![]() ![]() Kendrick completes the whole poem in the last song on the album, “ Mortal Man” So while his loved ones were fighting wars, he was also fighting one but this war was of self realisation and guilt. This is why he was under this mental burden, he could have instilled change in the lives of the black men and women but he chose to be selfish, he chose to abandon his loved ones, he chose to flee from the wars of the hoods. By loved ones he meant all the black people in America and by wars he meant strifes of the black people against poverty, gang violence, police brutalities, drug abuse, oppression, racism and what not. In the fifth line of the extract, he stated his loved ones were fighting wars. He was trying to convince himself to look at the brighter side and regard that he made something of himself from dust but this mental picture seems very self centered. In his mind, he’s still contemplating and wrestling with his inner demons. But coming home isn’t any different for his mental health. Continuing from the previous extract he runs towards seeking answers and reaching his home, Compton. The poem continues in the song “ Hood Politics”. “ But that didn’t stop survivors guilt Going back and forth Trying to convince myself the stripes I earned Or maybe how A-1 my foundation was But while my loved ones was fighting A continuous war back in the city I was entering a new one” Compton is a city plagued with police brutality and gang violence and no place for a child but that’s always been his home, since Kendrick was born and he only ended up abandoning it because of the fame he procured due to his musical career. As he’s running, he reaches his home, his hood - Compton, where it all started. In the previous extract he’s running for answers. The last line of the extract he writes that he’s running towards answers to resolve this predicament. Lucy haunts him throughout the album manifesting in the forms of racism, the plight of America, greed, temptation but in this case it’s influence that he’s been not utilizing in an efficacious manner. Lucy is a reference of Lucifer, another name for the Christian leader of devils, Satan. He says her sinister presence was all around him. In the second line he mentions a girl named Lucy. ![]() “ I didn’t wanna self-destruct The evils of Lucy was all around me So I went runnin' for answers”įalling into this downward spiral and intensely breaking down mentally, he contemplates suicide but finally decides against it. He feels trapped in the hotel room he’s present in, he feels suffocated and so he cries and screams his frustration out. This resentment makes him feel guilty and leads him down to a deep depression. In this segment of the poem he seems to be resenting his actions for abusing the influence and power he holds. These next few lines act as an outro for the song “ These Walls”. “ Sometimes I did the same Abusin' my power, full of resentment Resentment that turned into a deep depression Found myself screamin' in a hotel room” He also states that he’s been misusing his influence, being a successful rapper he hasn’t been influential in a positive way and worked only towards his own self serving cause. These lines serve as the outro for the song “ King Kunta”, these tell the listener that Kendrick is contemplating about something that really bothers him. “ I remember you was conflicted Misusing your influence” ![]()
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