Institutionalized song by Kendrick Lamar from Primary Album To-pimp-a-butterfly. The music is composed and produced by Joel. Genre is Experimental Rap, West Coast, Jazz Rap music. The Record company is Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment & Interscope Records. Released on March 15, 2015.
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Institutionalized Meaning
| [[Part I] [Intro: Kendrick Lamar] What money got to do with it When I don’t know the full definition of a rap image? I’m trapped inside the ghetto and I ain’t proud to admit it Institutionalized, I keep runnin’ back for a visit, hol’ up Get it back I said I’m trapped inside the ghetto and I ain’t proud to admit it Institutionalized, I could still kill me a nigga, so what? [Interlude: Anna Wise & Bilal] If I was the president I’d pay my mama’s rent Free my homies and them Bulletproof my Chevy doors Lay in the White House and get high, Lord Whoever thought? Master, take the chains off me! [Part II] [Intro: Taz Arnold] Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom, shit , [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] Life, to me, like a box of chocolate Quid pro quo, somethin’ for somethin’, that’s the obvious Oh shit, flow’s so sick, don’t you swallow it Bitin’ my style, you’re salmonella poison positive I can just alleviate the rap industry politics Milk the game up, never lactose intolerant The last remainder of real shit, you know the obvious Me, scholarship? No, streets put me through colleges Be all you can be, true, but the problem is Dream only a dream if work don’t follow it Remind me of the homies that used to know me, now follow this I’ll tell you my hypothesis, I’m probably just way too loyal K Dizzle will do it for you, my niggas think I’m a god Truthfully all of ’em spoiled, usually, you’re never charged But somethin’ came over you once I took you to them fuckin’ BET Awards You lookin’ at artistses like they’re harvestses So many Rollies around you and you want all of ’em Somebody told me you thinkin’ ’bout snatchin’ jewelry I should’ve listened when my grandmama said to me: [Chorus: Bilal] “Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, nigga Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, boy Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, nigga Oh now, slow down” , [Bridge: Snoop Dogg] And once upon a time, in a city so divine Called West Side Compton, there stood a little nigga He was five-foot somethin’, God bless the kid Took his homies to the show and this is what they said: [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] “Fuck am I ‘posed to do when I’m lookin’ at walkin’ licks? The constant big money talk ’bout the mansion and foreign whips The private jets and passport, presidential glass floor Gold bottles, gold models, givin’ up the ass for Instagram flicks, suckin’ dick, fuck is this? One more sucker wavin’ with a flashy wrist My defense mechanism tell me to get him Quickly because he got it It’s a recession, then why the fuck he at King of Diamonds? No more livin’ poor, meet my four-four When I see ’em, put the per diem on the floor Now Kendrick, know they’re your co-workers But it’s gon’ take a lot ‘fore this pistol go cold turkey Now I can watch his watch on the TV and be okay But see I’m on the clock once that watch landin’ in LA Remember steal from the rich and givin’ it back to the poor? Well, that’s me at these awards” I guess my grandmama was warnin’ a boy She said , [Chorus: Bilal] “Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, nigga Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, boy Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo’ ass, nigga Oh now, slow down” [Outro: Snoop Dogg] And once upon a time, in a city so divine Called West Side Compton, there stood a little nigga He was five-foot something, dazed and confused Talented but still under the neighborhood ruse You can take your boy out the hood But you can’t take the hood out the homie Took his show money, stashed it in the mozey wozey Hollywood’s nervous Fuck you, goodnight, thank you much for your service] |
Frequently posed queries
- Who is the person responsible for producing the lyrics of Institutionalized?
This lirics prodiucer by Tommy Black & Rahki.
- Who is the songwriter behind this hit single? Institutionalized
Institutionalized lyrics song is written by Tommy Black, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Barsh & Rahki
- Who is credited as the featured artist on Institutionalized?
The featured artist in the Institutionalized lyrics is Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg
- Who mixed the song
Institutionalized song lyrics mixing Engineer by Mixed by Ali
- Who recording the song?
Institutionalized lyrics recording Engineer is James Hunt & Mixed by Ali
