[00:00.580]We on?
[00:01.890]Aight
[00:02.640]
[00:03.580]1, 2, 3, go!
[00:05.360]
[00:06.860]Waking up in a dream
[00:07.860]Sleepwalking on another big stage
[00:10.300]You never heard peace
[00:11.420]'til you hear people scream
[00:12.550]Your name and your song,
[00:13.680]I'm so far away
[00:14.610]From the place I used to be,
[00:16.000]struggling usually
[00:16.320]Look at the newer me,
[00:17.750]fate pursuing me
[00:19.030]I can feel the energy in the air
[00:21.220]It feel like
[00:22.160]I'm supposed to be here
[00:23.560]Everywhere I go
[00:24.630]I'm getting so much love
[00:25.750]Fans, the stars, everyone
[00:26.940]Sayin how they
[00:28.880]can't wait for the LP
[00:30.070]And I'm gonna blow
[00:31.380]They believe in me
[00:32.690]Feel so good in what you do
[00:34.610]Helps somebody else get through
[00:37.110]That's why I do the best I can
[00:39.360]Because I know how blessed I am
[00:41.740]I'm so high
[00:43.170]I can touch the sky
[00:44.820]
[00:45.440]I know it's my time
[00:47.630]And it's now or never
[00:49.810]
[00:50.320]Shine so bright,
[00:52.060]I light the night
[00:54.410]And it feels so right,
[00:56.530]ain't nothing better
[00:58.970]
[00:59.910]A fool if
[01:00.600]I take it all for granted
[01:02.030]A smart man
[01:02.660]if I keep my feet planted
[01:04.000]To the earth cause the people
[01:05.320]that hurt can understand it
[01:06.190]You speakin' outlandish
[01:06.630]I'm a show you
[01:07.690]how to make it all work
[01:08.820]Another plan,
[01:09.130]it a short term goal for me
[01:10.880]A record sold for me
[01:12.000]It's just more of me in your ear
[01:13.750]For you to hear Kendrick persevere
[01:15.410]Defenses I feel relentless
[01:17.540]Ambition with a clear vision
[01:19.350]Takin' off I ain't
[01:20.470]takin off these Pistons
[01:21.350]I'm takin' off on
[01:22.540]the inner me
[01:23.410]you're distance
[01:23.880]Came across me,
[01:24.820]how much it'a cost me
[01:26.000]To get you out my business
[01:27.250]I set a plan,
[01:28.310]it's a short term goal,
[01:29.500]no sky is the limit
[01:30.500]I'm past that, now pass that
[01:31.790]Award, not one but four
[01:33.600]Times two plus yours
[01:35.220]I see myself performing there, K.dot
[01:37.790]Sold out shows
[01:38.470]where the room is packed
[01:39.530]Sitting at the Grammy's
[01:40.720]winning five awards
[01:41.660]See myself on big billboards
[01:44.070]Traveling around the world
[01:45.380]with endorsement deals
[01:46.250]Can't imagine how it feels
[01:48.330]That's why I'm smiling everyday
[01:50.830]Because my dream ain't far away
[01:52.710]
[01:53.390]I'm so high
[01:54.790]I can touch the sky
[01:56.970]I know it's my time
[01:59.160]And it's now or never
[02:01.850]Shine so bright,
[02:03.660]I light the night
[02:05.820]And it feels so right,
[02:08.080]ain't nothing better
[02:10.270]
[02:11.150]You looking at me
[02:12.080]and you tell me I'm blessed
[02:13.150]Calculated my steps,
[02:13.830]my heart, my breath
[02:15.160]Breathe hums?
[02:15.850]of a victory and vividly
[02:16.850]You see me when at my best,
[02:18.350]my worst
[02:18.910]This verse dedicated
[02:19.730]to the days that I slept
[02:21.290]With a curse research
[02:22.220]my paid dues I'm reimbursed
[02:23.350]I burst in the crowd
[02:24.760]with a voice and crown
[02:26.220]I'm a King on the prowl
[02:27.660]and I see mama smile?
[02:28.730]And I vow on the tape
[02:29.990]that I'll never break
[02:30.740]You can break bread with me now
[02:32.110]We can all take a bow
[02:33.240]on the edge of the pedestal
[02:34.210]Then scream out loud
[02:35.520]that we made it off the avenue
[02:36.900]And walked that mile
[02:37.710]In the darkness
[02:38.270]I often sit back
[02:39.210]And get lost
[02:39.900]in the rap that I wrote
[02:41.090]When you told me
[02:41.830]that it spoke to your soul
[02:42.770]I was talking to you
[02:43.590]I was walking it
[02:44.180]through every ghetto
[02:45.180]Tell success hello
[02:46.620]We here
[02:47.620]And I'm so happy I cry
[02:49.800]Cause I can't believe
[02:51.740]All the things I ever wanted
[02:54.050]Are finally happening for me
[02:56.930]And it's so surreal
[02:58.490]That I almost feel
[03:00.550]That any minute I can wake up
[03:03.090]From this fantasy
[03:04.270]When you pray so hard
[03:07.020]
[03:07.520]And you've come so far
[03:09.550]And you know that
[03:10.930]it's the time
[03:11.870]for you lift your bar
[03:13.800]
[03:14.490]And I'm gonna do it
[03:17.120]
[03:17.800]Watch me!
[03:18.430]I'm so high
[03:19.800]I can touch the sky
[03:21.990]I know it's my time
[03:24.440]And it's now or never
[03:26.380]
[03:26.940]Shine so bright,
[03:28.880]I light the night
[03:31.070]And it feels so right,
[03:32.760]
[03:33.320]ain't nothing better
[03:35.410]
[03:36.160]I'm so high
[03:37.910]I can touch the sky
[03:39.910]I know it's my time
[03:42.350]And it's now or never
[03:44.880]Shine so bright,
[03:46.750]I light the night
[03:48.940]And it feels so right,
[03:51.200]ain't nothing better