Now Or Never (Bonus Track) - Kendrick Lamar/Mary J. Blige.mp3

[00:00.58]We on?
[00:01.89]Aight
[00:02.64]
[00:03.58]1, 2, 3, go!
[00:05.36]
[00:06.86]Waking up in a dream
[00:07.86]Sleepwalking on another big stage
[00:10.30]You never heard peace
[00:11.42]'til you hear people scream
[00:12.55]Your name and your song,
[00:13.68]I'm so far away
[00:14.61]From the place I used to be,
[00:16.00]struggling usually
[00:16.32]Look at the newer me,
[00:17.75]fate pursuing me
[00:19.03]I can feel the energy in the air
[00:21.22]It feel like
[00:22.16]I'm supposed to be here
[00:23.56]Everywhere I go
[00:24.63]I'm getting so much love
[00:25.75]Fans, the stars, everyone
[00:26.94]Sayin how they
[00:28.88]can't wait for the LP
[00:30.07]And I'm gonna blow
[00:31.38]They believe in me
[00:32.69]Feel so good in what you do
[00:34.61]Helps somebody else get through
[00:37.11]That's why I do the best I can
[00:39.36]Because I know how blessed I am
[00:41.74]I'm so high
[00:43.17]I can touch the sky
[00:44.82]
[00:45.44]I know it's my time
[00:47.63]And it's now or never
[00:49.81]
[00:50.32]Shine so bright,
[00:52.06]I light the night
[00:54.41]And it feels so right,
[00:56.53]ain't nothing better
[00:58.97]
[00:59.91]A fool if
[01:00.60]I take it all for granted
[01:02.03]A smart man
[01:02.66]if I keep my feet planted
[01:04.00]To the earth cause the people
[01:05.32]that hurt can understand it
[01:06.19]You speakin' outlandish
[01:06.63]I'm a show you
[01:07.69]how to make it all work
[01:08.82]Another plan,
[01:09.13]it a short term goal for me
[01:10.88]A record sold for me
[01:12.00]It's just more of me in your ear
[01:13.75]For you to hear Kendrick persevere
[01:15.41]Defenses I feel relentless
[01:17.54]Ambition with a clear vision
[01:19.35]Takin' off I ain't
[01:20.47]takin off these Pistons
[01:21.35]I'm takin' off on
[01:22.54]the inner me
[01:23.41]you're distance
[01:23.88]Came across me,
[01:24.82]how much it'a cost me
[01:26.00]To get you out my business
[01:27.25]I set a plan,
[01:28.31]it's a short term goal,
[01:29.50]no sky is the limit
[01:30.50]I'm past that, now pass that
[01:31.79]Award, not one but four
[01:33.60]Times two plus yours
[01:35.22]I see myself performing there, K.dot
[01:37.79]Sold out shows
[01:38.47]where the room is packed
[01:39.53]Sitting at the Grammy's
[01:40.72]winning five awards
[01:41.66]See myself on big billboards
[01:44.07]Traveling around the world
[01:45.38]with endorsement deals
[01:46.25]Can't imagine how it feels
[01:48.33]That's why I'm smiling everyday
[01:50.83]Because my dream ain't far away
[01:52.71]
[01:53.39]I'm so high
[01:54.79]I can touch the sky
[01:56.97]I know it's my time
[01:59.16]And it's now or never
[02:01.85]Shine so bright,
[02:03.66]I light the night
[02:05.82]And it feels so right,
[02:08.08]ain't nothing better
[02:10.27]
[02:11.15]You looking at me
[02:12.08]and you tell me I'm blessed
[02:13.15]Calculated my steps,
[02:13.83]my heart, my breath
[02:15.16]Breathe hums?
[02:15.85]of a victory and vividly
[02:16.85]You see me when at my best,
[02:18.35]my worst
[02:18.91]This verse dedicated
[02:19.73]to the days that I slept
[02:21.29]With a curse research
[02:22.22]my paid dues I'm reimbursed
[02:23.35]I burst in the crowd
[02:24.76]with a voice and crown
[02:26.22]I'm a King on the prowl
[02:27.66]and I see mama smile?
[02:28.73]And I vow on the tape
[02:29.99]that I'll never break
[02:30.74]You can break bread with me now
[02:32.11]We can all take a bow
[02:33.24]on the edge of the pedestal
[02:34.21]Then scream out loud
[02:35.52]that we made it off the avenue
[02:36.90]And walked that mile
[02:37.71]In the darkness
[02:38.27]I often sit back
[02:39.21]And get lost
[02:39.90]in the rap that I wrote
[02:41.09]When you told me
[02:41.83]that it spoke to your soul
[02:42.77]I was talking to you
[02:43.59]I was walking it
[02:44.18]through every ghetto
[02:45.18]Tell success hello
[02:46.62]We here
[02:47.62]And I'm so happy I cry
[02:49.80]Cause I can't believe
[02:51.74]All the things I ever wanted
[02:54.05]Are finally happening for me
[02:56.93]And it's so surreal
[02:58.49]That I almost feel
[03:00.55]That any minute I can wake up
[03:03.09]From this fantasy
[03:04.27]When you pray so hard
[03:07.02]
[03:07.52]And you've come so far
[03:09.55]And you know that
[03:10.93]it's the time
[03:11.87]for you lift your bar
[03:13.80]
[03:14.49]And I'm gonna do it
[03:17.12]
[03:17.80]Watch me!
[03:18.43]I'm so high
[03:19.80]I can touch the sky
[03:21.99]I know it's my time
[03:24.44]And it's now or never
[03:26.38]
[03:26.94]Shine so bright,
[03:28.88]I light the night
[03:31.07]And it feels so right,
[03:32.76]
[03:33.32]ain't nothing better
[03:35.41]
[03:36.16]I'm so high
[03:37.91]I can touch the sky
[03:39.91]I know it's my time
[03:42.35]And it's now or never
[03:44.88]Shine so bright,
[03:46.75]I light the night
[03:48.94]And it feels so right,
[03:51.20]ain't nothing better