It’s a heartbeat

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Kanye invented

The way it starts to swell after ‘mr preacher man should we love thy neighbour? the laws of the land or the heart, what’s greater?’ is so nice. Love the jazzy/marching drums that get louder

but only if you let a white girl say niggue-

that beat is the only reason i revisit the song

But you revisit it tho

My only problem is on that swell Kendrick’s vocals get overpowered. Kind of hurts the impact of the moment storytelling wise but for some reason Kendrick voice gets drowned out elsewhere on the album too

yeah but i cringe everytime kendrick drops the fbomb 4 times in a row

Why? Lol

because its insensitive and completely negates his powerful message on the song

Spit some bars over it

🧹🧹🧹

it’s good without the lyrics

Don't be so sensitive

Why tho

S*** real asf

Maybe you ain’t grow up like that but I definitely did, we would call each other that jokingly all the time as ignorant innocent children and we didn’t know any better

He painted a picture of what was going on in his life from that perspective to bring awareness to it and to help us all heal together

Why sugar coat it to be more pc

yeah i grew up in a similar environment, which is why i get kendricks message but heres the issue:
One of the messages is how hypocritical he was for using that slur when he wouldn't let "a white girl" say the n word, so he moved on right? But here he is in the song using the slur regardless. I get his point which is why i listen, but theres a lot of people in the lgbtq+ community who would not be comfortable hearing him say that and it dampers the authenticity of the song.

Damn first the therapy concept now the heart as a beat.

Kendrick been bumping dave

I don't this Ali mixed this album, that might be the reason.

Yeah I heard he worked on one track, not sure if that’s true but wow, really shows how much Kendrick needs him

Really makes you wonder whether he wrote to the instrumental or the instrumental was crafted based on the progression of the story

Reminds me of GKMC.

I think his message and his raw use of both words is an attempt to illustrate the point that maybe we need to start looking past the surface level of whose saying whatever word and start addressing the mentality underneath the word by having an open dialogue between all parties

I think he’s also just tryna be honest unlike a lot of people who jump on the LGBTQ train and act like they’ve been enlightened about those issues from birth (most of the people criticizing him are a perfect example of this)

We are all learning and I appreciate Kendrick’s candidness