Kendrick Lamar - H.O.C Lyrics 

"You telling me the kush make you think on level 4? I'm on 5, you saying that I can level more?" For some reason, this is the best line on the track for me.

Even though this song is talking about not smoking weed, its the nicest song to smoke weed to lol

I’m literally smoking a blunt singing “I don’t even smoke... I don’t even smoke I don’t even smokkkkeeeeeeee” right now lolol

Real kendrick Lamar fans are safe here

"I´ll let you inhale, like an atheist" man thats a clever-ass pun.

"They jump in the sauna because I killed they self esteem" Only Kendrick is that creative

this a anti-smoking song you just can't help to smoke too. lol

The first song I've ever heard that is about NOT smoking weed...

"They hopped in the sauna 'cause I killed their self esteem" Pause, he said "They hopped in the sauna 'cause I killed their self of steam" AMAZING

Rap is coming back to it's roots thanks to rappers like Kendrick.

"Now a days every body thinking the big cheifers just cause they heard that new tape from wiz khalifa" real shit

H.O.C. = High Off Contact

This one of my fav kendrick songs

The slowed down part makes me levitate. Now ik how Chris Angel does it

This is an antismoking song and everyone bumping this is high af

Been bumping this since freshman year high school ! Still lyrical madness. Kdot the mastermind ‼️

I'm stoned

I don't even smoke!!lol I can finally level with this jam

Who still listening in 2019?

"When I made “H.O.C.” that was me reflecting on the first time I had got high with the homies." -Kendrick Lamar

H.O.C stands for High Off Contact

Man u really have to have respect for this guy. Man he doesn't really smoke weed or drink that much. He doesn't like doing it becuz he grew with it his whole life. #kingkendrick #respect

I stimulate my mind every time I think about the end of time, creation of man, and Columbine.

Love the message in this song the lyrics and everything

Am I uh square cause I don't puff uh square? ... Are my raps too blunt to hit tha blunt?

I'm over here thinking I'm a okay rapper only when I'm high... then he says hes that good without weed killed my whole motivation to rap bruh ..

I stimulate my mind every time I think about the end of time, Creation of man and columbine 👌 I feel this Kendrick 😊

"I'll let you inhale Like an atheist" Line is such a good homophone. At first its inhale as when smoking but then you realize in hell. In the Christian believe if you do any drugs or dont accept Jesus as your lord and savior you would be sent to hell. This line is telling you that he will let in hell for inhaling as an atheist would.

Cocaine is a helluva drug

May 2024 90s baby all these years later song is still fly enjoy life guys

I respect Kendrick's straight edge style. Props to him for the willpower. Personally though, weed is a positive substance for me, helps me think, wards off anxiety, and keeps me cool calm and collected

This is the definition of hip hop! This day and age lacks so many HIP HOP songs

That's a jab you should bob and weave like Pam when Martin pulls jokes out his sleeve ... I love that line 💯

2022 one of the best smoking songs ever

Good song to smoke to

Sick word play" Am I a square cause I don't puff a square? Are my raps too blunt to hit the blunt?"

I love this fucken message... I feel the same..

My jam. Scary thing about dude is that he hasn't even reached his prime. Can't even begin to imagine the type of rapper Kendrick will develop into in a couple years time.

2020 gang!

Seen kendrick lamar live a few years at soundset in mn. Had no idea who he was then. Now he's one if my favorite hip-hop artists

"I'll let you inhale like an athiest" Inhales, I fuck with that.

Love this joint!! H.O.C.(High Off Contact)

same time i started writing like a f**kin monster.......when i think of kendrick's body of work he means that literally

Ab-soul has the best "inhale" line "Heaven knows that we livin in hell , but I cherish everyday that we live an inhale"

I know Kendrick don't smoke but he sounded high af on this track. Lol. Creativity at it's best

"I'll let you inhale, like a atheist"

Why do i bump back into this every time i smoke😂

the high school part is me. everyone think im high

Perfectly describes my life right now, i love this

2019 still blazing to this 🔥🔥 🔥

Hardest artist right now. We need more positives like kendrick

J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and a few other are the future of the rap game. Cole is number 1 for me #ColeWorld

He mentions about the 1999 COLUMBINE massacre when he stimulates his mind he likes to think about the end of time creation of men and columbine...deep

People totally misunderstand this song . He says "I don't even smoke" but he really means he doesn't need to smoke to write good music . Cause other rapper's be like I write better when I'm high . Which is why he says "the kush make you think on level 4? I'm on 5" He's already on a whole other level that rappers can't even reach when they're high .

