Just to add on to the track Good Kid, he literally doesn’t cuss a single time on the track to add substance to the title and track itself. Such a small detail but it’s so impressive.
About Sing About Me I’m Dyinf Of Thirst ‘Promise that you will sing about me’ is about remembering someone after they’ve passed. This comes right after Dave’s death at the end of swimming pools. The first verse is from the perspective of Dave’s brother which ends with the line ‘and if I die before your albums drops I hope- [gunshots]’ This sentence is interrupted by gun shots. He died before the album dropped, but he wants Kendrick to sing about him. Kendricks’s fulfilling his last wish. This line also speaks to the idea that if you continue down that path of violence like Dave’s brother, it’ll end up killing you, hence the gunshots interrupting mid sentence, showing us it could happen at any point, unexpectedly. This causes the listener to experience the sudden and jarring halt that is death in a smaller but still immediate sense. The fact he’s murdered mid-sentence more broadly signifies he was killed before he was able to give all he had to give. It wasn’t enough his life was cut short, even his sentence is as well; death robs him of everything. Also note that the shots come in right when Dave’s brother says “I hope”, signifying that there is no hope for kids like him in the ghetto and also, since he is cut off before he could express that hope, the line alludes to the ways violence destroys hopes and dreams, no matter how small before they can be realized. The second verse is from the perspective of the sister of the character Keisha from section. 80 who is mad at Kendrick for singing about Keisha in the album. The third verse is from Kendrick himself and I think the most important line is ‘Am I worth it? Did I put enough work in?’ which could refer to enough work to be remembered as one of the best in the rap game but it could also mean did he put in enough work to share his experiences and help people through his music. He says ‘and hope at least one of you sing about me when I’m gone’ To conclude the sing about me part of the song the lines:’And you're right, your brother was a brother to me and your sister's situation was the one that pulled me’ and ‘By any means, wasn't tryin' to offend or come between her personal life, I was like "It need to be told"” is Kendrick referring to the previous 2 people within the song. He is using his experiences to help people through his music which he hopes will make him worthy to be sung about. In the first verse you have someone that wants their story to be told by Kendrick. In the second verse you have someone that’s upset with Kendrick for telling their sister’s story on Section.80 and doesn’t want him to talk about them anymore. So when he asks whether or not if he’s worth it, he’s asking if he’s worth being wrote about in a song as well. Which basically means that him rapping about them isn’t him trying to be disrespectful. In fact it’s the complete opposite because he’s questioning whether or not if he’s worthy of the same honor. Kendrick must hold writing a song about someone very high, because he hopes that one day someone will do the same to him and tell his story. The dying of thirst part of the song is about Kendrick being sick of the gang cycle he is in. He uses an extended metaphor about water to represent his sins. He is dying of thirst because he needs holy water to repent for his sins. This ties into the album very well as it’s about whether or not Kendrick is the good kid in a mad city. ‘If I told you a flower bloomed in a dark room would you trust it?’, ‘from Poetic Justice ‘If I told you I killed a nigga at sixteen would you believe me? Or see me to be innocent Kendrick you’ve seen in the street’ From Maad City Think about the art of peer pressure and how he is doing all these negative things because of the environment around him. Is he negative at heart or is he like this because of the situation he is in. This is explored further by the butterfly/caterpillar theory in TPAB. At the end of the song we hear the full version of the song outro which was heard in part at the start of the album. It’s Kendrick becoming baptised and receiving god into his life so that he can be a good person, and a positive influence which is what he does at the end of the album with ‘Compton’ as he creates a positive song about his city. Essentially with this he becomes worthy of being sung about and he becomes the good kid in the mad city. Hope this helps. I used some of the lyric interpretation from genius. It’s 3 am for me so my writing quality isn’t quite at its best. Credit: EnriqueMuller on Reddit
Bro all u had to say that it’s a song about remembrance and repentance rapped from 3 perspectives: Kendrick’s friend, Keisha’s sister and Kendrick himself
