'I'm a sinner that's probably going to sin again/ Lord forgive me/ Lord forgive me/ Things I don't understand,' Kendrick opens the second 'good kid, m.a.a.d. The opening prayer and his final bar - 'I pulled up, a smile on my face, and then I see/ Two ni**as, two black hoods/ I froze as my phone rang' - gives listeners a sneak peek into coming stories that go into Kendrick's adolescence. An eerie Tha Bizness-produced beat is introduced at the end of the prayer and calls forth a story of a sexually-driven relationship between his 17-year-old self and a young woman named Sherane. city' opens with a prayer for eternal salvation recited by Kendrick Lamar's longtime friends. Hit-Boy, The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Scoop Deville, Sounwave, and more plush the album with production that pulls inspiration from the sounds of 80s and 90s rap, from coast to coast.Д¬heck out a track-by-track breakdown of the standard edition of Kendrick Lamar's major-label debut.ДЎ. Still, walking along a road less traveled doesn't sound like a subconscious motive of Kendrick's, but rather the icing that glosses over the album. An ethos of freedom - of both internal and external - builds throughout the album, as Kendrick tells of his story through the creative outlet that saved him from an alternate life ending.

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