Trying to stay above water, that's why we shun the navy

from Kendrick Lamar – HiiiPower Lyrics on Rap Genius

He’s trying to stay above water as in survive in a society that makes it easy to drown in the media as well as sets us up to fail

The Navy, being part of the military of the U.S., represents the government that might want to fight Kendrick’s idea of Hiii Power surfacing “above water”. In the next line he says “pull your guns and play me, let’s set it off” to state that he’s not afraid of a violent response

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