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So I rode to the north pole with a pole and I shot him Chance the Rapper – NaNa Live in the Studio
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Chance wants to be able to one day put his family in a nice tower apartment. He also uses word play on “twins” and “tower” to allude to the Twin Towers in NYC, which fell when attacked on 9/11.
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Paid lottery for it, I ain't want it in portions Kendrick Lamar – United in Grief
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Childish tweeted out a link to the screenplay, formatted magnificently. However, the tweet has since been deleted.
An entire film script inspired and soundtracked by each of the 19 tracks on the album, Because The Internet.
The 72-page script shows off Gambino’s TV writing/acting chops and follows the life of a character simply known as “The Boy” (played by Gambino himself), exploring his family dynamics and relationship with technology, high points and heartbreak. Each of the album’s tracks corresponds to each of the script’s scenes. Some scenes are even supplemented with actual short clips.
(via Consequence of Sound.
The script stars/features artists and friends such as Donald Glover [Childish Gambino], Famuel Rothstein, Jo Swank, Stefan Ponce, Milsa T, Ludwig Goransson, Jhene Aiko, Rick Ross, Chance Bennett [Chance The Rapper], and Steve Glover [Steve G Lover].
All 72 pages of the screenplay are annotated on Screen/RapGenius:
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How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real? Childish Gambino – "ask me words" - bino (notero is here too)
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These lyrics are reminiscent of refrains from the TPAB track “You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said),” wherein Kendrick raps
In the former track, Kendrick decries mainstream rappers who name drop expensive clothing brands, make reference to how much money they have, and other braggadocious lyrics. In this series of lines, however, Kendrick connects himself to being a part of the problem, identifying this as a “universal callout” and certifying his membership to that club of mainstream rappers who act this way. In such an ironic twist of fate, Kendrick employs one of the first examples to demonstrate why looking to him as a perfect, infallible savior is misguided.
“I can members only that” as a form of behavior might also be a reference to “Blow My High (Members Only)” from Section.80.
“Universal callout, I can members only that”
I interpreted this as Kendrick referring to his control verse. He’s one of the only rappers to call out everyone and he’s doing it again
This line is SO OBVIOUSLY about BLM and millions of unaccounted-for dollars they used to enrich themselves while never actually giving back or doing much positive for the Black community…and obviously, Kendrick can call this out as a Black man–he can “member’s only that”.