He legit hated on the BEST song in Kendrick's whole discography and played it off like it was some Lil Pump freestyle. Which is funny because Drake raps more about materialistic things and Kendrick is more conscious with what he writes.@richierich813
The first verse verse of Sing About Me isn’t Kendrick. It’s actually one of Kendrick’s loved ones who’s brother was killed and Kendrick witnessed it and was there to comfort him when he died. So he’s writing from the perspective of the still living brother telling Kendrick that since Kendrick holds onto his dreams and isn’t deep in the gang shit like he is, even though he avenged his brother which put “bad karma” on him he still has hope for his own future as well as to thank Kendrick for at least being there for his bother when he was killed. Which is why, he starts off the verse telling Kendrick he’s writing to him in case he’s not alive the next day to leave a piece of his life behind, since he got revenge for his brother, the people who were close to his brother’s killer wanna get him now. And by the end of the verse, right after he tells Kendrick “and if I die before your album drops…”… gunshots ring out, he was killed. And by writing this very song is in fact Singing About Him ( as he wished ), after He Died of Thirst ( which is what Kendrick refers later on to as the lack of God in one’s life which leads them to things like senseless violence, murder, and retaliation as well as the lack of proper living circumstances caused by a system destructive to African Americans by nature )
Jay Rock’s new album is on the way this year! him, Kendrick, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul were in a group together on TDE. They’re all pretty good, but if you haven’t heard Q’s album earlier this year you should definitely give it a listen. it’s my rap album of the year so far!
You really should react to "Westside, right on time" by Kendrick Lamar ft Young Jeezy. Lowkey should've been on GKMC I'm pretty sure you would fux with the music and the flows heavy fam.
@ItzBundz Lmfaooo hell yea that's a banger fam!! only reason I remembered was cuz of the Jeezy references in this album lol. "Last time I checked I was in the man in these streets"... & "Bumpin' Jeezy first album we was distracted". My dawg K dot showed Jeezy hella love. Then I started reminiscing about their classic collabs "Westside, right on time" & "holy ghost remix" 🔥 I used to have them joints on repeat years ago!!!
Jay Rock, Ab Soul, Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar are first the soup group that never was Black Hippy, all members of TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) Jay Rock was signed first and mentored Kendrick giving him oppertunities So Money Trees is full circle. Issaiah Rashad is who Kendrick discovered and mentored on the label later. ALL OF THESE GUYS MAKE CEREBRAL GENERATIONAL MUSIC!!!
That drake argument is so funny though because it goes both ways lol can Kendrick make a song like Rich Baby Daddy? probably not and it takes way less effort than money trees but the argument stays the same lol theyre both top tier imo
It's not wild to say there are better rappers than Kendrick *OVERALL* (Jay-Z or Nas) But K-Dot is easily the best rapper of our generation. GKMC has been in the public world 12 years and people still are trying to piece the story together in order. I also encourage you to watch "A Deep Dive into DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar's Darkest Opus."
Backsteat freestyle - "All My life I want MONEY and POWER, RESPECT my mind or die from lead shower" Drake had a subliminal saying after Mr Morale, Kendrick had to take a *backseat* That could possibly be the sub that set it off Tell me I'm reaching.
Bruh how did you skip the Bish don't kill my vibe remix bonus track!!?? 🤦🏾♂️ that was not the same song that you listened to in the album. Had a Jay-Z verse on it and Kendricks verses on the remix were better than the original song. You really need to go back!! You skipped it in this video.
Lmfaoooo All good fam, I still enjoyed this. You definitely gotta do "Cartoons & Cereal" by Kendrick Lamar tho like @Flamerunner451 said, trust it's a banger!!!! 🔥
"I need Kendrick to come inside me "is crazy as hell😂
AYY I NEVER SAID THAT
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@cairodoneitYes you did dawg 💀💀
Every song is a classic bro Kendrick is him 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
nah frrr
Just to add on to the track Good Kid, he literally doesn’t cuss a single time on the track to add substance to the title and track itself. Such a small detail but it’s so impressive.
Yeah that’s so clean
I just wish they removed the explicit label on the song good kid as well.
About Sing About Me I’m Dyinf Of Thirst
‘Promise that you will sing about me’ is about remembering someone after they’ve passed. This comes right after Dave’s death at the end of swimming pools.