I swear I love the ending, boy oh boy I love the whole song !

"Probably think I'm off the lush or the hydro" haha people use to think that I smoked because my eyes were low too

"I might hit the gin once a month I'll let you inhale like an atheist" greatest line ever hands down

This song and the mixtape it came off remains fire af

Ive been fw this song since i was a freshman...ima senior now

"That was the Vegas trip, hooters sponsored."

2021 one of the best songs of all time

I LOVE HOW U OUT JHENE AIKO AT THE END THAT WAS DOPE! SET THE WHOLE LIL SHIT OFF

Cant describe how dope this tune is. Kendrick is the best. . Replayed this about 20 times. (:

(some) people in the comments are hating on this, saying he's pretentious. kendrick's known to adapt different voices/perspectives to push points of view. to me, it sounds like dumb stoner rappers from high school. it's in the way he flows as well as the way he puts extra stress on words to elongate a beat, like "atheist". it's apparent when he continues to stress the (single-syllable) rhyming words in each verse. it's also in the lower-level wordplay and storytelling. at the end of the first verse, he talks about the "the end of time, the creation of man, and Columbine". not only is the juxtaposition of the qualifiers pretty hilarious, but the first two are vague examples, ones fitting a recognizable edgy and """""introspective""""" motif. and on top of that, it's the lyrical equivalent of saying "cold as ice". i think he's intentionally rapping like a stoner lmao. listen to it again

Middle school days

Wish Kendrick would put these soft beats away for a minute. Nothing wrong with makin' soft tracks for the females and/or gettin' blunted & chillin, but it seems like 95% of his recent tracks are on these sleeper beats. We need another banger or two.

Kendrick is the savior of Hip Hop.

Kendrick don't smoke because his first blunt had him foaming at the mouth

Probably the greatest hiphop mixtape ever created.

Listening to this blazed tf up

Anybody remember the video from years back when dude was driving the car to the parking garage and he had this song and Hol' up together?

I've smoked hella blunts to this song and if i could could pass the blunt to you I would

So my momma can have it and play it for her friends Brag on me like my son bout to win Somehow some day and I don't care when...

In just a few vids on YT of this dude,Im happy to annouse he's (Kendrick Lamar) my top MC. I feel bad sleeping on this dude. Im wide awake now. This dude got real quotes!!!

Kendrick at his best made him what he is

H.O.C. means “High Off Contact”. Kendrick doesn’t smoke but since he’s in the studio were pretty much everybody smokes, he gets high off contact from the smoke that fills the studio.

found soooo much gold on this album 👑

I love that west coast vibe with the beat

It's ironic smoking to this even with what he's saying about not smoking xD

Even tho i have my favorite rappers, only like two travis and drake... i find Kendrick Lamar the king of rap rn with his muscial lyrical genius and will be remembered for ages. Legit put the lyrics in poem form and show your english teachers, they will even tell you how beautiful each word relates to one another

Seriously sounds like an Ab-Soul line

Love this

O love the ending when ev'things slowing down...so laid back

This and average joe were the joints that made me an officially kendrick supporter.

this is a classic ... yo .. back in the day beats

Aye gotta come back to this gem

What made you ever think he supported alcohol? He rarely drinks and he doesn't smoke. He's not against either but its just as Mark said, weed doesn't do anything for him. People tend to smoke weed to relax and to forget their problems. But when his first blunt was laced with PCP, Kendrick decided to stay away from weed. and even when he did get high, it didn't help him rid of his problems. So he had no point or interest in smoking weed.

This my jam

Fav kendrick song

Just when I thought mainstream new school hip hop was garbage, HERE COMES KENDRICK LAMAR, THE MESSIAH OF MAINSTREAM NEW SCHOOL HIP HOP!!!

that chooped n screwed part at the end is banging!

BITCH IM BLOWN!

Love it

I smoked weed till three days ago for fucking 17 years, all my boys smoke, my girl smokes.I quit just because i was smokin to fuckin much kush(like 4 ounces (28 grams each) a month) i was broke ass all the time or almost broke and i just want to change someshit in my life as i grow,im 28 not 14 lol. i dont hate on smokers but as a fucking HUGE hip hop head, its really nice to hear a RAPPER thats credible talk about how he chooses not to smoke.

this is one of the dopest songs right now for sure

hollllyyyyy fuckkkkkkkk, "ill let you inhale, like an atheist" sick ass wordplay

This track is Chill AF.

exactly i couldn't have said it any better myself, i know a friend thats just like that

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This a great song to get blunted to