Peak
81
Weeks
14
Score
552
Chart Year
2015
Lamar was spotted filming the song's music video on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California[21] and atop a traffic light pole in Los Angeles, California.[22] It was released on Lamar's Vevo page on June 30, 2015.[23] The seven-minute-long clip, directed by Colin Tilley and The Little Homies, was filmed entirely in black-and-white. The music video starts by showing shots of life in a neighborhood. A young African-American man is seen lying on the ground and Lamar begins speaking. Police and destruction flood the scene as the music starts, and Lamar begins rapping a new verse alongside his Black Hippy cohorts (ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock), in a car carried by four police officers.[24] During the video, Lamar flies through California, while his crew is throwing out money to everybody and dancers perform in the streets. At the end of the music video, Lamar stands on a lamppost and a policeman shoots him down. The rapper falls to the ground finishing his monologue from the beginning of the video, but ends the clip with a smile
"Alright" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar featured on the artist's third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).[1] The song expresses ideas of hope amid personal struggles and features uncredited vocals in its chorus from co-producer Pharrell Williams. "Alright" was released to radio stations as the album's fourth single on June 30, 2015.[2] Many music publications considered it among the best songs and videos of the year. "Alright" received four nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, winning the latter two. It was also nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. The song was associated with the Black Lives Matter movement after several youth-led protests were heard chanting the chorus. Publications such as The Rolling Stone, People, and Complex noted the song’s importance in the protests calling "Alright" the "unifying soundtrack" of the movement.[3] In 2019, it was named the best song of the 2010s by Pitchfork.[4] Lamar, alongside notable artists Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, performed “Alright” at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022.
Alls my life I has to fight, nigga Alls my life I Hard times like, yah! Bad trips like, yah! Nazareth, I'm fucked up Homie, you fucked up But if God got us then we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright We gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Huh? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright Uh, and when I wake up I recognize you're lookin' at me for the pay cut But homicide be looking at you from the face down What MAC-11 even boom with the bass down Schemin'! And let me tell you bout my life Painkillers only put me in the twilight Where pretty pussy and Benjamin is the highlight Now tell my mama I love her but this what I like Lord knows, twenty of 'em in my Chevy Tell 'em all to come and get me, reapin' everything I sow So my karma come in heaven, no preliminary hearings on my record I'm a motherfucking gangster in silence for the record, uh Tell the world I know it's too late Boys and girls, I think I've gone cray Drown inside my vices all day Won't you please believe when I say Wouldn't you know We been hurt, been down before, nigga When our pride was low Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go, nigga?" And we hate po-po Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, nigga I'm at the preacher's door My knees gettin' weak and my gun might blow But we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright We gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Huh? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright What you want you, a house? You, a car? 40 acres and a mule? A piano, a guitar? Anything, see my name is Lucy, I'm your dog Motherfucker, you can live at the mall I can see the evil, I can tell it I know when it's illegal I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero Thinkin' of my partner put the candy, paint it on the regal Diggin' in my pocket ain't a profit, big enough to feed you Everyday my logic, get another dollar just to keep you In the presence of your chico ah! I don't talk about it, be about it, everyday I see cool If I got it then you know you got it, Heaven, I can reach you Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, Pat Dawg, my dog, that's all Bick back and Chad, I trap the bag for y'all I rap, I black on track so rest assured My rights, my wrongs, I write 'til I'm right with God Wouldn't you know We been hurt, been down before, nigga When our pride was low Lookin' at the world like, "Where do we go, nigga?" And we hate po-po Wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, nigga I'm at the preacher's door My knees gettin' weak and my gun might blow But we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright We gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Huh? We gon' be alright Nigga, we gon' be alright Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright I keep my head up high I cross my heart and hope to die Lovin' me is complicated Too afraid of a lot of changes I'm alright and you're a favorite Dark nights in my prayers I remembered you was conflicted Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same Abusing my power full of resentment Resentment that turned into a deep depression Found myself screamin' in the hotel room I didn't wanna self destruct, the evils of Lucy was all around me So I went runnin' for answers
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 4, 2015 | 83 | 43 |
| 16 | Jul 18, 2015 | 82 | 44 |
| 17 | Jul 25, 2015 | 86 | 40 |
| 18 | Aug 1, 2015 | 88 | 38 |
| 19 | Aug 8, 2015 | 90 | 36 |
| 20 | Aug 15, 2015 | 94 | 32 |
| 21 | Aug 22, 2015 | 92 | 34 |
| 22 | Aug 29, 2015 | 89 | 37 |
| 23 | Sep 5, 2015 | 94 | 32 |
| 24 | Sep 12, 2015 | 89 | 37 |
| 25 | Sep 19, 2015 | 84 | 42 |
| 26 | Sep 26, 2015 | 82 | 44 |
| 27 | Oct 3, 2015 | 81 | 45 |
| 28 | Oct 10, 2015 | 98 | 28 |