S1E14 – Complexion (A Zulu Love) by Kendrick Lamar
Dissect
Cole Cuchna
4.9 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Dissect, long-form Analysis Broken Into Short Digestible Episodes. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm your host Cole Kushner. Today we continue our serialized examination of Tepimpa Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. |
| 0:52.0 | In our last episode we reached the conclusion to Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. |
| 0:52.7 | In our last episode, we reached the conclusion of Act 3, which we've titled |
| 0:57.0 | Emerging Wings. |
| 0:58.8 | After battling depression, survival's guilt, temptation, selfishness, and suicidal thoughts, Kendrick was humbled |
| 1:04.8 | after an encounter with God on how much a dollar cost. |
| 1:08.3 | The song concluded with the passage sung by Ron Eisley, through which Kendrick asked for God's help in turning over a new leaf. me. Tears of a cloud. |
| 1:23.0 | Yes, I'm not all what it's meant to be. |
| 1:26.0 | Shays of gray will never change if I can don't. |
| 1:31.0 | Turn this face, help me change to write my own. |
| 1:37.0 | Kendrick's repentance represents the album's access point and signals the beginning of Act 4, which I've titled The Butterfly Sheds Light. |
| 1:48.2 | Having been humbled by God, Kendrick will embrace his leadership role and become an advocate for the comptons of the world. |
| 1:55.2 | Over the next four tracks, Kendrick will speak directly to the black community and preach a message of |
| 2:00.4 | unity, self-love, and independence. |
| 2:03.0 | Kendrick's first order of business will be to address colorism and Black Beauty on the album's next track in the subject of today's episode, |
| 2:11.0 | Complexion, Azulu Love. |
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