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song by American rapper

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, featured on his compilation album, '' Untitled Unmastered''. It was produced by Thundercat who also provides additional vocals, and Mono/Poly.

Composition

Lyrically, the track discusses the futility of hopelessness in the face of adversity (mashed up with 'untitled 2' for Kendrick's '' Fallon'' performance in January). The lyrics show little optimism, though Lamar cushions his anger and disappointment with "irresistibly" feel-good vibes, suggesting there may be hope after all. ''

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'' described the narrative: "one of a young woman struggling with her come-up, the other an impoverished voice lashing out at Kendrick's own accounts of his struggles. Both stories dissolve into his own, as he ends the album questioning what exactly we're owed by the universe for existing, and how hard we need to fight for what we're not." Musically, critics compared the song with " King Kunta", for its "hydraulic-pumping synthesized bass thump and Lamar's slangy flow".

Live performances

The song was performed for the public for the first time on January 7, 2016, on ''

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Charts

Other Versions

Lamar originally had the first verse of the track wrote for his feature on a

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of the

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. George Clinton says about the song "I hadn't heard those ongs on Untitled Unmastered but when I did ' Wesley's Theory' we did a trade off. The first verse on 'untitled 08 , 09.06.2014.' was originally written for my song with

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, 'Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?.

References

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