The first verse is from the perspective of Dave’s brother which ends with the line ‘and if I die before your albums drops I hope- [gunshots]’ This sentence is interrupted by gun shots. He died before the album dropped, but he wants Kendrick to sing about him. Kendricks’s fulfilling his last wish.
This line also speaks to the idea that if you continue down that path of violence like Dave’s brother, it’ll end up killing you, hence the gunshots interrupting mid sentence, showing us it could happen at any point, unexpectedly. This causes the listener to experience the sudden and jarring halt that is death in a smaller but still immediate sense.
The fact he’s murdered mid-sentence more broadly signifies he was killed before he was able to give all he had to give. It wasn’t enough his life was cut short, even his sentence is as well; death robs him of everything.
Also note that the shots come in right when Dave’s brother says “I hope”, signifying that there is no hope for kids like him in the ghetto and also, since he is cut off before he could express that hope, the line alludes to the ways violence destroys hopes and dreams, no matter how small before they can be realized.
The second verse is from the perspective of the sister of the character Keisha from section. 80 who is mad at Kendrick for singing about Keisha in the album.
The third verse is from Kendrick himself and I think the most important line is ‘Am I worth it? Did I put enough work in?’ which could refer to enough work to be remembered as one of the best in the rap game but it could also mean did he put in enough work to share his experiences and help people through his music. He says ‘and hope at least one of you sing about me when I’m gone’
To conclude the sing about me part of the song the lines:’And you're right, your brother was a brother to me and your sister's situation was the one that pulled me’ and ‘By any means, wasn't tryin' to offend or come between her personal life, I was like "It need to be told"” is Kendrick referring to the previous 2 people within the song. He is using his experiences to help people through his music which he hopes will make him worthy to be sung about.
In the first verse you have someone that wants their story to be told by Kendrick. In the second verse you have someone that’s upset with Kendrick for telling their sister’s story on Section.80 and doesn’t want him to talk about them anymore. So when he asks whether or not if he’s worth it, he’s asking if he’s worth being wrote about in a song as well. Which basically means that him rapping about them isn’t him trying to be disrespectful. In fact it’s the complete opposite because he’s questioning whether or not if he’s worthy of the same honor. Kendrick must hold writing a song about someone very high, because he hopes that one day someone will do the same to him and tell his story.
The dying of thirst part of the song is about Kendrick being sick of the gang cycle he is in. He uses an extended metaphor about water to represent his sins. He is dying of thirst because he needs holy water to repent for his sins.
This ties into the album very well as it’s about whether or not Kendrick is the good kid in a mad city.
‘If I told you a flower bloomed in a dark room would you trust it?’, ‘from Poetic Justice
‘If I told you I killed a nigga at sixteen would you believe me? Or see me to be innocent Kendrick you’ve seen in the street’ From Maad City
Think about the art of peer pressure and how he is doing all these negative things because of the environment around him. Is he negative at heart or is he like this because of the situation he is in. This is explored further by the butterfly/caterpillar theory in TPAB.
At the end of the song we hear the full version of the song outro which was heard in part at the start of the album. It’s Kendrick becoming baptised and receiving god into his life so that he can be a good person, and a positive influence which is what he does at the end of the album with ‘Compton’ as he creates a positive song about his city. Essentially with this he becomes worthy of being sung about and he becomes the good kid in the mad city.
Hope this helps. I used some of the lyric interpretation from genius. It’s 3 am for me so my writing quality isn’t quite at its best.
Credit: EnriqueMuller on Reddit
Nobody reading allat lil bro😭😭😭
@@DonovanGG__ Na 💀
Bro all u had to say that it’s a song about remembrance and repentance rapped from 3 perspectives: Kendrick’s friend, Keisha’s sister and Kendrick himself
I was aboutta say this is one of the best comments ive seen untill i realised it was taken from reddit
34:50 "yo i need some of that" - "oh no i dont i dont i dont" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😭😭😭
that one mod in the chat has no idea what hes talking about at all bro, an actual drooler
😭😭😭😭
Lmfaooooo Fax that mod was the #1 Drake Stan for sure.
