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.