I'm at the preacher's door/My knees gettin' weak and my gun might blow but we gon' be alright”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Clear Channel)
'Complexion (A Zulu Love)' Feat. Rapsody - “The new James Bond gon’ be black as me/Black as brown, hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea/And it’s all beautiful to me/Call your brothers magnificent, call all the sisters queens”(Photo: Suzan/EMPICS Entertainment/PA Photos/Landov)'The Blacker the Berry' Feat. Assassin  - “And man a say they put me inna chains, cah' we black/Imagine now, big gold chains full of rocks/How you no see the whip, left scars pon' me back/But now we have a big whip parked pon' the block”(Photo: Yui Mok/PA Photos/Landov)

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'King Kunta' - “Ah yeah, f**k the judge/I made it past 25 and there I was/A little nappy headed n***a with the world behind him”(Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)

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