Welcome to Dissect, Long Form Musical Analysis broken into short digestible episodes.

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

We're currently in the midst of the album's fourth act, which we've titled, The Butterfly Sheds Light.

After an encounter with God at a gas station in South Africa on how much a dollar cost.

Kendrick embraced his leadership role, began speaking on issues that directly affect his

community.

On complexion, Kendrick spoke about negating the complexities of colorism through self-respect and

positivity.

On the Black of the Berry, he addresses self-hate, anxiety, and frustration and an ambitious

think-piece on the complexities of modern race relations.

On you ain't got a lie, Kendrick promoted authenticity and self-respect.

The apex of Kendrick's teachings comes with a song about self-love and acceptance to Pimp a Butterfly's

narrative conclusion in the subject of today's episode I. The world is a ghetto because of dicci's eyes.

I still myself, but they can do what they want when everyone I don't mind.

I live myself.

He said I gotta get up like she's working to a side.

I love my, myself.

One day in the town. I was released as the album's first single six months before the full release of

Topimba Butterfly.

This early version, which will refer to as the studio version, does not appear on the album.

Instead, a quote unquote live performance of eye is used.

Because Kendrick uses eye self-referentially as a climactic narrative tool, we're going to first

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