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Determined Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

2009

[Sample]
I want to describe my discovery in the simplest terms possible
Because it will reveal to you why it is true
That whatever the mind can conceive and believe
The mind can achieve
Regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past
Or how off day your aims and hopes may be

[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Go-getter with no cheddar
Just a white tee and a swap meet sweater
My life is likely to see great endeavors
But I can't win if I can't get it together
What I gotta do in order to see success?
Havin' the world's best to call me the best?
Pull up at the Grammy Awards as the best dressed
With an address linked to a beautiful actress?
A dollar and a dream, I feel J. Cole
Word to the hole in my pocket and the hoes
That don't wanna fuck with a broke nigga with ambition
But the last time I checked, y'all was broke bitches
Make a name for myself then bubble like the ass of Buffy
When she wearin' a tight belt
The homies on the block can say whatever they say
I don't wanna be a killer, I wanna be a Gates

[Chorus 1: Ash Riser]
In time, it'll come
Just stay focused and humble, my son
Show and prove, prove you're the one
It's not about who is dopest
Who wants it the most
So just go out and get it
Go out and get it
Go out and get it
Go out and get it

[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
What I gotta do in order to see success?
Havin' the world's best to call me the best?
Pull up at the Grammy Awards as best dressed?
With an address next to a beautiful actress?
Do I gotta run in your spot and start blastin'?
Better yet, rob the nearest Nix Check Cashing?
Ear hustle on a nigga that's constantly braggin'?
Catch him at the light, snatch him out his Jeep wagon?
Or maybe I gotta hook up with José
Cop 5 bricks of the yay, head to the Bay
Area, or carry the birds to VA
Let the Clipse distribute the work all day
Then come back home
Every three weeks, flip three to six zones
Homies on the block can say whatever they want
I don't wanna be a dealer, I wanna be a Trump
Donald, that is

[Chorus 2: Ash Riser & Kendrick Lamar]
In time, it'll come
Just stay focused and humble, my son
Show and prove, prove you're the one
It's not about who is dopest
Who wants it the most
So just go out and get it
(And when I do I do it again
Then I go back
When I do I do it again
Then I go back
Thug it out)
Go out and get it
(But for now I'ma go head and thug it out
I gotta rhyme, rhyme)
Go out and get it
Go out and get it

[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
So welcome to the story of my life
See, I'm tryna get to get right off the shit that I write
Make a fortune, buy some Porsches for my momma and my wife
Pops engine in this old school run tight
But as you listenin' to K D-O-T
Man, me and my girl split the bucket of KFC
She listenin' to Drake and all I can say is "Damn, these niggas that much better than me, baby?"
I don't think this is meant to be
'Cause I'm always losin' self-esteem
She paused the iPhone then said, "Huh?"
I repeated what I said, then she replied, "Shut up
You know you the best boy, you gotta keep doin' it
But don't forget when you do, just keep you in it
And never listen to what the industry say
Don't be a typical artist, be more like Jay"
Russell, Barry Gordy, Quincy Jones, Bob Johnson, Sean Combs, L.A. Reid
Young black entrepreneurs did what it took to succeed, yeah
So I gotta see success, I gotta make it off them Rosecrans steps
Risin' to the top like a soda shook up
'Bout to pop, and I'll pop on whoever's in my way

[Chorus: Ash Riser]
Go out and get it
Go out and get it
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Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

About “Determined” by Kendrick Lamar

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"Determined" is credited to Kendrick Lamar. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Determined" appears on "Kendrick Lamar" in 2009.

Visit the Kendrick Lamar artist page at /artist/ash-riser for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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