I'm dead called him a con artist

Fantano review is up, says its very impressive, he's impressed, calls it musically amazing, lyrically brilliant (every f***ing word has a meaning), and the best in the heart series

Rebellious and Margielas'll chip you for designer
Belt buckles and clout, overzealous if prone to violence

Someone can explain me these lines?

But that’s the culture

Crack a bottle

Hard to deal with the pain when ya sober

By tomorrow

We forget the remains and start over

That’s the problem

Dudes with a cause will snatch you for designer while wearing designer. Then brag about it for clout and to prove themselves to the cause

our condition was trained

To accept whatever follows

Whole song is a God Tier bar

Masterclass in rapping. Whole song sounds like a true master at work

Am I feeling this more than the OG??? What the f*** did I just find. Video also crazy

"make the wrong turn, be aware of the wheel alignment”

🔥🔥🔥🔥

solid track, give it a 7/10. i don't think this was kendrick's best performance with this sort of introspection, how much a dollar costs and kush & Corinthian’s being 10s for a measure

“Desensitized, I vandalized pain, covered up and camouflaged
Get used to hearin' arsenal rain”

Those bars right there are a good example of what I mean when I say I love the word choices Kendrick uses to paint a picture in his verses.

The more i listen the more i like it

5th listen

Still mid, have yet to hear it at the barbershop

for sure it's too mysterious

“Where the energy is magnified and preserved consciousness is synchronized and made crystal”

Can someone break these line down for me? all I’m getting is a glass metaphor but I can’t grasp it completely genius isn’t helping either

how many you get to go to since release?

prolly about the creation of art imo

how we put parts of ourselves into the things we care the most to make

then people feel the same as the creator. relatability, connection, etc etc.

holy s***

(from my understanding as a recent cogs grad w/ focus on ai)

Human consciousness is still a concept has never been proven and there are many theories for its existence. One of those being synchronous brain waves, also known as brain oscillations.

The theory behind the two basically relates brain wave patterns to mental states. One example of said mental state is enlightenment and to reach a state of enlightenment you must first start from the energies within.

Enlightenment is not something that can be rushed, bought, etc. but those who've claimed they've reach it say that it took a lot of self reflection/introspection and lead them to a continuous (crystal) clarity.

"Euphoria is glorified and made His" should be included in this bc it is a continuation of the lyric. Euphoria is sometimes used interchangeably with enlightenment, but is more commonly used as a description of enlightenment

Kendrick has reflected on his internal conflicts as a christian on a few occasions. Because of that and some of the themes I think it's referring to his enlightenment in the form of his relationship with God thru christianity

There are a few things in the song/mv that kinda make me question if he is imitating god, praising god, or labeling these figures in the community as gods (including himself). The biggest thing being the

"I am. All of us."

core belief of humanity in christianity is that we are all made in the likeness of god so i dunno if he's saying that:

• he is god and we are made in his likeness
• these figures in the community have been viewed as gods when they are not (not a bad thing)
• we are all made in the same likeness and that should be the foundation of our coexistence

idk im tired ill come back to this tomorrow to edit 😂

all in all i think its an overly worded way to say stuff, just makes it more confusing. cool concept to include but feels like its gatekeeping thoughts to those he wants to reach