"Believe it or not, Section.80 is just a warm up." When Kendrick Lamar speaks of his critically acclaimed project in this manner, you get a sense of sincerity in his voice. The Compton, California representative has received rave reviews from various publications, including ours. He's also garnered support from other emcees, veterans and newcomers alike.
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still she hit the back seat
Then caught a knife inside the bladder, left for dead, raped in the street Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ash Riser) – Keisha's Song (Her Pain)
Then caught a knife inside the bladder, left for dead, raped in the street Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ash Riser) – Keisha's Song (Her Pain)
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Her anatomy is God's temple
And it's quite simple, her castle is 'bout to be destroyed Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ash Riser) – Keisha's Song (Her Pain)
And it's quite simple, her castle is 'bout to be destroyed Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ash Riser) – Keisha's Song (Her Pain)
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Kendrick recorded this song for his little sister, instructing her—through a narrative tragedy—to never become a prostitute.
The parenthetical insert “(Her Pain)” is present because it communicates the idea of the pain women go through who have to resort to prostitution. NOTICE that this affliction isn’t a vice, or “evil” like in “Tammy’s Song (Her Evils)”—this is true pain from having to survive.
He is indeed telling her not to become a prostitute through vivid imagery, but it is in an effort to help develop her understanding of why women do such things. He is NOT demonizing prostitutes; he is merely pointing out that it is a profession that damages people. He wants his sister to see the woman behind every whore.
This track is recalled in Kendrick’s opus that followed Section.80—GKMC. In verse 2 of “Sing About Me,” he takes on the perspective of Keisha’s sister who admonishes him:
How could you ever just put her on blast and shit Judging her past and shit–well it’s completely my future…
A nigga behind me right now, askin' for ass and shit…
TDE President, Punch, explained in an interview with Complex that this song was originally for GKMC:
Even ‘Keisha (sic) Song’ was initially for good kid, m.A.A.d. city, but it was from a different point of view.
9 years
In this interview Kendrick says that this song is based on a real girl he knew but is fictionalized as well- she was still alive when he recorded the song and he even tried to reach out to her to get her to hear it:
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And they wearin' high heels, trip so we're on high hills
Big Sean (Ft. Chiddy Bang & Wiz Khalifa) – High
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Heels always make woman look more beautiful.
Sean takes expensive trips to high places. Maybe somewhere in the Hollywood hills.
When he says, “trip so we’re on high hills” he could also be referring to the high he gets from being under the influence of any number of drugs.
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The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner
Gil Scott-Heron – Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Small Talk at 125th and Lenox Version)
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Malcolm X put a hex on my future, someone catch me
I'm falling victim to a revolutionary song, Kendrick Lamar – HiiiPoWeR
I'm falling victim to a revolutionary song, Kendrick Lamar – HiiiPoWeR
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Another one of the great black civil rights activists of the Civil Rights Movement was Malcolm X, a Muslim minister and human rights activist who hoped to spur within the black community independence, self-defense, intellectual freedom, and other tools to encourage the healthy development of a black culture and intellectual life.
Kendrick’s dad was also affiliated with a black power gang in Chicago, and his family moved to Compton in an attempt to escape this influence. So Malcolm X “hexed” Kendrick’s future by inspiring the movement that eventually landed him in Compton.
If you read the telegram MLK sent to Betty Shabazz after Malcolm’s assassination
You would see that he stated specifically that he and X didn’t see eye to eye on methods to solve race problem.
This first 2 bars will get clearer to you when you read this article 👇
Sebastien Desormeaux
3 years
Frightenin', so fuckin' frightenin'
Enough to drive a man insane, a woman insane
The reason Lauryn Hill don't sing, Kendrick Lamar – HiiiPoWeR
Enough to drive a man insane, a woman insane
The reason Lauryn Hill don't sing, Kendrick Lamar – HiiiPoWeR
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