The lyrics reference 1 Corinthians 6:18, “Flee fornication.
The song tells the story of their teenage lust as Lamar recounts that he was “Seventeen, with nothing but p**** stuck on my mental/My motive was rather sinful.” Here the idea of sin reappears in the song as Lamar critiques himself for only wanting Sherane for her body. Lamar then introduces his love interest in the album, a girl named Sherane who, like Kendrick, lives around Compton and comes from a dysfunctional family with gang affiliations. Master Splinter’s Daughter,” starts with a chorus of black men praying for the redemption of their sins, setting the tone of the album as a battle against sin to find salvation in a fallen world. The opening track on the album, “Sherane a.k.a.
A concept album that reads almost like a film script of teenage Kendrick trying to find himself while navigating the violent, gang infested streets of Compton, good kid, m.A.A.d city is rich with Christian imagery. Good kid, m.A.A.d city, Lamar’s second studio album, launched the rapper into the mainstream popular music scene, selling 242,000 copies in its first week and debuting at number two on the Billboard charts.
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