Kendrick Lamar Thinks "FEAR." Contains The Best Verses He's Ever Written

[Oville]

Favorite song from the album along with Pride. But I wouldn't be surprised if he was inspired by Dave East's "Don't Shoot" when he made it.

 

[GhettoNintendo]

Favorite song from the album along with Pride. But I wouldn't be surprised if he was inspired by Dave East's "Don't Shoot" when he made it.

wtf

 

[Jim Cornette]

lmaoo kendrick is so average got damn..

those verses were meh.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

I agree. That verse, that song, is powerful.

Literally how I've felt all my life

 

[ChuckDaddy]

I like Kendric'mk but I'd be if you asked me to name a memorable Kendrick line

C'mon... "Girl, I know you want dis dikk"

 

[Mortal1]

He's right

One of the best songs he's ever done.

I'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' creativity
I'm talkin' fear, fear of missin' out on you and me
I'm talkin' fear, fear of losin' loyalty from pride
'Cause my DNA won't let me involve in the light of God
I'm talkin' fear, fear that my humbleness is gone
I'm talkin' fear, fear that love ain't livin' here no more
I'm talkin' fear, fear that it's wickedness or weakness
Fear, whatever it is, both is distinctive
Fear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth
And I can't take these feelings with me, so hopefully they disperse
Within fourteen tracks, carried out over wax

 

[Oville]

wtf

Similar conceptually. Three verses talking about a character at three different age points in their life. And the use of the voice in each verse to show where the they were in each chapter of their life.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

lmaoo kendrick is so average got damn..

those verses were meh.

I feel ya....

But give me 3 verses better that dropped this year? Should be pretty easy

 

[Shield & Sword]

That 'I Gave You Power' thread last week made me think we don't talk about album cuts enough (I'm guilty). Album cuts have those gems man.

Kendrick has Kush and Corinthians, Real, How Much A Dollar Cost, You Ain't Gotta Lie, Feel, Institutionalized - some of my favourite tracks of his.

The best song wasn't the single...

 

[Shield & Sword]

This feelin' is unmatched
This feelin' is brought to you by adrenaline and good rap
Black Pendleton ball cap
(West, West, West)
We don't share the same synonym fall back
(West, West, West)
Been in it before internet had new acts
Mimicking radio's nemesis made me wack
My innocence limited the experience lacked
Ten of us with no tentative tactic that cracked
The mind of a literate writer but I did it in fact
You admitted it once I submitted it wrapped in plastic
Remember scribblin' scratchin' dilligent sentences backwards
Visiting freestyle cyphers for your reaction
Now I can live in a stadium, pack it the fastest
Gamblin' Benjamin benefits, sittin' in traffic
Spinnin' women in cartwheels, linen fabric on fashion
Winnin' in every decision
Kendrick is master that mastered it
Isn't it lovely how menace has turned attraction?
Pivotin' rappers, finish your fraction while writing blue magic
Thank God for rap, I would say it got me a plaque
But what's better than that?
The fact it brought me back home

This verse is up there for me. Love the rhyming and content

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Feel is my fav off the album
It needs a video

this

 

[AJtheOne]

I been hungry all my life

Starved to the bone

 

[Uitomy]

To me institutionalized has his best lyrics (and best song to me, only one I listen to constantly)

 

[Jim Cornette]

I feel ya....

But give me 3 verses better that dropped this year? Should be pretty easy

jays 3rd verse on Smile.
Either verse on Marcy Me.
Joeys last verse on For My People


thats just off the dome, but if you're a kermit lamar stan you a kermit lamar stan

 

[Piff Perkins]

God bless Kendrick for getting Alchemist another major label check that he'll use to finance more obscure rap collabs and tracks that only rap nerds will appreciate


FEAR is great, best track on the album but I dunno if I'd say it features his greatest verses. Kinda want to go with Sing About Me's first verse or How Much A Dollar Cost. Or Ignorance Is Bliss first verse.