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"Alright" is about wanting something more for yourself and working towards those goals. Moore writes that Lamar (born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth) was a quiet kid growing up in Compton, who escaped the dangers of a gangbanging culture that entrapped so many of his friends. Alright is the song that moves beyond Kendrick Lamar’s personal tragedy, directing his words to be relevant to the larger context of the Black Lives Matter movement. Lamar said he wanted the song to be about hope and celebrating life. "Alright" transcended music and weaved itself into a political movement by just keeping it real in the lyrics. Artist: Kendrick Lamar Track: Alright Producer: Pharrell Williams and Sounwave Album: To Pimp a Butterfly UPDATE: Read 'The Definitive Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s 'Alright' Video'. As the intro suggests, everything currently looks messed up. Lyrically a festive song about hope amid. The chorus of Kendrick Lamar’s Alright captures a high level of optimism and belief that things will eventually get better in the future regardless of the current struggles. Kendrick Lamar's fourth single from To Pimp A Butterfly became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protesters this past year. Alright is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, taken from his third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).
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"When my pride was low, lookin' at the world like, 'Where do we go, n-?'/And we hate Popo, wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, n-." But he followed that with, "Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright!"Īlthough the track described the realities of those below the poverty line, the "We gon' be alright" hook gave a beacon of hope. America was going through some difficulties regarding race relations in 2015, and Kendrick Lamar captured the experience of people surviving life on the streets with the masterful "Alright" "When you know, we been hurt, been down before, n-," he rapped.