"Duckworth" (stylized as "DUCKWORTH.") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The fourteenth and final track on the album, the song was written by Lamar and record producer Patrick Douthit, known professionally as 9th Wonder, and produced by 9th Wonder, with additional production by Bēkon. The song's title is Lamar's actual last name.

The song tells the true story of Lamar's father meeting Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith years prior to Lamar getting signed by his record label.

The song uses storytelling to tell the connection of Lamar with his father, known as Ducky, and his label boss, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Specifically, the song tells the story about Tiffith's previous encounters with Ducky, Lamar's father, years prior to Tiffith signing Lamar to his label.

The song, like "Fear", another track from Damn, incorporates "backwards vocals", also known as backmasking.

Teddy Craven of The Daily Campus described "Duckworth." as Damn's "strongest song" and "ends the album with a fantastic philosophical mic-drop." Craven compared the track to "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" from Lamar's second studio album good kid, m.A.A.d city, a song that also tells personal stories about the unexpected consequences of Lamar's music.

The song contains samples of "Atari" by Hiatus Kaiyote, "Ostavi Trag" by September, "Let the Drums Speak" by Fatback Band, and "Be Ever Wonderful" by Ted Taylor.

Credits adapted from the official Damn digital booklet.

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