To Pip A Butterfly Analysis

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Kendrick Lamar released one of the most influential albums this year titled “To Pimp A Butterfly” and the album dives deep into political issues as well as economical issues in poverty stricken communities and leaves harmonious hooks that once you truly think about the meaning of the words you see the solution in these issues as clear as day. I am going to be analyzing the majority of the album by touching on the main aspects that Kendrick sheds lights on a The album begins with a vintage sample of Boris Gardiner and the sample draws an immediate parallel to the caterpillar/butterfly metaphor throughout the album. Much like how even the lowliest caterpillar can become a beautiful butterfly, it is possible for any person to succeed and become …show more content…

hold up” he is showing the irony of how people believe it is cool to be viewed as “hood” by giving the scenario of realizing theirs an issue with the circumstances however you still proceed to not do anything as well as the cycle many individuals go through of going to prison being released and then committing another crime and the route of these issues are miseducation. This song then proceeds to get even more complicated and to analyze each small detail would take a while however the main concept of the song is miseducation. The third song off the album I will be analyzing is “These Walls” and to start off on a broader scope it is about self respect. The song has two meaning when he refers to “walls” and he is speaking about the walls of a prison cell and the walls of a women vagina. He plays off the phrase “if these walls could talk” and starts off from the perspective of what a miseducated or lost individual would think and do and then translate to righteousness. Kendrick sees that sex and crime are the root of evil and expands on the consequences for both of these and then he reassures you that its not too late to change your life

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