Kendrick Lamar — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 69 songs across 6 albums by Kendrick Lamar. They use 5,235 unique words out of 22,383 (lexical richness MATTR 0.80), with an average of 324 content words per song. Emotional tone: 19% of songs positive, 43% neutral, 38% negative.
Most used words by Kendrick Lamar
- nigga (276)
- know (256)
- love (207)
- fuck (185)
- bitch (169)
- shit (165)
- one (149)
- niggas (144)
- feel (139)
- back (138)
- see (128)
- tell (128)
- take (125)
- make (124)
- life (119)
- say (117)
- good (106)
- way (95)
- man (94)
- bout (92)
Signature phrases
- “please everybody please” (45)
- “everybody please everybody” (43)
- “bitch kill vibe” (25)
- “talkin bout nothin” (24)
- “nigga fuck” (23)
- “bout nothin talkin” (20)
- “nothin talkin bout” (20)
- “promise sing” (20)
- “bout talkin bout” (19)
- “talkin bout talkin” (19)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (39)
- white (24)
- gold (15)
- blue (12)
- red (10)
- green (5)
- brown (4)
- grey (3)
Albums analyzed
- Section.80 (2011)
- good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
- To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
- DAMN. (2017)
- Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
- GNX (2024)