"N95" is the second track on Kendrick Lamar's fifth and last studio collection with Top Dawg Entertainment, Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers. The melody title alludes to N95 facial coverings.
Lamar might be scrutinizing reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. "You're back outside yet they actually lied" and the rehashed utilization of the expression "take off" — as well as a few different studies — may be viewed as proof for this understanding.
Kendrick Lamar N95 Full Song Lyrics
Hello new world, all the boys and girlsI got some true stories to tellYou're back outside, but they still liedWoah-oh-oh-oh (Yeah)Take off the foo-foo, take off the clout chase, take off the Wi-FiTake off the money phone, take off the car loan, take off the flex and the white liesTake off the weird-ass jewelry, I'ma take ten steps, then I'm taking off top fiveTake off them fabricated streams and them microwave memes, it's a real world outside (Take that shit off)Take off your idols, take off the runway, I take off to Cairo (Take that shit off)Take off to Saint-Tropez, five-day stay, take a quarter mill', hell, if I know (Take that shit off)Take off the false flag, take off perception, take off the cop with the eye patch (Take that shit off)Take off the unloyal, take off the unsure, take off decisions I lack (Take it off)Take off the fake deep, take off the fake woke, take off the, "I'm broke," I care (Take it off)Take off the gossip, take off the new logic that if I'm rich, I'm rare (Take it off)Take off the Chanel, take off the Dolce, take off the Birkin bag(Take it off)Take all that designer bullshit off, and what do you have?Bitch, huh, huh, ughYou ugly as fuck (You outta pocket)Huh, two ATMs (Hah, hah, hah, hah)You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)Who you think they talk about?Talk about us (You outta pocket—shoot, shoot, shoot)Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)Copy off us (Get back in pocket)The world in a panic, the women is stranded, the men on a runThe prophets abandoned, the law take advantage, the market is crashin', the industry wantsNiggas and bitches to sleep in a box while they makin' a mockery followin' usThis ain't Monopoly, watchin' for love, this ain't monogamy, y'all gettin' fuckedJumpin' on what the hell is that? I gotta relax when I feel (Huh, facts)All my descendants, they come in my sleep and say I am too real (Huh, facts)I'm done with the sensitive, takin' it personal, done with the black and the white, the wrong and the rightYou hopin' for change and clericals, I know the feelings that came with burial's criesBitch, huh, huh, ughYou ugly as fuck (You outta pocket)Huh, two ATMs (Hah, hah, hah, hah)You steppin' or what? (You outta pocket, huh)Who you think they talk about?Talk about us (You outta pocket—shoot, shoot, shoot)Who you think they copy off? (Brrt, brrt, brrt, brrt)Copy off us[Bridge]Servin' up a look, dancin' in a droughtHello to the big stepper, never losin' countVentin' in the safe houseVentin' in the sa-[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem]Can I vent all my truth? I got nothin' to loseI got problems and pools, I can swim on my faithCameras movin' whenever I'm movin', the family suin' whatever I makeMurder is stackin', the president actin', the government taxin' my funds in the bankHomies attracting the feds when I'm bracking, look at my reaction, my pupils on skates (Hold up, hold up)Let's think about this for a second (Let's go)Tell me what you would do for aesthetic (Let's go)Would you sell your soul on credit? (Let's go)Would you sell your bro for leverage? (Let's go)Where the hypocrites at?What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)Where the hypocrites at?What community feel they the only ones relevant? (Let's go)Huh, huh, ughYou outta pocket, yeah, you outta pocket (This shit hard)You entertain the mediocre, need to stop it (This shit hard)You entertainin' old friends when they toxic (This shit hard)What your life like? Bullshit and gossip (This shit hard)What the fuck is cancel culture, dawg?Say what I want about you niggas, I'm like Oprah, dawgI treat you crackers like I'm Jigga, watch, I own it allOh, you worried 'bout a critic? That ain't protocol (Bitch)
This melody's scaffold, close by the principal half of the third refrain, were initially intended to show up on Baby Keem's "vent", yet Kendrick wound up just giving vocals on the chorale.
In September of 2020, Kendrick was spotted recording a music video for this tune, drifting over the ocean side. After two years, hours after the collection's delivery, Dave Free prodded the music video on his Twitter with a clasp from the previously mentioned shoot; Kendrick's stance intently looks like that of Jesus Christ on the cross. This concurs with the strict topics found on Mr. Morale, as well as the cover craftsmanship, where Kendrick is portrayed wearing a crown of thistles.