Kendrick freestyled this verse first on the radio over a medley of Biggie instrumentals. ![]() We didn’t know it at the time, but we heard part of “Hood Politics” before we ever knew the song existed. Key lines: “From Compton to Congress, set trippin’ all around / Ain’t nothin’ new, but a flu of new Demo-Crips and Re-Blood-licans / Red state versus a blue state, which one you governin’? / They give us guns and drugs, call us thugs / Make it they promise to fuck with you / No condom, they fuck with you, Obama say, ‘What it do?’” Kendrick Lamar, “Hood Politics,” To Pimp a Butterfly, Second Verse (2015) A line like “I can put a rapper on life support” would be a mild threat coming from lesser rappers, but knowing what we do about Kendrick’s own admissions of his violent past makes this read more like a chilling promise if ever tempted.ġ9. This isn’t even his greatest potshot (see everything below), but it’s still enough for Kendrick’s peers to dodge the bullets. ![]() Over the course of his still-young career, Kendrick has continuously fired warning shots at his competitors. Key lines: “I can put a rapper on life support / Guarantee that’s something none of you want / Ten homies down and they all serving life / What is it like twenty-five hundred a month? / What if I empty my bank out and stunt? / What if I certified all of these ones? / Bitch I get buck, I’m as real as they come.”
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