Kendrick Lamar – Dear God (Watch the Party Die)
September 17th, 2024
Summary: Kendrick Lamar is the truth. This song is so smooth, so hard, so fire.
About Artist: Kendrick Lamar has been the reigning king of the west coast for over a decade. I’ve been a fan since I saw him perform in Los Angeles just after the release of his debut album Section.80 in the summer 2011. With 50 Grammy nominations, 29 BET awards, and a Pulitzer Prize, Kendrick has is one of the most highly regarded rappers alive today. In February 2025 Kendrick hill headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
About Song: This untitled track dropped on Instagram on September 11th. It is the first song Kendrick has released since the his beef with Drake earlier in the year. This track was produced by Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, Pasqué & Anca Trio Plus One.
Favorite Part: The jazzy melodic instrumental track in the background is amazing, so smooth and juxtaposes so nicely with Kendrick’s assertive lyrics.
“Why reason with these (…) if they can’t see the future first?
Why argue with these clowns if the circus is well at work?
Just walk that man down, that’ll do everyone a solid
It’s love, but tough love sometimes gotta result in violence” -0:36
“Influencers talk down ’cause I’m not with the basic shit
But they don’t hate me, they hate the man that I represent
The type of man that never dickride ’cause I want a favor
The man that resides in patience, so where the soldiers at?
The one’s that lost it all and learnt to learn from that
A thirst for life, head inside a book ’cause he concerned with that
Information that’ll change his life because he yearns for that
Dedication, findin’ out what’s right ’cause he can earn from that” -1:00
“The flashy (…) with nasty decisions usin’ money as a backbone
I want his head cracked before he’s back home
The radio personality pushin’ propaganda for salary
Let me know when they turn up as a casualty, I want agony
Assault, and battery, I see a new Earth
Filled with beautiful people makin’ humanity work” -2:37
“My (…) Jay Estrada said I gotta burn it down to build it up
That confirmation real as fuck, it ain’t too many real as us” -4:28
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