K’s Mom: Kendrick, just bring my car back man. I called in for another appointment. I figured you weren’t gonna be back here on time anyways. Look, shit, shit, I just wanna get out the house man. This man, on one, he feeling good as a mother fucker. Shit, I’m trynna get my thing going too. Just bring my car back. Shit, he faded. He feeling good. Look, listen to him.
K’s Dad: Girl, Girl, I want your body, I want your body, cause of that big ol’ fat ass. Girl, Girl, I want your body, I want your body, cause of that big ol’ fat ass.
D’s Mom: See he high as hell, and he ain’t even tripping off them damn dominoes anymore. Just bring the car back.
K’s Dad: Did somebody say dominoes?

from Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Anna Wise & Jay Rock) – Money Trees Lyrics 1 on Rap Genius

This is a skit where K.Dot’s Mother leaves another voice-mail. She wants her car back. In the background, Kendrick’s dad can be heard. Now that he’s in his groove (seemingly drunk/high), he playfully sings about his desire to handle the “assets” of Kendrick’s mom. This helps transition to the soothing and sexual vibe given off on the next track, “Poetic Justice.”

As is to be expected of an album that’s all about the narrative, the story of Kendrick’s parents mirror the overall tone of the album at any given time.

Here, as the album continues its descent into despair, we see the same thing shown by Kendrick’s parents — his father’s already drunk/high, and his mother has gone from wanting the van to go to the County building and get food stamps for the family so they can eat (as shown at the end of Sherane) to figuring that Kendrick won’t be back in time so she may as well “get her thing on” (go get drunk too).

The priorities of the characters shift with the tone as it gets darker and darker.

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