feat. Rapsody
Produced By: The Antydote, Sounwave, Terrace Martin & Thundercat
[Hook : (Pete Rock)]
Complexion (two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (it's a Zulu love)
Complexion (two-step)
It all feels the same (it's a Zulu love)
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Dark as the midnight hour or bright as the mornin' sun
Give a fuck about your complexion, I know what the Germans done
Sneak (dissinâ)
Sneak me through the back window, Iâm a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master listenin', cover your ears, he 'bout to mention
[Hook]
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Dark as the midnight hour, I'm bright as the mornin' Sun
Brown skinned, but your blue eyes tell me your mama can't run
Sneak (dissin')
Sneak me through the back window, Iâm a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master's listenin', I got the world's attention
So I'mma say somethin' that's vital and critical for survival
Of mankind, if he lyin', color should never rival
Beauty is what you make it, I used to be so mistaken
By different shades of faces
Then wit told me, A
woman
is
woman,
love
the
creation
It all came from God then you was my confirmation
I came to where you reside
And looked around to see more sights for sore eyes
Let the Willie Lynch theory reverse a million times with...
[Hook]
[Bridge]
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
[Verse 3: Rapsody]
Let me talk my Stu Scott, âscuse me on my 2Pac
Keep your head up, when did you stop? Love and die
Color of your skin, color of your eyes
Thatâs the real blues, baby, like you met Jayâs baby
You blew me away, you think more beauty in blue green and grey
All my Solomon up north, 12 years a slave
12 years of age, thinkinâ my shade too dark
I love myself, I no longer need Cupid
Enforcinâ my dark side like a young George Lucas
Light donât mean you smart, beinâ dark donât make you stupid
And frame of mind for them bustas, ainât talkinâ âWoohah!â
Need a paradox for the pair of dots they tutored
Like two ties, L-L, you lose two times
If you donât see you beautiful in your complexion
It ainât complex to put it in context
Find the air beneath the kite, thatâs the context
Yeah, baby, Iâm conscious, ainât no contest
If you like it, I love it, all your earth tones been blessed
Ainât no stress, jigga boos wanna be
I ainât talkinâ Jay, I ainât talkinâ B
Iâm talkinâ days we got school watchinâ movie screens
And spike your self esteem
The new James Bond gonâ be black as me
Black as brown, hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea
And itâs all beautiful to me
Call your brothers magnificent, call all the sisters queens
We all on the same team, blues and pirus, no colors ainât a thing
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
Barefoot babies with no cares
Teenage gun toters that donât play fair, should I get out the car?
I donât see Compton, I see something much worse
The land of the landmines, the hell thatâs on earth
- :
- The Heart Series
- The Heart Part 4 (Single)
- HUMBLE. (Single)
- untitled unmastered.
- California Dreams (Mixtape)
- To Pimp a Butterfly
- Welcome To Compton
- The Kendrick Lamar Ep
- Kendrication (Mixtape)
- King Of New York
- BET Cypher 2013
- The Recipe (Single)
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
- Swimming Pools (Drank) (Single)
- My People (Single)
- Section 80
- O.verly D.edicated (Mixtape)
- Non-Album Releases
- Pre-Good Kid In A Mad City
- Compilation