Even as a singer, Kendrick’s perception is treated like ‘vandalism’. And Kendrick says he is proud to be a ‘monkey’. ‘Monkey’ is in reference to a racial slur that says Africans are from the ‘jungle’. He straight out says ‘others’ hate the Blacks and wants to see them eliminated from the world. You vandalize my perception but can’t take style from meĬontinuing from the previous lines, Kendrick goes on a blistering rant against the racial oppression. You’re f*ckin’ evil I want you to recognize that I’m a proud monkey You hate my people, your plan is to terminate my culture And he asks this is enough for you to hate me, right? Another stereotype is the size of the male genitals of the African Americans, and yet another is round and wide noses. Africans are believed to be the starting roots of mankind, dating back hundreds of thousands of year. Nappy hair is the ‘natural texture of Black African hair.,’ says Wikipedia.
He comes from a poor, small village, which is the lowest of the lowest parts of societies. Kendrick lays down few of the stereotypes and reasons why whites hates blacks. My hair is nappy, my dick is big, my nose is round and wide We only see the ‘white’ or bright side of the moon and the dark side is always hidden from us, but by who? The media? Corporate America? You decide. He says he is ‘black as the moon’ referencing to the dark side of the moon. And to say he is ‘African’ means he feels so detracted from ‘America’-his mother country.
Remember, he was born and raised in Compton, and his parents are from Chicago, so he is full on American. But truly he is only African and he feels no part of him as an American. Kendrick says he is African American, on paper. I’m black as the moon, heritage of a small village
They never liked him for his skin color, and he says ‘f*ck your (fake) friendship’ and he doesn’t even flinch saying it. All the people surrounding him, whom he called ‘friends’, were pretty much fake. You never liked us anyway, f*ck your friendship, I meant itĪnd so begins the epic lyric-rapid fire. This is a 5 minute 30 second long track, but we shall go through breaking down the lyrics nonetheless.īeen feeling this way since I was 16, came to my senses Lamar basically asks us to stay with him on this song “The Blacker The Berry” until it ends and it will all make sense to the listener. Once I finish this, witnesses will convey just what I mean No matter now much hate he gets, he says he won’t ‘crack’. They say he is delusional (schizophrenia), but the reality is he grew in Compton, he has seen and witnessed it all, the streets made him. Never.” But this tweet was criticized by many, very publicly. Kendrick Lamar spoke about the Michael Brown incident on Twitter, saying “What happened to should’ve never happened. They may say I suffer from schizophrenia or somethin’ In this stanza “I” refers to a third party.
They are said to gain pleasure (get off) putting down an innocent (die in vain). The third line refers to recent controversies relating to Michael Brown incident. First line describes a chaotic situation early in the morning in the streets (of Compoton, possibly) and chaos is all he wants to see. Kendrick gives a brilliant start to the track with the intro.Īnd sometimes I get off watchin’ you die in vain Everybody prefers black stuff-black cars, black watches, black gadgets, black clothes and what not, but when it comes to humans, black is something people look at in disgust. The modern society is in a constant battle in accepting the African Americans or rejecting them. Everybody speaks about ‘equality’ in big events and still they cannot do what they preach. It signifies the ‘confused’ society today about the ‘blacks’. This intro to “The Blacker The Berry” is almost a murmuring growl by Kendrick Lamar. Some white some black, I ain’t mean black I want everything black, I ain’t need black Let’s get down to the analysis of the lyrics of the track.