These Walls
Kendrick Lamar ft. Bilal Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg Lyrics

I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence
I recall you were uncertain and abusing your power, just as I sometimes did

If these walls could talk (x6)
If these walls could speak, they'd have a lot to say about what has happened within them

Sex, she just want to close her eyes and sway
Sex is all she desires, to close her eyes and move to the rhythm

If you, if you, if you exercise your right to work it out
If you choose to solve your problems and work out your differences

It's true, it's true, it's true, shout out to the birthday girls say hey
It's a fact, and as a shout out to the birthday girls, let's celebrate

Say hey, everyone deserves a night to play
Say hello, everyone deserves a night to have fun

And she's plays only when you tell her no
She will only engage in sexual activity when you refuse her

I can feel your reign when it cries gold lives inside of you
I sense your dominance when it sheds tears, which implies that riches are in your nature

If these walls could talk
If these walls could speak, they would have some stories to tell

I love it when I'm in it, I love it when I'm in it
I adore being inside these walls

If these walls could talk they'd tell me to swim good
If these walls could speak, they would advise me to be a good swimmer

No boat I float better than he would
I am confident that I can float better without a boat than he could with one

No life jacket I'm not the God of Nazareth
I do not need a life jacket, and I am not Jesus Christ

But your flood can be misunderstood
However, your disaster could be misinterpreted

Wall telling me they full of pain, resentment
These walls are conveying that they are full of negative emotions like anguish and bitterness

Need someone to live in them just to relieve tension
These walls require someone to live in them to ease their stress

Me, I'm just a tenant
I am only a tenant and not the owner of these walls

My Lord said these walls vacant more than a minute
My God informed me that these walls have been unoccupied for more than a minute

These walls are vulnerable, exclamation
These walls are fragile, and this is an urgent matter

Interior pink, color coordinated
The inside is pink, and the colors are in harmony

I interrogated every nook and cranny
I searched every corner and crevice

I mean its still amazing before they couldn't stand me
It's unbelievable how even though they disliked me before, they now welcome me

These walls want to cry tears
These walls are capable of crying tears

These walls happier when I'm here
These walls are joyful when I'm around

These walls never could hold up
These walls were never stable enough

Every time I come around demolition might crush
Every time I visit, the walls might collapse

If your walls could talk they'd tell you it's too late
If your walls could speak, they would tell you that it's already too late

Your destiny accepted your fate
Your future has accepted your destiny

Burn accessories and stash them where they are
Destroy your extra belongings and hide them where they are

Take the recipe, the bible and god
Grab the recipe, the bible, and God

Wall telling you that commissary is low
This wall is informing you that your commissary is running low

Race wars happening no calling CO
Racial conflicts are occurring, and you can't trust the correctional officers

No calling your mother to save you
You can't call your mother to rescue you

Homies say to you, you're reputable, not acceptable
Your friends say that you have a reputation but are not respectable

Your behavior is Sammy Da Bull like a killer that turned snitch
Your actions are like Sammy Gravano's, a murderer who became an informant

Walls is telling me you a bitch
The walls are communicating that you're cowardly

You pray for appeals hoping the warden could afford them
You pray for appeals in the hopes that the warden will provide them

That sentence so important
Your prison sentence is significant

Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"
The walls are advising you to listen to the song "Sing About Me."

Retaliation is strong you even dream about me
You are highly vengeful, to the point of dreaming about me

Killed my homeboy and God spared your life
You killed my friend, and God allowed you to live

Dumb criminal got indicted the same night
An unintelligent criminal got arrested on the same night

So when you play this song rewind the first verse
So when you listen to this song, replay the first verse

About me abusing my power so you can hurt
About me using my influence improperly so that you can cause me harm

About me and her in the shower whenever she horny
About her and me in the shower every time she's aroused

About me and her in the after hours of the morning
About her and me being together very late at night

About her baby daddy currently serving life
About her child's father who is currently serving a life sentence

And how she thinks about you until we meet up at night
And about how she thinks of you until she meets with me in the evening

About the only girl that cared about you when you asked her
About the only girl who cared about you when you approached her

And how she fucking on a famous rapper
And about how she's having sex with a well-known musician

I resonate in these walls
I connect harmoniously with these walls

I don't know how long I can wait in these walls
I don't know how much longer I can stay confined within these walls

I've been on these streets too long looking at you from the outside in
I've been on the streets for too long, observing you from the exterior

They sing the same old song about how they're walls are always the cleanest
They keep saying the same thing about how their walls are always the cleanest

I beg to differ, I must've missed them
I disagree; I didn't seem to notice that

I'm not involved I'd rather diss them
I'm not involved; I'd rather speak badly about them

I'd rather call all you put your wall up
I'd rather call everyone to construct their walls

'Cause when I come around demolition gon' crush
Since destruction is bound to occur whenever I'm around