S5E11 - HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.9 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We continue our season-long analysis of DAMN. with the album’s hit single HUMBLE. Coming off the heels of PRIDE. in which Kung Fu Kenny admitted his imperfections, we are puzzled to find Kenny egotistically lifting himself up by putting down others. But as we’ll hear, this mentality embodies the central biblical theme that powerful rulers and nations often become corrupted by pride. Say hi @dissectpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Purchase Dissect merch at https://shop.dissectpodcast.com/. Listen to original Dissect themes on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2k8BsZM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0	Whatever it is I've done to you, I probably deserve it. I've done some bad things.
0:32.0	On BBC I Player, for all it hurts. I've done some bad things.
0:32.8	On BBC I player, for all it hurts, you can't remember me.
0:36.2	Maybe it's just as well.
0:38.0	Maybe it's time you find out who you really own.
0:41.0	Some things are best left buried.
0:44.0	Just having what you want! Wherever he is, I think that he's in trouble.
0:48.0	We will find your man, okay?
0:50.0	What is it that I've done that makes me the army?
0:52.0	The tourist. You may not remember. that I've done that makes me the high. The Tourist.
0:53.0	You may not remember, but I do.
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1:05.5	episodes. I'm your host Cole Kushna. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you Today we
1:33.3	Kendrick Lamar on our last episode we dissected pride a song that found
1:38.0	Kung Fu Kenny wrestling with God's Commandments through an extended sequence of
1:42.1	dichotomous choices.
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