Play alright by kendrick lamar on guitar

KendrickвЂ™s character is in love with money. You just want to hit your shmoney dance and enjoy it. Also because itвЂ™s just such a dope verse. ItвЂ™s a satire that you donвЂ™t want to believe is satire because it would mean heвЂ™s making fun of a lot of the music we listen to. In the first verse, Kendrick hilariously, but convincingly, raps from the mindset of someone too deep in love with money. вЂњWesleyвЂ™s TheoryвЂќ is about the American Dream, the love of money, and the evil it brings. Finally he got rich and thatвЂ™s when trouble starts. Eventually, he just wanted more-more things, more money. Kendrick admits that initially he fully embraced the idea of the American Dream, which meant embracing capitalism and the love of money. Late night thinking of you, until I got my nut. вЂњAt first I did love you, but now I just wanna f*ck. This is the beginning of KendrickвЂ™s firm proclamation that the American Dream is the American Swindle. To paraphrase my favorite Disney/Pixar film The Incredibles, вЂњIf everyoneвЂ™s special, nobody is.вЂќ We might all be stars, but we canвЂ™t all be Stars. Some of them get names that we know and others are sold on the internet for $20 if you want to impress your grandma or take your DM game to an entirely new and creepy level. Think of stars as the actual celestial bodies that they are.

The album opens with the refrain, вЂњ Every nigga is a star,вЂќ which sounds less like anВ affirmation and more like mocking propaganda when you consider the theme. The outro angelically implores us, вЂњSing my song, itвЂ™s all for you.вЂќВ And it sounds so endearing, we want to believe him.ДЄnd we do. WhatвЂ™s blacker than having your parents yell at you on the phone to bring the car back while youвЂ™re out with the homies over the smoothest beat they can step to? It sets him up nicely to be the person to give us thisВ thesis on the state of our union in 2015. HeвЂ™s telling us where heвЂ™s from and where heвЂ™s been. He exposes his wounds so that weвЂ™ll believe him. I thought the American Dream was going to be enough too.вЂќ By taking this tone, he aligns himself with us. But instead, he essentially says, вЂњI know all of this is true because I have the same problem. It couldвЂ™ve easily been a #HotepTwitter, вЂњIвЂ™m-super-deep-and-wear-bow-tiesвЂќ type of verse. Kendrick does an amazing job not talking down to us on this. Or hating the fact none of that shit make me real.вЂќ Should I hate living my life inside the club? вЂ¦Hating all money, power, respect in my will. You love handbag on the waist of your jean.вЂќВ In the second verse, we see a man in love with street life and everything that comes with it: вЂњYou love fast cars and dead presidents owed/ You love fast women, you love keeping control/ Of everything that you love, you love beef/ You love streets, you love running, ducking police.вЂќ And in the final verse, we have Kendrick asking himself, and us, whatвЂ™s the point? I should hate everything I do love. The first is a woman obsessed with material things: вЂњYou love red bottoms and gold that say вЂQueenвЂ™. ItвЂ™s of my highest recommendation that you stop reading and just vibe out while that plays.Д®ach verse on вЂњRealвЂќ has Kendrick detailing how weвЂ™ve negatively internalized the American Dream by viewing the wrong things as proof of our self-worth. The hook on this song is a mantra repeated over and over: IвЂ™m real. The introduction to KendrickвЂ™s thesis on the State of Black America, вЂњWesleyвЂ™s Theory,вЂќ picks up exactly where KendrickвЂ™s debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city left off with вЂњReal.вЂќ The final track of gkmcВ calls into question everything Kendrick once viewed as self-affirmative. Kendrick recorded the 2015 State of Black America for posterity. Finally, it gives us a plan for looking forward. He paints a vivid picture of the depression that comes from being black in America, and then journeys back to self-discovery. Kendrick then takes us through a journey of trying to find happiness and failing. It highlights how Black America internalized capitalism as self-worth and instead bred self-hatred. To Pimp a Butterfly opens with Kendrick laying the historical context of the American Dream. To Pimp a Butterfly isnвЂ™t an album youвЂ™re going to want to just throw on. Or at least not in the traditional sense.

Play alright by kendrick lamar on guitar