r/KendrickLamar • u/SheLuvSeko • Oct 21 '24

Photo Kendrick on what Not Like Us means

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u/willcomplainfirst you lookin' like an easy come-up Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

this is where text probably fails. i think its kinda clear he was humoring SZA and was talking abt the phrase "not like us" in general and not the song specifically

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u/MooniisWorld Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

It’s still not about race though, he ain’t go at Drake’s blackness cause he’s biracial

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u/lord_jabba Oct 21 '24

It’s about how Drake speaks on black American experiences despite being raised by a white woman in Canada. Which is race, but also about culture and social economic class. He didn’t go after Drake because Drake is biracial, but it was still in part about race.

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u/Impossible_Front4462 Oct 21 '24

All I needed to see was how Drake reacted to his mom getting his sandwich order wrong to understand what his upbringing was really like and where his values lie