Feb 9, 2015 [Intro] (x2) Everything black, I don't want black I want everything black, I ain't need black Some white some black, I ain't mean black I want everything black [Bridge] Six in the mornin', fire in the street Burn, baby burn, that's all I wanna see And sometimes I get off watchin' you die in vain It's such a shame they may call me crazy They may say I suffer from schizophrenia or somethin' But homie you made me Black don't crack my n----- [Verse 1] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean Been feeling this way since I was 16, came to my senses You never liked us anyway, f--- your friendship, I meant it I'm African-American, I'm African I'm black as the moon, heritage of a small village Pardon my residence Came from the bottom of mankind My hair is nappy, my d-ck is big, my nose is round and wide You hate me don't you? You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture You're f---in' evil I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey You vandalize my perception but can't take style from me And this is more than confession I mean I might press the button just so you know my discretion I'm guardin' my feelins, I know that you feel it You sabotage my community, makin' a killin' You made me a killer, emancipation of a real n----- [Pre-Hook] The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice The blacker the berry, the bigger I s---t [Hook: Assassin] I said they treat me like a slave, cah' me black Woi, we feel a whole heap of pain, cah' we black And man a say they put me in a chain, cah' we black Imagine now, big gold chain full of rocks How you no see the whip, left scars pon' me back But now we have a big whip, parked pon' the block All them say we doomed from the start, cah' we black Remember this, every race start from the block, just remember that [Verse 2] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean I mean, it's evident that I'm irrelevant to society That's what you're telling me, penitentiary would only hire me Curse me till I'm dead Church me with your fake prophesyzing that I'mma be just another slave in my head Institutionalize manipulation and lies Reciprocation of freedom only live in your eyes You hate me don't you? I know you hate me just as much as you hate yourself Jealous of my wisdom and cards I dealt Watchin' me as I pull up, fill up my tank, then peel out Muscle cars like pull ups, show you what these big wheels 'bout, ah Black and successful, this black man meant to be special CAT scans on my radar b----, how can I help you? How can I tell you I'm making a killin'? You made me a killer, emancipation of a real n----- [Pre-Hook] [Hook] [Verse 3] I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015 When I finish this if you listenin' sure you will agree This plot is bigger than me, it's generational hatred It's genocism, it's grimy, little justification I'm African-American, I'm African I'm black as the heart of a f---in' Aryan I'm black as the name of Tyrone and Darius Excuse my French but f--- you — no, f--- y'all That's as blunt as it gets, I know you hate me, don't you? You hate my people, I can tell cause it's threats when I see you I can tell cause your ways deceitful Know I can tell because you're in love with the Desert Eagle Thinkin' maliciously, he get a chain then you gone bleed him It's funny how Zulu and Xhosa might go to war Two tribal armies that want to build and destroy Remind me of these Compton Crip gangs that live next door Beefin' with Piru's, only death settle the score So don't matter how much I say I like to preach with the Panthers Or tell Georgia State "Marcus Garvey got all the answers" Or try to celebrate February like it's my B-Day Or eat watermelon, chicken, and Kool-Aid on weekdays Or jump high enough to get Michael Jordan endorsements Or watch BET cause urban support is important So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street? When g--- banging make me k--- a n----- blacker than me? Hypocrite! [Outro] Source: rapgenius.com What is your favourite part of the track (approximately 4 lines)? Discuss.
Feb 11, 2015 Was listening to Gil Scott-Heron right before this came out. Heard Assassin last month as well. Perfect pregame. I like that Kendrick is incorporating dancehall on this, some sax on the untitled cut, and funk on I. Perfectly relevant to the subject matter at hand. Used appropriately tonally as well. He's really growing and his team is top notch at translating his vision. That delivery is the perfect compromise on that feral growl he was working with last year as well. Kendrick is so vulnerable and easy to empathize with that you can't find him preachy. He's confused and angry and opinionated, but he never feels apart from it. This isn't commentary from the press box. This is the inner monologue of a young black man during another crucial period of racial tension. Perhaps the first real one since Katrina. He's not scholarly. He's honest. There is no abstraction. It's raw. This album is shaping up to be his most mature effort musically and most important substance wise. Can't wait to hear it.
Feb 11, 2015 Church me with your fake prophesyzing that I'mma be just another slave in my head Institutionalize manipulation and lies Reciprocation of freedom only live in your eyes You hate me don't you? I know you hate me just as much as you hate yourself
Feb 11, 2015 Good comment m8. This is exactly what I really appreciate while listening to K. Dot. His views and his visions are - even though his skills are exceptional - still reasonable and somehow down-to-earth and not patronising at all. There's no denying that he's one of the best story-tellers rn.
Feb 11, 2015 He's one of the best all around, no doubt; but the way he treats fame is unlike anything seen in a rapper of his caliber, and it scares me for his sake.
Feb 11, 2015 What actually scares you? Are you afraid of him becoming numb and out of touch with what's going on?
Feb 11, 2015 I wish I saw this track as an "inner monologue" amidst revived racial tensions, but for some reason I'm stuck feeling like it is soapbox material rather than anything insightful Edit: it is growing on me tho
Feb 11, 2015 Feels too personal to me. Preachiness in rap music, to me, has always been a result of certainty. This doesn't feel resolved. This song details inner conflict and hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance. Reconciling Martin with Malcolm. His final line is a blaring contradiction. It dismantles his reasoning. He undermines himself. I could see how a different interpretation could lead you to that perspective. Feels really aggressive and militant even. Keep in mind this is kneejerk. Haven't went Rapgenius on it yet lol. Oh and I'm constantly revising this post.
Feb 11, 2015 I agree with what you're saying, but I think he threw all subtlty out the window. Like right from the start, with the way he opens his verses. "I'm the biggest hypocrite of 2015" But as others have pointed out, a message such as this, on the platform that it's on, might've only garnered this much attention if it was blunt and bashed you over the head with the delivery. Kind of like kanye thinking the only way he can point out the grammy's weird politics on a big enough scale isby beign a douche to Beck in an interview Maybe I just have to reconcile with the fact that this lack of subtlety doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. The song and I got off on the wrong foot
Feb 11, 2015 I mean, subtlety would only change the first listen. Since we've already heard i, that's what I initially assumed it was referring to. The change in outlook. It's pretty clear this song has no intentions of being subtle. This is far from passive aggression. I think those repeating lines function much in the same way that poem structured like "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" do as repetition of the topic/parallelism throughout the song. If he didn't preface it, I think the ending would feel cheap like an M Night Shamylan movie. Plus the whole figurative murder scene turns into an actual murder with black on black crime also hinted at by "bigger I s---t" all coming full circle. In reality, there's probably some middle ground to this discussion.
