Kendrick Lamar (born Kendrick Duckworth on June 17, 1987), is an American rapper and songwriter. In 2009, Lamar released his first independent album, “Dreams Worth More Than Money” with limited success. He received a co-sign from fellow hip-hop artist J. Cole in 2011, which led to him signing to Jay-Z’s record label Roc Nation the following year and releasing his major-label debut studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city in 2012 to critical acclaim and commercial success, earning him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of the year
The man known as K Dot has been making waves across the rap game with his unique sounds and even more unique styles of rapping that have led him to some vast tracks like “King Kunta.”
Here are his most inspiring quotes that will uplift and motivate you to be the best you can fulfill your goals and dreams.
55 Inspirational Kendrick Lamar Quotes To Uplift Yourself
1. “Live your life, live it right. Be different, do different things.” ― Kendrick Lamar
2. “The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now. The strong in me, I still smile.” ― Kendrick Lamar
3. I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.” ― Kendrick Lamar
4. “I’m tryna learn something new. I’m tryna surround myself with people that inspire me or at least inquire similar desires.” ― Kendrick Lamar
5. “I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.” ― Kendrick Lamar
6. “Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people… if they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t, you know where you stand.” ― Kendrick Lamar
7. “The message I’m sending to myself – I can’t change the world until I change myself first.” ― Kendrick Lamar
8. “Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.” ― Kendrick Lamar
9. “I live this life at a pace that anyone can go, know your place and dedicate your role, to the faith that you’ll die alone.” ― Kendrick Lamar
10. “Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you.” ― Kendrick Lamar
11. “Tough times don’t last but tough people do.” ― Kendrick Lamar
12. “Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That’s the art for me.” ― Kendrick Lamar
13. “Don’t you know your imperfections is a blessing.” ― Kendrick Lamar
14. “Since day one, since they first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.” ― Kendrick Lamar
15. If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name. — Kendrick Lamar
16. “When you give up it means you never wanted it.” ― Kendrick Lamar
17. “People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can’t knock it.” ― Kendrick Lamar
18. “I don’t just wanna be a popular person, I want my music to always live because that’s what’s gonna drive your legacy.” ― Kendrick Lamar
19. “It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.” ― Kendrick Lamar
20. “I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.” ― Kendrick Lamar
21. Life to me is currency, prosperity I got it — Kendrick Lamar
22. “The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now. The strong in me, I still smile.” ― Kendrick Lamar
23. “You can’t have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours.” ― Kendrick Lamar
24. “I was a black sheep, but now I’m just a goat.” ― Kendrick Lamar
25. “My moms always told me, ‘How long you gonna play the victim?’ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.” ― Kendrick Lamar
26. “Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t, you know where they stand.” ― Kendrick Lamar
27. “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.” ― Kendrick Lamar
28. “Can’t let the government tell me how my future lookin’.” ― Kendrick Lamar
29. “The best way to describe myself would be…unpredictable.” ― Kendrick Lamar
30. “I can’t change the world until I change myself first.” ― Kendrick Lamar
31. “My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing we call hip-hop.” ― Kendrick Lamar
32. “I ain’t a drinker I’m a thinker, call it what you want.” ― Kendrick Lamar
33. “Love is not just a verb. It’s you looking in the mirror.” ― Kendrick Lamar
34. “I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.” ― Kendrick Lamar
35. “Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.” ― Kendrick Lamar
36. It’s easy to forget who you are. – Kendrick Lamar
37. “Just let me be me, That’s the only way I know.” ― Kendrick Lamar
38. “Everyday I try to escape the realities of this world.” ― Kendrick Lamar
39. The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary. — Kendrick Lamar
40. “Maybe because I’m a dreamer and sleep is the cousin of death.” ― Kendrick Lamar
41. Build your own pyramids write your own hieroglyphs— Kendrick Lamar
42. “But what love go to do with it when you don’t love yourself?” – Kendrick Lamar
43. “Look inside my soul and you can find gold maybe get rich. Look inside of your should and you can find out it never exists.” ― Kendrick Lamar
44. I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes. — Kendrick Lamar
45. “We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?” – Kendrick Lamar
46. “I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role…To the faith that you’ll die alone.” ― Kendrick Lamar
47. “Life will put many red lights in front of you, but sometimes we must push on the gas and trust god.” ― Kendrick Lamar
48. “I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.” ― Kendrick Lamar
49. “Don’t say one thing then do another.” ― Kendrick Lamar
50. I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge. — Kendrick Lamar
51. “We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us.” ― Kendrick Lamar
52. “Take advantage. Do your best, don’t stress. You was granted everything inside this planet, anything you imagine, you possess.” ― Kendrick Lamar
53. “Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do.” ― Kendrick Lamar
54. “It’s easy to forget who you are.” ― Kendrick Lamar
55. “I’d rather not live like there isn’t a God, then die and find out there really is. Think about it.” — Kendrick Lamar
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