Lirik Lagu Alright - Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar, salah satu rapper paling berpengaruh di kancah musik global, punya satu lagu yang benar-benar nancap di benak pendengarnya: 'Alright'.

Dirilis tanggal 15 Maret 2015, lagu ini panjangnya hampir tujuh menit. Tapi justru di situlah kekuatannya. Yang menarik, dua tahun setelah rilis, tepatnya di tahun 2016, lagu ini berhasil menyabet penghargaan Best Rap Song di Grammy Awards. Prestasi yang nggak main-main.

Lagu ini adalah bagian dari album masterpiece-nya, To Pimp a Butterfly. Kalau dengerin keseluruhan album, 'Alright' muncul seperti secercah harapan di tengah narasi gelap yang dibangun.

Lirik Lagu Alright

Ini dia lirik lengkapnya:

Alls my life, I has to fight, nigga
Alls my life, I-
Hard times like, "Yah"
Bad trips like, "Yah"
Nazareth
I'm fucked up, homie, you fucked up
But if God got us, then we gon' be alright

Nigga, we gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright

Di bagian verse berikutnya, Lamar bercerita dengan gamblang tentang pergulatan hidupnya.

Uh, and when I wake up
I recognize you're looking at me for the pay cut
But homicide be looking at you from the face down
What MAC-11 even boom with the bass down?
Schemin', and let me tell you 'bout my life
Painkillers only put me in the twilight
Where pretty pussy and Benjamin is the highlight
Now tell my mama I love her, but this what I like, Lord knows
Twenty of 'em in my Chevy, tell 'em all to come and get me
Reapin' everything I sow, so my karma comin' heavy
No preliminary hearings on my record
I'm a motherfuckin' gangster in silence for the record, uh
Tell the world I know it's too late
Boys and girls, I think I've gone cray
Drown inside my vices all day
Won't you please believe when I say

Refrain yang ikonik kembali muncul, tapi kali ini didahului oleh pengakuan yang lebih personal tentang pergulatan komunitasnya.

Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before, nigga
When our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?" Nigga
And we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, nigga
I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright

Chorus yang penuh keyakinan ini seperti mantra yang diulang-ulang, memberikan kekuatan.

Nigga, we gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright

Bagian berikutnya menyoroti pergulatan material dan godaan yang dihadapi.

What you want you, a house? You, a car?
Forty acres and a mule? A piano, a guitar?
Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog
Motherfucker, you can live at the mall
I can see the evil, I can tell it, I know it's illegal
I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero
Thinkin' of my partner, put the candy paintin' on the Regal
Diggin' in my pocket, ain't a profit big enough to feed you
Every day, my logic get another dollar just to keep you
In the presence of your chico, ah
I don't talk about it, be about it, every day, I sequel
If I got it, then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you
Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, my dog, that's all
Bick back and Chad, I trap the bag for y'all
I rap, I black on track, so rest assured
My rights, my wrongs, I write 'til I'm right with God

Narasi tentang perjuangan dan ketahanan kembali mengemuka sebelum lagu menutup dengan chorus yang sama powerful-nya.

Wouldn't you know
We been hurt, been down before, nigga
When our pride was low
Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go?" Nigga
And we hate po-po
Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, nigga
I'm at the preacher's door
My knees gettin' weak, and my gun might blow
But we gon' be alright

Nigga, we gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
We gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Huh? We gon' be alright
Nigga, we gon' be alright
Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright

Di bagian akhir, ada semacam epilog yang lebih personal dan reflektif.

I keep my head up high
I cross my heart and hope to die
Lovin' me is complicated
Too afraid of a lot of changes
I'm alright, and you're a favorite
Dark nights in my prayers

Penutup lagu ini seperti monolog batin yang dalam, mengungkap konflik internal yang dialami.

I remembered you was conflicted
Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power, full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screamin' in the hotel room
I didn't wanna self-destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went runnin' for answers

Kendrick Lamar dan Sorotan Terbaru

Belum lama ini, Kendrick Lamar kembali jadi buah bibir karena penampilannya di Super Bowl Halftime Show 2025. Kabarnya, dia menyelipkan sindiran halus terhadap sesama rapper, Drake, dalam penampilannya itu. Hal ini tentu saja menambah daftar panjang rivalitas kedua musisi yang sudah jadi perbincangan publik.