12019-12-09T14:19:10-08:00Kelsey Desirf062ef1310ea4bd64d273244f3a197dc38a406cc358103plain2019-12-09T14:38:11-08:00Kelsey Desirf062ef1310ea4bd64d273244f3a197dc38a406ccThe last stanzas of lyrics turn inward. Lamar discusses battling depression, fighting his vices—the devil—and struggling with how to use his power. However, these lyrics take new meaning when paired with the visual. Lamar is shot by a cop who is simply miming a gun with his fingers. This disccusion about mis-used power can now be read as a critique of the police. Moreover, seeing that Lamar is shot in the end of the video perhaps this lends well to Manabe’s ambivalent reading of the song. Or maybe Lamar is telling us that him being alright is not required for we to be alight.
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12019-11-21T14:43:50-08:00Kelsey Desirf062ef1310ea4bd64d273244f3a197dc38a406ccKendrick Lamar - Alright1To Pimp A Butterfly album out now iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ToPimpAButterfly Target: http://smarturl.it/ToPimpAButterflyTG Google Play: ...plain2019-11-21T14:43:50-08:00YouTube2015-06-30T21:00:01.000ZZ-48u_uWMHYKendrickLamarVEVOKelsey Desirf062ef1310ea4bd64d273244f3a197dc38a406cc
