20 Blackest Lines From Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly

Lyrics from "The Blacker the Berry," "Complexion" and more.

"Mortal Man" - And then there was this: "The ghost of Mandela/ Hope my flow stay propellin'/ Let these words be your Earth and moon/ You consume every message/ As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression/ And with that being said, my n***a let me ask this question/ When s**t hit the fan, is you still a fan? When s**t hit the fan, is you still a fan?" Tupac makes an appearance.(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Clear Channel)
'King Kunta' - “Ah yeah, f**k the judge/I made it past 25 and there I was/A little nappy headed n***a with the world behind him”(Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)
'Alright' - “When you know, we been hurt, been down before, n***a/When my pride was low, lookin’ at the world like, ‘Where do we go, n***a?’/And we hate po-po, wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, n***a/I'm at the preacher's door/My knees gettin' weak and my gun might blow but we gon' be alright”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Clear Channel)'Complexion (A Zulu Love)' Feat. Rapsody - “The new James Bond gon’ be black as me/Black as brown, hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea/And it’s all beautiful to me/Call your brothers magnificent, call all the sisters queens”(Photo: Suzan/EMPICS Entertainment/PA Photos/Landov)

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20 Blackest Lines From To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar’s second major label LP, To Pimp a Butterfly, was finally liberated for public consumption late last night (March 15), disrupting sleep schedules and prompting premature “classic” designations (it is very, very good). But whether the 27-year-old emcee has a[nother] flawless album under his belt or not, there’s no arguing that his lyrical latest is unapologetically Black. From the poetics to the production — a puree of P-Funk, jazz, hip hop, soul and rock — the pride is palpable.TPAB is so black, it was probably supposed to drop during Black History Month but was running on C.P. Time. TPAB is blacker than Luster’s Pink Hair Lotion. TPAB is blacker than your moms telling you to drink your saliva. TPAB is blacker than Don Cheadle’s shirt collars.Just how black is To Pimp a Butterfly, already the most important album to be re...

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