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

I'm your host Cole Kushna. Today we continue our serialized examination of Tepimba Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar with part two of our analysis of the

alms epilogue Mortal man. If you haven't heard part one, I'd suggest stopping now and listening

to that episode first. There we dissected the song

Mortal man and heard Kendrick question the leadership role he chose to embrace.

He also asks his listeners to question their loyalty to him as he's acutely aware of the tragic fate of many black leaders

before him.

How many leaders you said you needed then left from for dead.

Is it Moses? Is it you eat Newton or the Troy Red? Is it Martin Luther J. F.

Shooting you assassin is a Jackie?

Is it Jesse?

Oh, I know it's Michael Jackson.

When shit hit the fan.

Is you still a fan?

When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? At the conclusion of the song Mortal Man, the narrative poem returns for the first time since the transition from hood politics to how much a dollar cost, six songs back.

Since the poem is read in full, I'd like to how much a dollar cost six songs back.

Since the poem is read in full,

I'd like to take this opportunity to recap the narrative function of the poem

and how the mysterious and slow reveal throughout the album

adds to the dramatic impact of the final recitation.

But before we dig in, I'd like to share with you something I'm extremely excited about.

I recently collaborated with the tremendously talented Hannah Sellers on a Tippimba Butterfly visual album map, which you can view now at dissect podcast.com.

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