is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017.
The seventh track on the album (eighth on the Collector's Edition of Damn[3]), the song was written by Lamar, Steve Lacy, Anna Wise, and Anthony Tiffith, and produced by Lacy and Tiffith, with additional production by Bēkon.
The song features songwriting collaborations from American singer Anna Wise who, prior to her work on "Pride", won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2016 with Lamar for his song "These Walls", from his third studio album To Pimp a Butterfly.
[6][7] Lacy also said that before the song's release, it was originally titled "Wasn't There" before being renamed to "Pride".
[11][12][13] The lost verse reads as follows:[14][15][16] Lamar performed "Pride" live at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2017.