N95
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About N95
“N95” is the second track on Kendrick Lamar’s fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The song’s title refers to N95 face masks, which have been one of the several key tools adopted to contrast the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout this track, Kendrick addresses futile and superficial coping mechanisms, while pointing out at the facades a lot of people have acquired, which he also discussed on the previous song from the album, “United in Grief”. .
N95 Lyrics
[00:00.02] Hello, new world, all the boys and girls
[00:03.21] I got some true stories to tell
[00:06.75] You're back outside, but they still lied
[00:10.44] Woah-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
[00:14.38] Take off the foo-foo, take off the clout chase, take off the Wi-Fi
[00:17.35] Take off the money phone, take off the car loan, take off the flex and the white lies
[00:20.99] Take off the weird-ass jewelry, I'ma take ten steps, then I'm taking off top five
[00:24.62] Take off them fabricated streams and them microwave memes
[00:26.48] It's a real world outside (take that sh- off)
[00:27.73] Take off your idols, take off the runway, I take off to Cairo (take that sh- off)
[00:30.88] Take off to Saint-Tropez, five-day stay, take a quarter mill', hell, if I know (take that sh- off)
[00:34.85] Take off the front flag, take off perception, take off the cop with the eye patch (take that sh- off)
[00:37.73] Take off the unloyal, take off the unsure, take off decisions I lack (take it off)
[00:41.77] Take off the fake deep, take off the fake woke, take off the, "I'm broke, I care" (take it off)
[00:44.87] Take off the gossip, take off the new logic that if I'm rich, I'm rare (take it off)
[00:48.35] Take off the Chanel, take off the Dolce, take off the Birkin bag (take it off)
[00:52.16] Take all that designer bullsh- off, and what do you have?
[00:55.26] Huh, huh, ugh
[00:56.75] You ugly as f- (you outta pocket)
[00:58.66] Huh, two ATMs (hah, hah, hah, hah)
[01:00.12] You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)
[01:02.49] Who you think they talk about?
[01:03.83] Talk about us (you outta pocket, shoot, shoot, shoot)
[01:05.75] Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)
[01:07.34] Copy off us (get back in pocket)
[01:08.79] The world in a panic, the women is stranded, the men on a run
[01:11.63] The prophets abandoned, the law take advantage, the market is crashin', the industry wants
[01:15.12] N- and b- to sleep in a box while they makin' a mockery followin' us
[01:18.34] This ain't Monopoly, watchin' for love, this ain't monogamy, y'all gettin' f-
[01:21.60] Jumpin' on what the hell is that? I gotta relax when I feel (huh, facts)
[01:25.28] All my descendants, they come in my sleep and say I am too real (huh, facts)
[01:28.57] I'm done with the sensitive, takin' it personal
[01:30.12] Done with the black and the white, the wrong and the right
[01:32.63] You hopin' for change and clericals, I know the feelings that came with burial's cries
[01:36.12] Huh, huh, ugh
[01:37.91] You ugly as f- (you outta pocket)
[01:40.09] Huh, two ATMs (hah, hah, hah, hah)
[01:41.41] You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)
[01:43.53] Who you think they talk about?
[01:45.07] Talk about us (you outta pocket, shoot, shoot, shoot)
[01:47.05] Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)
[01:48.42] Copy off us
[01:49.62] Servin' up a look, dancin' in a drought
[01:53.08] Hello to the big stepper, never losin' count
[01:56.49] Ventin' in the safe house
[01:59.70] Ventin' in the sa-
[02:02.33] Can I vent all my truth? I got nothin' to lose, I got problems and pools, I can swim on my faith
[02:05.96] Cameras movin' whenever I'm movin', the family suin' whatever I make
[02:09.47] Murder is stackin', the president actin', the government taxin' my funds in the bank
[02:12.99] Homies attracting the feds when I'm bracking
[02:14.43] Look at my reaction, my pupils on skates (hold up, hold up)
[02:16.89] Let's think about this for a second (let's go)
[02:18.68] Tell me what you would do for aesthetic (let's go)
[02:20.36] Would you sell your soul on credit? (Let's go)
[02:21.94] Would you sell your bro for leverage? (Let's go)
[02:23.83] Where the hypocrites at?
[02:25.04] What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)
[02:27.28] Where the hypocrites at?
[02:28.46] What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)
[02:30.79] Huh, huh, ugh
[02:32.18] You outta pocket, yeah, you outta pocket (this sh- hard)
[02:35.33] You entertain the mediocre, need to stop it (this sh- hard)
[02:39.06] You entertainin' old friends when they toxic (this sh- hard)
[02:42.10] What your life like? Bullsh- and gossip (this sh- hard)
[02:46.07] What the f- is cancel culture, dawg?
