[00:02.38]Cloud nine Kendrick Lamar[00:07.01][00:08.87]Uh[00:09.47]I take a sip of Hennessy[00:12.26]And then get pissy drunk[00:13.70]I ain't a drinker I'm a thinker[00:15.75]Call it what you want[00:16.87]But if you turn your back[00:18.20]Know that you just missed your chance[00:19.77]To witness the realest[00:20.84]**** that's ever been told to man[00:22.83]I found myself losing focus[00:24.04]At a Sunday service[00:25.31]Embarrassed so I started questioning God[00:27.87]What is my purpose[00:28.65]He say to live the way he did[00:30.59]That's all he want from me[00:32.07]Spread the word and witness[00:33.07]He rose on the first Sunday[00:34.82]I said alright[00:35.66]Enthused that my Lord gave a listen[00:37.81]I opened my bible and searched[00:39.47]To be a better Christian[00:40.81]And this from a person that[00:42.69]Never believed in religion[00:43.49]But **** my life is so ****** up man[00:45.99]I can't help but give in[00:47.11]I'm giving testimonies[00:47.70]To strangers I never met[00:50.04]Hopped on the pulpit[00:51.42]And told 'em how I was truly[00:52.83]Blessed[00:53.15]Felt like I'm free from all[00:54.56]My sins when the service was over[00:55.99]Walked out the church then[00:57.31]Got a call that my homie was murdered[00:58.81]And lost my faith again[01:00.32]What am I gonna do[01:04.95]Gotta have faith[01:06.75]Life is too much[01:09.19]Understood[01:10.26]Where is your faith[01:13.04]Oh faaaaaaaith[01:21.43]All you need is the size[01:23.15]Of a mustard seed[01:24.04]Single black parent from[01:24.77]Compton raising children of four[01:25.92]That's four innocent bastards[01:27.04]Cause papa they don't know[01:28.86]Her day consists of working back[01:30.38]And forth with babysitters[01:31.95]Can't find no one to watch[01:33.30]Her kids so she pay her sister[01:35.08]Her baby daddy ain't bout shit[01:36.76]That ***** ain't bout ****[01:38.00]Spent his daughter milk just[01:39.41]To cop a new outfit[01:40.50]She pray to God every night[01:42.41]Hoping that he'll mature[01:43.71]And maybe one day his kids[01:45.45]Something that he'll live for[01:46.69]Baby wanna go back to school[01:48.53]But she need some help[01:49.87]Because it's hard tryna pay[01:51.15]The bills when you're by yourself[01:52.71]She thought about credit card[01:54.10]Scams till she heard a voice[01:55.74]That said the Devil is a lie[01:57.67]Make a better choice[01:58.75]And so it's back to McDonald's[02:00.21]And every month dealing[02:02.12]With them crazy ass people[02:03.71]At the county building[02:04.73]Looked to the heavens and asked 'em[02:06.61]To make a better way[02:08.08]Then got a letter in the mail[02:09.71]Lost her section 8[02:10.86]Then lost her faith again[02:12.31]What am I gonna do[02:15.99]Gotta have faith[02:17.56][02:18.84]Life is too much[02:20.90]Understood[02:22.21]Where is your faith[02:25.22]Oh faaaaaaaith[02:30.20]All you need is the size of a mustard seed[02:35.61]Kendrick[02:35.81]I had dreams of holding[02:37.37]A nine-milla to raise Killa[02:39.37]Ask him why as my eyes fill up[02:42.01]Each day it gets more realer[02:43.78]Orangutans bang like gorillas[02:45.89]It's jungle when the niggas ensue[02:47.91]The rat's lurking[02:49.35]Vulture's circling the serpents[02:50.94]Cats lying through they teeth[02:52.64]My ***** didn't deserve it[02:53.83]I flirted with the idea[02:55.20]Of caressing the steel[02:56.36]To make karma come faster[02:57.66]Than she normally will[02:59.55]It's ill to see my faith[03:02.08]Try and leave me[03:03.12]It's so hard to get it[03:04.59]To get rid of it is easy[03:06.63]I'm tryna reach cloud nine[03:07.78]That's what my niggas bout[03:09.25]But it never rain[03:10.19]In California 'less them pistols out[03:12.19]Until then my feet[03:13.84]Planted on the ground[03:14.83]Shadowboxing my conscience[03:15.76]Till my faith start responding[03:17.04]And if I get no answer[03:20.07]Just know I tried[03:21.07]I should have never[03:22.07]Looked into his son's eyes[03:23.51]Ray Charles voice[03:24.57]What am I gonna do[03:28.39]Gotta have faith[03:29.61][03:30.75]Life is too much[03:32.88]Understood[03:34.27]Where is your faith[03:37.46]Oh faaaaaaaith[03:44.03]All you need is the size of a mustard seed[03:47.79]This for my people that[03:48.67]Stressing whenever times is hard[03:50.15]Your mind's slipping[03:50.76]Wondering is there really a God[03:52.69]Knowing you shouldn't think[03:54.24]That way and tryna freeze your brain[03:55.88]But whenever it's pain[03:57.21]That feeling forever remains[03:58.09]We can't believe what we can't see[04:00.37]And reality seems stronger than prayer[04:02.89]Cause you tried to change your life[04:04.68]And now you live in a wheelchair[04:06.35]And your son was born with cancer[04:07.63]And he live in urgent care[04:09.00]At the tender age of twelve[04:10.41]And you feel that no one cares[04:11.97]Searching for answers that's human nature[04:14.37]You ain't in the wrong[04:15.75]Just know when you feeling[04:16.83]That way his spirit's in the room[04:18.16]I watched people I know pray[04:20.00]And catch the Holy Ghost[04:21.37]And wonder why I ain't never[04:22.96]Caught that feeling before[04:24.22]Maybe they know him better[04:25.95]Or I don't know no better[04:27.56]But what I do know is that[04:29.07]He's real and he lives forever[04:30.24]So the next time you feel[04:32.06]Like your world's about to end[04:33.68]I hope you studied because[04:34.76]He's testing your faith again[04:36.93][04:37.99]I'd rather not live[04:38.91]Like there isn't a God[04:40.33][04:42.56]Than die and find out there really is[04:45.74]Think about it