He legit hated on the BEST song in Kendrick's whole discography and played it off like it was some Lil Pump freestyle.
Which is funny because Drake raps more about materialistic things and Kendrick is more conscious with what he writes.@richierich813
Crazy how every album he listens to it's his favorite
Just gets better and better
The Kendrick effect
Man, I needed this. Thanks for uploading bro
Thanks for watching🙏🏾🙏🏾
Discovered you a couple weeks ago and you already my favorite TH-camr/Streamer
You’re goateddd
sb make this guy famous bc i love these reactions
Grinding crazy keep this up man.
No diddy
AYYYY
The first verse verse of Sing About Me isn’t Kendrick.
It’s actually one of Kendrick’s loved ones who’s brother was killed and Kendrick witnessed it and was there to comfort him when he died. So he’s writing from the perspective of the still living brother telling Kendrick that since Kendrick holds onto his dreams and isn’t deep in the gang shit like he is, even though he avenged his brother which put “bad karma” on him he still has hope for his own future as well as to thank Kendrick for at least being there for his bother when he was killed. Which is why, he starts off the verse telling Kendrick he’s writing to him in case he’s not alive the next day to leave a piece of his life behind, since he got revenge for his brother, the people who were close to his brother’s killer wanna get him now. And by the end of the verse, right after he tells Kendrick “and if I die before your album drops…”… gunshots ring out, he was killed. And by writing this very song is in fact Singing About Him ( as he wished ), after He Died of Thirst ( which is what Kendrick refers later on to as the lack of God in one’s life which leads them to things like senseless violence, murder, and retaliation as well as the lack of proper living circumstances caused by a system destructive to African Americans by nature )
Kendrick never fails to create masterpieces
Fax the song is from three different people's perspectives but only the third verse (last verse) is Kendrick's perspective.
@@itsRichErich exactly 👌🏾
Congrats on the 1k🎉🎉
THANKYOYUUUUUUUUUUUUU
25:50 that's what am saying too! W reaction
Drake needs to come backkkk
you should listen to pinata by freddie gibbs, the production and rapping on it are amazing
so real
Peak reaction bruh.
Much love from the 805, Oxnard Killafornia.
You deserve that 1K and more - love when the recipe starts and you just float with it like it was injected into your veins!
That beat hit me😭😭
Congrats on 1k my boy, loving the reactions🙏🐐
Thankyou bro😩
bro listened to so many great albums in a little over a month thats actually crazy (do illmatic next please)
on the listtt
Jay Rock’s new album is on the way this year! him, Kendrick, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul were in a group together on TDE. They’re all pretty good, but if you haven’t heard Q’s album earlier this year you should definitely give it a listen. it’s my rap album of the year so far!
I GOTTA BE THEREE
You should react to "Control" (Kendrick Verse ONLY) Love the vids btw 🔥
NO
W reaction + 1 sub
love brooo
Amount of pauses needed in this vid bruh 😂
Eating cereal while listening to this album hits different
Need to try this
no skippssss top 5 album oat
You really should react to "Westside, right on time" by Kendrick Lamar ft Young Jeezy. Lowkey should've been on GKMC I'm pretty sure you would fux with the music and the flows heavy fam.
You just unlocked a crazy memory with that song how tf you remember that😂
@ItzBundz Lmfaooo hell yea that's a banger fam!! only reason I remembered was cuz of the Jeezy references in this album lol. "Last time I checked I was in the man in these streets"... & "Bumpin' Jeezy first album we was distracted". My dawg K dot showed Jeezy hella love. Then I started reminiscing about their classic collabs "Westside, right on time" & "holy ghost remix" 🔥 I used to have them joints on repeat years ago!!!
Jay Rock, Ab Soul, Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar are first the soup group that never was Black Hippy, all members of TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment)
Jay Rock was signed first and mentored Kendrick giving him oppertunities
So Money Trees is full circle.
Issaiah Rashad is who Kendrick discovered and mentored on the label later. ALL OF THESE GUYS MAKE CEREBRAL GENERATIONAL MUSIC!!!
Schoolboy Q eae for music is different idk who else feel like this
goated reactor
Thankyou fr
Yessir.