[02:48.48] Say what I want about you n-, I'm like Oprah, dawg
[02:51.71] I treat you crackers like I'm Jigga, watch, I own it all
[02:55.47] Oh, you worried 'bout a critic? That ain't protocol
[02:58.90]
[00:03.21] I got some true stories to tell
[00:06.75] You're back outside, but they still lied
[00:10.44] Woah-oh-oh-oh (yeah)
[00:14.38] Take off the foo-foo, take off the clout chase, take off the Wi-Fi
[00:17.35] Take off the money phone, take off the car loan, take off the flex and the white lies
[00:20.99] Take off the weird-ass jewelry, I'ma take ten steps, then I'm taking off top five
[00:24.62] Take off them fabricated streams and them microwave memes
[00:26.48] It's a real world outside (take that sh- off)
[00:27.73] Take off your idols, take off the runway, I take off to Cairo (take that sh- off)
[00:30.88] Take off to Saint-Tropez, five-day stay, take a quarter mill', hell, if I know (take that sh- off)
[00:34.85] Take off the front flag, take off perception, take off the cop with the eye patch (take that sh- off)
[00:37.73] Take off the unloyal, take off the unsure, take off decisions I lack (take it off)
[00:41.77] Take off the fake deep, take off the fake woke, take off the, "I'm broke, I care" (take it off)
[00:44.87] Take off the gossip, take off the new logic that if I'm rich, I'm rare (take it off)
[00:48.35] Take off the Chanel, take off the Dolce, take off the Birkin bag (take it off)
[00:52.16] Take all that designer bullsh- off, and what do you have?
[00:55.26] Huh, huh, ugh
[00:56.75] You ugly as f- (you outta pocket)
[00:58.66] Huh, two ATMs (hah, hah, hah, hah)
[01:00.12] You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)
[01:02.49] Who you think they talk about?
[01:03.83] Talk about us (you outta pocket, shoot, shoot, shoot)
[01:05.75] Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)
[01:07.34] Copy off us (get back in pocket)
[01:08.79] The world in a panic, the women is stranded, the men on a run
[01:11.63] The prophets abandoned, the law take advantage, the market is crashin', the industry wants
[01:15.12] N- and b- to sleep in a box while they makin' a mockery followin' us
[01:18.34] This ain't Monopoly, watchin' for love, this ain't monogamy, y'all gettin' f-
[01:21.60] Jumpin' on what the hell is that? I gotta relax when I feel (huh, facts)
[01:25.28] All my descendants, they come in my sleep and say I am too real (huh, facts)
[01:28.57] I'm done with the sensitive, takin' it personal
[01:30.12] Done with the black and the white, the wrong and the right
[01:32.63] You hopin' for change and clericals, I know the feelings that came with burial's cries
[01:36.12] Huh, huh, ugh
[01:37.91] You ugly as f- (you outta pocket)
[01:40.09] Huh, two ATMs (hah, hah, hah, hah)
[01:41.41] You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)
[01:43.53] Who you think they talk about?
[01:45.07] Talk about us (you outta pocket, shoot, shoot, shoot)
[01:47.05] Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)
[01:48.42] Copy off us
[01:49.62] Servin' up a look, dancin' in a drought
[01:53.08] Hello to the big stepper, never losin' count
[01:56.49] Ventin' in the safe house
[01:59.70] Ventin' in the sa-
[02:02.33] Can I vent all my truth? I got nothin' to lose, I got problems and pools, I can swim on my faith
[02:05.96] Cameras movin' whenever I'm movin', the family suin' whatever I make
[02:09.47] Murder is stackin', the president actin', the government taxin' my funds in the bank
[02:12.99] Homies attracting the feds when I'm bracking
[02:14.43] Look at my reaction, my pupils on skates (hold up, hold up)
[02:16.89] Let's think about this for a second (let's go)
[02:18.68] Tell me what you would do for aesthetic (let's go)
[02:20.36] Would you sell your soul on credit? (Let's go)
[02:21.94] Would you sell your bro for leverage? (Let's go)
[02:23.83] Where the hypocrites at?
[02:25.04] What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)
[02:27.28] Where the hypocrites at?
[02:28.46] What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)
[02:30.79] Huh, huh, ugh
[02:32.18] You outta pocket, yeah, you outta pocket (this sh- hard)
[02:35.33] You entertain the mediocre, need to stop it (this sh- hard)
[02:39.06] You entertainin' old friends when they toxic (this sh- hard)
[02:42.10] What your life like? Bullsh- and gossip (this sh- hard)
[02:46.07] What the f- is cancel culture, dawg?
[02:48.48] Say what I want about you n-, I'm like Oprah, dawg
[02:51.71] I treat you crackers like I'm Jigga, watch, I own it all
[02:55.47] Oh, you worried 'bout a critic? That ain't protocol
[02:58.90]
From the album: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
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Count Me Out by Kendrick Lamar , -
The Heart Part 5 by Kendrick Lamar , -
United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar , -
Crown by Kendrick Lamar , -
N95 by Kendrick Lamar , -
Worldwide Steppers by Kendrick Lamar , -
Silent Hill by Kendrick Lamar , Kodak Black , -
Die Hard by Kendrick Lamar , Blxst , Amanda Reifer , -
Savior - Interlude by Kendrick Lamar , -
Father Time (feat. Sampha) by Kendrick Lamar , Sampha , -
Savior by Kendrick Lamar , Baby Keem , Sam Dew , -
Rich - Interlude by Kendrick Lamar , -
Auntie Diaries by Kendrick Lamar , -
Rich Spirit by Kendrick Lamar , -
Mr. Morale by Kendrick Lamar , Tanna Leone , -
We Cry Together by Kendrick Lamar , Taylour Paige , -
Mother I Sober (feat. Beth Gibbons of Portishead) by Kendrick Lamar , Beth Gibbons , -
Purple Hearts by Kendrick Lamar , Summer Walker , Ghostface Killah , -
Mirror by Kendrick Lamar ,