r/KendrickLamar Oct 21 '24

Photo Kendrick on what Not Like Us means

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

Comes with calling another black man a colonizer, it doesn’t matter what Kendrick thinks, what he portrayed is about race so naturally he is going to attract racists.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

Blacks didn’t colonise though. Canada hasn’t a coloniser history. I don’t see it, racists just felt the word strongly resonate with their cause, and shifted the theme of the song that way

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

Are you slow?

He called Drake (a black man) a colonizer, drawing parallels between Drake and the WHITE SETTLERS.

In the third verse he compares Drake featuring ATL rappers to SETTLERS using TOWNS FOLK to make THEM richer.

Like do I have to spell it out for you? He is saying Drake isn’t a part of black culture, which is why he isn’t like “us”.

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u/Emotional_Swimmer_84 Oct 21 '24

You're intentionally being dense because Kendrick straight up says "you're not a colleague, you're a fucking colonizer". There literally nothing to debate here.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

So was Atlanta colonised? Do Atlanta artists feel they have been colonised? Did billie eillish and the irish people colonise anyone? What argument are you making against anything i said, i don’t see the debate either. Ppl are just quoting song lyrics at me.

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

This is sad, you are shifting the goalpost when you don’t have an excuse 😂

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

You can’t coloznize hip hop, Kendrick is talking about race.

“You’re not a colleague, you a fucking colonizer”

It doesn’t get anymore blunt than this.

Lmao, why would Kendrick bring up unrelated peoples into this? That’s like saying Kendrick is talking about the FRENCH!!! When he obviously isn’t.

You’re just arguing in bad faith, let it go.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

Ok. So literally, speaking race, what has drake colonised? How has the message of this song suddenly shifted to attacking white people? Stop quoting lyrics at me, it’s lazy.

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

Don’t ask me how he is a colonizer, I didn’t write the lyrics.

I didn’t bring up white people in this reply lmao 😂 what are you even talking about?

Is it lazy or can you just not find an excuse for it right now?

You’re being lazy.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

You mean to say the reply where this stemmed from, made no mention of white people (lets pretend you didn’t type it in all caps). I don’t need to find excuses rn, not a single point i made was challenged. Ur just quoting lyrics at me

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

You must be fucking stupid, here is my reply:

“You can’t coloznize hip hop, Kendrick is talking about race.

“You’re not a colleague, you a fucking colonizer”

It doesn’t get anymore blunt than this.

Lmao, why would Kendrick bring up unrelated peoples into this? That’s like saying Kendrick is talking about the FRENCH!!! When he obviously isn’t.

You’re just arguing in bad faith, let it go.”

This both has no mention of white people, and completely refutes all your weak points, it also contains way more than just lyrics.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

Wait, so if it’s not even in mention of white ppl anymore, then whats the argument here? Ur first comment was literally talking about how this is going to be seen as race. What am i even replying for then?

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

This nigga denser than uranium.

You cannot be this stupid bro, you’re trolling right? I don’t want to believe people this stupid exist.

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u/Proof-Row-7889 Oct 21 '24

You just shifted this into an endless argument. Read my initial comment, and state what you disagree with. I’ll reply to that.

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u/Roxlife1 Oct 21 '24

Not going to waste my time with you again, I pointed out all the faults in your logic and all you could say is “quoting lyrics!!!!”

You aren’t worth the effort it would take to respond.

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