Congrats kinfolk on the milestone
W!!
Let’s go bro u should do some Dave if there’s any u haven’t heard
I should I was thinking to
@@cairodoneit psychodrama 🔥
You gotta listen to Celebration from the Kendrick Lamar EP. 100% youre gonna love it
That drake argument is so funny though because it goes both ways lol can Kendrick make a song like Rich Baby Daddy? probably not and it takes way less effort than money trees but the argument stays the same lol theyre both top tier imo
Trueee😂😂 never said Drake is horrible but Kendrick is a better musician imo but then again it’s an opinion😩
This aged like shit. 😂😂😂 Kendrick proved in two months he can do everything Drake can do and do it better, IF he wanted too.
@@tnicoletnicole facts
Great vid man also gotta do a drake reaction
I GOT TO
It's not wild to say there are better rappers than Kendrick *OVERALL* (Jay-Z or Nas)
But K-Dot is easily the best rapper of our generation.
GKMC has been in the public world 12 years and people still are trying to piece the story together in order.
I also encourage you to watch "A Deep Dive into DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar's Darkest Opus."
I GOT TOOO thats what the video was called
yessirr
I feel like Bro missed most of the story in the beginning but this was still a really Lit dope experience!! I appreciate this reaction
Yeah for sure I was in another world
@@cairodoneit LOL all good fam !! I enjoyed this thoroughly & u got u a new subscriber. Salute!! ✊🏽
I think you can get 10k by the end of the year
That’s the goal😩
i haven't even watched the video yet but istg on my mom this mf already listened to money tree before, shit is EVERYWHERE on tiktok
ofc brahhh
We’ll be here for your blowup
😩🙏🏾
34:52 “yo i need me some of that”
“imagine if your first blunt had you foaming at the mouth”
na nah nah ion smoke nvm😭😭😭”
had to backtrack🤣
You gotta react to call me if you get lost 🙏🙏
I dooo
"i be sipping on them five guys" IS ABSOLUTELY SCANDALOUS
i NEVER said that :P
LETS GO CAIRO CONGRATS ON THE 1K
Please check out Sampha
Also react to Pusha T
THANKSSS
@@cairodoneit 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
That intro is fr can’t be gay if yk your not
it's mad you're cairo and i'm from cairo
MY EGYPTIAN BROTHER
That iam guy was in the sped class
😭
gotta check future's DS2 Deluxe if u like Travis so much
listened to it before
React to Cilvia Demo mixtape by Isaiah Rashad. Underrated and essential hip hop mixtape of the last decade
sayless
43:13 ⏸⏸⏸⏸⏸
This guy said of he needs money he ks gonna what ?😂😂
Backsteat freestyle - "All My life I want MONEY and POWER, RESPECT my mind or die from lead shower"
Drake had a subliminal saying after Mr Morale, Kendrick had to take a *backseat*
That could possibly be the sub that set it off
Tell me I'm reaching.
Damnn
Idek tbh
try alright plss ❤❤
hes listened to tpab go to his channel
Bruh how did you skip the Bish don't kill my vibe remix bonus track!!?? 🤦🏾♂️ that was not the same song that you listened to in the album. Had a Jay-Z verse on it and Kendricks verses on the remix were better than the original song. You really need to go back!! You skipped it in this video.
For real, both that and Cartoon and Cereal gotta be required listening with this album
That’s the one that’s in my playlist before I did the reaction so I already know it for some reason😭
Lmfaoooo All good fam, I still enjoyed this. You definitely gotta do "Cartoons & Cereal" by Kendrick Lamar tho like @Flamerunner451 said, trust it's a banger!!!! 🔥
L guy hating in the chat
Goat album
Fr L guy
kendrick never actually killed anybody. he was a good kid.
collect calls isn't on spotify why?
Idek
43:13 what bro?
what time do u stream g?
I stream at 8pm UK time
react to untitled unmastered by kendrick pleaseee
Coming soon🫡
ight gang, now that you did all the kdot initials
you HAVE TO, MUST, are FORCED to do childish gambino
YES BRO
@@cairodoneit RAHHHH
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