{"id":25352,"date":"2016-01-08T09:59:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25352"},"modified":"2016-01-08T09:59:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:59:20","slug":"watch-kendrick-lamar-unleash-on-fallons-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-01\/watch-kendrick-lamar-unleash-on-fallons-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Kendrick Lamar Unleash On Fallon&#8217;s Tonight Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot-650x365.jpg\" alt=\"KdotFallonScreenshot\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/KdotFallonScreenshot.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We messed up. Followed some misinformation and mis-timed<strong>\u00a0Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s<\/strong> performance on <strong>Fallon&#8217;s Tonight Show<\/strong> last night (not Friday&#8211;apologies). \u00a0Thankfully, through the powers of the interweb, we can watch <strong>Lamar<\/strong>\u00a0and his full, fantastic live band below performing a powerful new soulful song &#8220;entitled&#8221;\u00a0<em><strong>Untitled 2<\/strong> <\/em>[Ed.&#8211;&#8220;Blue Faces&#8221;?]. \u00a0<strong> Lamar<\/strong> lives up to his interview statement when asked how he blows off steam: \u00a0&#8220;I rap a lot.&#8221; \u00a0Practice makes perfect. \u00a0We were mesmerized by the evolutionary entirety of the sensory overload and the autobiolyrical tour de force (lyrics at bottom). Make sure you hang on through the end as <strong>Lamar<\/strong> winds the lines tighter and tighter. \u00a0And then tighter more. \u00a0Spitting that his best is still to come. \u00a0Hard to believe, but we can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZJXvjeWlVA\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Untitled 2 (Blue Faces)<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Two tears in the bucket I cry with you<br \/>\nBut I could never lie with you<br \/>\nI could never afford not to afford<br \/>\nI could never put my plans to the side with you<br \/>\nI could never see a red light<br \/>\nLike a deer with the headlight<br \/>\nI freeze up when I re-up<br \/>\nSee I barely had patience<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;re relating<br \/>\nOnly the moment to complete us<br \/>\nWhy you hate to work for it?<br \/>\nWent to work for it<br \/>\nSee a nine to five was so jive turkey<br \/>\nBut when Thanksgiving came, checks didn\u2019t hurt me<br \/>\nYou plead the fifth<br \/>\nI read the fifth amendment<br \/>\nWe both criminals with bad intentions<br \/>\nThey say time heals all<br \/>\nBut if I could shortcut<br \/>\nMy success, Corvettes by tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>But why you so sad?<br \/>\nWalking around with them blue faces<br \/>\nThey say I\u2019m down on my luck<br \/>\nAnd it\u2019s something I gotta have<br \/>\nBlue faces<br \/>\nI hit the bank today and tell them color me bad<br \/>\nBlue faces<br \/>\nGet that new money, and it\u2019s breaking me down<\/p>\n<p>My home girl got a credit card scam<br \/>\nShe got a scholarship to college but she don\u2019t give a damn<br \/>\nIntuition got a black woman wishin&#8217;<br \/>\nShe sayin&#8217; this on the phone with the noodles in the pan<br \/>\nI know you, woman, I console you, woman<br \/>\nYou feel like the universe owes you, woman<br \/>\nOh the anticipation, hoping you could make it<br \/>\nWomen don&#8217;t prosper chasing education<br \/>\nBut you&#8217;re talented, and can&#8217;t handle it<br \/>\nAnd your homegirls can&#8217;t be your manager<br \/>\n365 times four, plus more<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t get it right, tell me, do you got the stamina?<br \/>\nBut ain&#8217;t no money like fast money<br \/>\nEven today I&#8217;m considered a crash dummy<br \/>\nA rapper chasing stardom, how can I fast forward?<br \/>\nMy accolades better than all them<\/p>\n<p>But why I&#8217;m so sad?