Album Cover These Walls

These Walls

KENDRICK LAMAR

8

[Produced by Terrace Martin & Larrance Dopson; Additional production by Sounwave]

[Directed by Colin Tilley & The Little Homies]

[Poem: Kendrick Lamar]

I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence

Sometimes, I did the same

[Intro: Kendrick Lamar & Anna Wise]

If these walls could talk

If these walls could talk

If these walls could talk

If these walls could talk

If these walls could talk

If these walls could talk—

Sex

[Verse 1: Anna Wise & Kendrick Lamar]

She just wanna close her eyes and sway

With you, with you, with you (Ah, come on)

Exercise her right to work it out

It's true, it's true, it's true

Shout out to the birthday girls

Say hey (Hey), say hey (Hey, ah, girl)

Everyone deserves a night to play (Play)

She plays, only when you tell her no

[Chorus: Anna Wise, Thundercat, & Bilal]

If these walls could talk

I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you

If these walls could talk

I love it when I'm in it, I love it when I'm in it (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

Oh, oh

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]

These walls could talk, they'd tell me to swim good

No boat, I float better than he would

No life jacket, I'm not the God of Nazareth

But your flood can be misunderstood

Walls tellin' me they full of pain, resentment

Need someone to live in 'em just to relieve tension

Me, I'm just a tenant

Landlord said these walls vacant more than a minute

These walls are vulnerable, exclamation

Interior pink, color coordinated

I interrogated every nook and cranny

I mean, it's still amazing, before, they couldn't stand me

These walls wanna cry tears

These walls happier when I'm here

These walls never could hold up

Every time I come around, demolition might crush

[Chorus: Anna Wise, Thundercat, & Bilal]

If these walls could talk

I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you

If these walls could talk

I love it when I'm in it, I love it when I'm in it (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

Oh, oh

[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]

These walls could talk, they'd tell me to go deep

Yellin' at me continuously, I can see

Your defense mechanism is my decision

Knock these walls down, that's my religion

Walls feelin' like they ready to close in

I suffocate, then catch my second wind

I resonate in these walls

I don't know how long I can wait in these walls

I've been on the streets too long

Lookin' at you from the outside in

They sing the same old song

About how they walls always the cleanest

I beg to differ, I must've missed them

I'm not involved, I'd rather diss 'em

I'd rather call on you, put your wall up

'Cause when I come around, demolition gon' crush

[Chorus: Anna Wise, Thundercat, & Bilal]

If these walls could talk

I can feel your reign when it cries, gold lives inside of you

If these walls could talk

I love it when I'm in it, I love it when I'm in it (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

Oh, oh

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4: Kendrick Lamar]

If your walls could talk, they'd tell you it's too late

Your destiny accepted your fate

Burn accessories and stash 'em on the yard

Take the recipe, the Bible and God

Wall tellin' you that commissary is low

Race wars happenin', no callin' CO

No callin' your mother to save you

Homies to say you're irrepetible, not acceptable

Your behavior is Sammy the Bull like

A killer that turned snitch

Walls is tellin' me you a bitch

You pray for appeals hopin' the warden would afford them

That sentence so important

Walls tellin' you to listen to "Sing About Me"

Retaliation is strong, you even dream 'bout me

Killed my homeboy and God spared your life

Dumb criminal got indicted same night

So when you play this song, rewind the first verse

About me abusin' my power so you can hurt

About me and her in the shower whenever she horny

About me and her in the after hours of the morning

About her baby daddy currently servin' life

And how she think about you until we meet up at night

About the only girl cared about you when you asked her

And how she fuckin' on a famous rapper

Walls can talk (Talk)

[Poem: Kendrick Lamar]

I remember 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 screaming in a hotel room