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Welcome to Dissect, long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible episodes. I'm your host Cole Kishna.

I'm your host Cole Kishna. Today we continue our serialized examination of Tepimpa Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar.

We're currently in the midst of the album's third act, which we've titled

Emerging Wings. It follows Kendrick as he searches for an escape from various metaphoric

of his institutionalized upbringing, his new found status as rap star, and the prison of his own mind.

On all right, through solidarity and God, Kendrick went to battle on the vices and inner conflicts that led him to depression and suicidal thoughts.

On for sale, we're privy to Kendrick's subconscious and the temptations of Lucy, the devil incarnate.

On our last episode, we examined Mama, a song in which Kendrick returns home in search of clarity.

He's nostalgic and reflective in Compton and gains a broader worldview in Africa. At the end of verse 3, of

and Gains a broader worldview in Africa. At the end of verse three, we saw Kendrick yet again at another crossroads.

He's to quote, pick destiny or rest in peace.

It laid out the fundamental question the album poses. How will Kendrick use or

pimp his success, his talent? For good or for evil. Should he run from destiny, give into Lucy's

temptations, and live a life filled with riches, drugs, and sex?

Or do you choose Destiny, pimp his situation for the betterment of mankind and become an advocate

for the comptons of the world.

It's a question Kendrick is not yet ready to answer

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