<br \/>\nWalking around with them blue faces<br \/>\nThey say I\u2019m down on my luck<br \/>\nAnd it\u2019s something I gotta have<br \/>\nBlue faces<br \/>\nI hit the bank today and tell them color me bad<br \/>\nBlue faces<br \/>\nGet that new money, and it\u2019s breaking me down<\/p>\n<p>I love god, I love speed, I love drank, I love me<br \/>\nI love oceans in the deep<br \/>\nI love women, I love me<br \/>\nI love God<br \/>\nBut I\u2019m scared of god speed<br \/>\nSometimes<\/p>\n<p>Wrote this song like I never went home and made it<br \/>\nYou know the poverty stricken the lyrical broke boy and baby<br \/>\nSomebody say Kendrick American they sho\u2019 is crazy<br \/>\nAnd I said \u201cwhy?\u201d<br \/>\nThen he looked me in the eye<br \/>\nHe said homie you messed up<br \/>\nYou breaking my good luck<br \/>\nYou wishing for miracles<br \/>\nLiving through shit, you\u2019re crying hysterical<br \/>\nSettle for everything, complain about everything<br \/>\nSay your soul crack, my world amphetamines<br \/>\nYou projects ain\u2019t it, I live in the hood<br \/>\nYou living to keep warm<br \/>\nI\u2019m living to pay rent<br \/>\nI paid my way through<br \/>\nPraying to Allah<br \/>\nYou played your way through dealing with Wi-Fi<br \/>\nGo fuck yourself, you talking to strangers<br \/>\nSame thing go for the ones you came with<br \/>\nWe all came on the boat looking for hope<br \/>\nAnd all you can say is that you\u2019re looking for dope<br \/>\nThese days ain\u2019t no compromise<br \/>\nYour pain ain\u2019t mine half the time<br \/>\nA brand new excuse ain\u2019t nothing to me<br \/>\nSee I made my moves, with shackled feet<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town, Cape Town, Cape Town, Cape Town<br \/>\nCape Town, Cape Town, Cape Town<\/p>\n<p>Corn row kenny<br \/>\nI wanna get the mixed dashboards triple digits, skrr<br \/>\nI wanna get the mixed dashboards triple digits, skrr, skrr<br \/>\nCorn row kenny<br \/>\nSo many plays on me I finesse<br \/>\nPalisade views with some sex<br \/>\nI lost a lot of love for missionary<br \/>\nThis the first time I react<br \/>\nMe and Top is like a Kobe and Phil<br \/>\nA father figure play with him, he get killed<br \/>\nPlay with me and he will kill you himself<br \/>\nTDE the mafia of the west<br \/>\nMove in silence, yeah, we juggin\u2019 like that<br \/>\nAct of violence, yeah, we juggin\u2019 like that<br \/>\nI did a lot of dumb things in my past<br \/>\nLove will give me hope and I won\u2019t relapse<br \/>\nDave just bought a new nine eleven<br \/>\nAlmost thought I\u2019d seen another plane crash<br \/>\nQ just bought a brand new McLaren<br \/>\nRock-a-lack about to buy the projects<br \/>\nRashad got his son dripping in gold<br \/>\nMe I\u2019m \u2018bout to let my hair down the holes<br \/>\nAli &#8217;bout to let his hair down the holes<br \/>\nTop billing that\u2019s a million a show<br \/>\nMight blow the Whole Remy on Soul<br \/>\nMight tell Obama be more like Punch<br \/>\nSounwave got a Grammy this year<br \/>\nMack wop, but he do what he want<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nLevel two, level two<br \/>\nNo I\u2019m not done<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nI could put a rapper on life support<br \/>\nGuarantee something that none of you want<br \/>\nThen hold me down and they yell something like<br \/>\nRent is like twenty five hundred a month<br \/>\nWhat if I empty my bank out and stunt?<br \/>\nWhat if I empty my bank out and stunt?<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t got, you ain\u2019t got<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t got, you ain\u2019t<br \/>\nYou ain\u2019t gotta tell me that I\u2019m the one<br \/>\nYes I\u2019m the one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We messed up. Followed some misinformation and mis-timed\u00a0Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s performance on Fallon&#8217;s Tonight Show last night (not Friday&#8211;apologies). \u00a0Thankfully, through the powers of the interweb, we can watch Lamar\u00a0and his full, fantastic live band below performing a powerful new soulful song &#8220;entitled&#8221;\u00a0Untitled 2 [Ed.&#8211;&#8220;Blue Faces&#8221;?]. \u00a0 Lamar lives up to his interview statement when asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25352"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25358,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25352\/revisions\/25358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}