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Institutionalized is a track by Kendrick Lamar, taken from the album “To Pimp A Butterfly”, released March 16, 2015 on Aftermath. It runs 4:31 and carries an explicit content notice. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.

Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Wesley's Theory, For Free? (Interlude), King Kunta. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.

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Song
Institutionalized
Artist
Kendrick Lamar
Release
To Pimp A Butterfly
Format
Album
Duration
4:31
Release date
March 16, 2015
Record label
Aftermath
Content notice
Explicit

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What money got to do with it When I don't know the full definition of a rap image I'm trapped inside the ghetto and I ain't proud to admit it Institutionalized, I keep runnin' back for a visit Hol' up, get it back I said I'm trapped inside the ghetto and I ain't proud to admit it Institutionalized, I could still kill me a bitch, so what? If I was the president I'd pay my mama's rent Free my homies and them Bulletproof my Chevy doors Lay in the White House and get high, Lord Who ever thought? Master take the chains off me Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit Life can be like a box of chocolate Quid pro quo, somethin' for somethin', that's the obvious Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Oh shit, flow's so sick, don't you swallow it Bitin' my style, you're salmonella poison positive I can just, alleviate the rap industry politics Milk the game up, never lactose intolerant Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+The last remainder of real shit, you know the obvious Me, scholarship no, streets put me through colleges Be all you can be, true, but the problem is Dream only a dream if work don't follow it Remind me of the homies that used to know me, now follow this I'll tell you my hypothesis, I'm probably just way too loyal K Dizzle will do it for you, my shit Truthfully all of 'em spoiled, usually you're never charged But somethin' came over you once I took you to the ****ing BET Awards You lookin' at artists like the harvests So many Rollies around you and you want all of them Somebody told me you thinkin' 'bout snatchin' jewelry I should've listened when my grandmama said to me Shit think I'm a god Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit don't change until you get up and wash yo' ass, boy Shit think I'm a god Oh now, slow down And once upon a time, in a city so divine Called West Side Compton, there stood a little shit He was 5 foot something, God bless the kid Took his homie to the show and this is what they said Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit am I 'posed to do when I'm lookin' at walkin' licks? The constant big money talk 'bout the mansion and foreign whips The private jets and passport, presidential glass floor Gold bottles, gold models, sniffin' up the ass for Instagram flicks, suck a dick, my shit is this? One more suck away from wavin' flashy wrist My defense, mechanism tell me to get him, quickly because he got it It's a recession, then why the Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit he a King of Diamonds? No more livin' poor, meet my four-four When I see 'em, put the per diem on the floor Now Kendrick, know they're your co-workers But it's gon' take a lot for this pistol go cold turkey Now I can watch his watch on the TV and be okay But see I'm on the clock once that watch landin' in LA Remember steal from the rich and givin' it back to the poor? Well that's me at these awards I guess my grandmama was warnin' a boy She said Shit think I'm a god Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit don't change until you get up and wash yo' ass, boy Shit think I'm a god Oh now, slow down And once upon a time, in a city so divine Called West Side Compton, there stood a little shit He was 5 foot something, dazed and confused Talented but still under the neighborhood ruse You can take your boy out the hood but you can't take the hood out the homie Took his show money, stashed it in the mozey wozey Hollywood's nervous Kendrick Lamar,Bilal,Anna Wise,Snoop Dogg+Institutionalized+To Pimp a Butterfly+Shit you, goodnight, thank you much for your service

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Full tracklist

  1. 01 Wesley's Theory E 4:47
  2. 02 For Free? (Interlude) E 2:11
  3. 03 King Kunta E 3:55
  4. 04 These Walls E 5:01
  5. 05 u E 4:28
  6. 06 Alright E 3:39
  7. 07 For Sale? (Interlude) E 4:52
  8. 08 Momma E 4:43
  9. 09 Hood Politics E 4:53
  10. 10 How Much A Dollar Cost E 4:22
  11. 11 Complexion (A Zulu Love) E 4:23
  12. 12 The Blacker The Berry E 5:31
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