One of The best songs I ever heard | Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst (REACTION)

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@niyahkelly5499 9 ай бұрын

“What if today was the rapture and you completely tarnished” is etched into my soul 🥺

@chowjr3659 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite song of all time in any genre. It’s the realest shit I’ve ever heard and so many people could relate to it. Maybe not directly but they know people who are living these lives right now! His influence is insane.

@JiiWoon Жыл бұрын

" i'll never fade away , i'll never fade away" as her voice faded away at the end of the verse ..

@godwinsampson6081 Жыл бұрын

Blew my mind

@prodsarab 10 ай бұрын

shit almost made me cry, still does

@TuchNGoh 3 жыл бұрын

Song changed mad peoples lives for sure

@kmp5801 3 жыл бұрын

💯🥲

@lucasbrenner2916 3 жыл бұрын

facts, and all over the world too. I'm from brazil and this song is easily one of my favorites, changed my life for sure

@runsedbliid 3 жыл бұрын

11:49 "Sleep is a cousin of death". Great ispiration from NaS in Illmatic.

@IgrisBloodRed91 Жыл бұрын

also Shakespeare

@Motoplugg Жыл бұрын

There’s music and then there’s this. I can still remember the first time I heard this song and Keisha’s song, shit dead ass changed how I listened to music.

@Proppedupbybooks 7 ай бұрын

The second verse is the sister of the woman he sang about on Keisha’s Song on Section 80. She got pissed at him for making that song, Keisha was a prostitute, and was raped and killed. Her sister got mad at him for making a song about it, and he doubled down. I don’t know if the sister died too, but I do know that the dude talking to him on the first verse did get killed due to gang violence before he started to get big, so that line is extremely poignant. Survivors guilt is so real, in so many ways. This is one of the most potent songs ever written.

@Pinkpompoms591 7 ай бұрын

The sister got AIDS and died slowly; that’s why her voice slowly faded away at the end. That’s also why she said she physically feels great, she was in denial when she found out she was sick and dying of aids and her fear made her double down “I’ll never fade away”

@Proppedupbybooks 6 ай бұрын

@@Pinkpompoms591 man, honestly, I figured that with the fade-out, but never looked it up because I guess I didn’t really want to know. But the implication there is pretty forthright, and that’s what my assumption’s always been. Well he sang about her. And it affected people. Shit’s important to talk about and illuminate

@sarorowling 5 ай бұрын

The guy died from gunshots after he chased the gang members that killed his brother

@pastense 3 жыл бұрын

“Sleep is a cousin of death” is an old saying, but was made famous by Nas on NY State of Mind

@DIJONh100 3 жыл бұрын

The intricacy of this song is on another level, it’s so damn powerful the way he used his lyrics to tell this story about his life and where he and his people come from. It’s just on a whole different level than any POET, WRITER, ARTIST I’ve ever heard and probably will hear in my lifetime.

@CANDIKANE31 3 жыл бұрын

There are leaders but they are drowned out by the others so they have to fight to have a voice .. the world don’t want that they want mess .. but people like me keeps fighting !! Everything you said was on point !! How old are you ? You are rare!! GOD BLESS .. I have heard this song so many times I will forever be in love with this song been son it for years !! I love watching reactions like yours !! We need more people around like you 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

@soamazing70 3 жыл бұрын

Right before you die it is common the people will ask these 3 questions, did I live, did I love, and did I matter, so I think he's being literal by asking all 3 with a single question "will you still sing about me". In this 1 question he ask all 3 because why would anyone sing about him if he did not live love or matter. If anything these are the only things to sing about, life/death, love/lust and what matters/what doesn't

@mayvisionmusicofficialone 2 ай бұрын

You a wise being brother, bless up!

@lucasbrenner2916 3 жыл бұрын

man, and he still lost the Grammy's to Macklemore - The Heist 😔 100% bullshit

@nicholasfiner2450 2 жыл бұрын

it makes sense, he was robbed 😂

@cesramm1120 8 ай бұрын

Love seeing people interpret his music you did a good job

@cm9334 2 жыл бұрын

Really love that you respected the end of the song and you seem to truly understand his message

@dirtybirdxx 3 жыл бұрын

I think sleep is the cousin of death means that if your out here and not conscious of what's going on around you, your basically close to being dead. And this song is about his friend who died and the brother of his friend was the one kendrick was holding while he was bleeding from being shot. The second verse was about two sisters, one of the sister was raped and found dead and the sister is mad with kendrick because he spoke of her sisters death in the song call (Keisha's song)

@wasimgreat7347 3 жыл бұрын

There’s so many way that lines can be interpreted it’s my fav line in the song cause it’s so deep

@shwshnk85 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a Nas line from Illmatic.

@rodrigocidelino 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song, the last weeks I was thinking about it and I went search more about this song. I like the fact how Kendrick hold our attention with this story, he raps about different people, the chorus is perfect to me! Is something like what we want leave on this world, that people sing and tell stories about who we were. I appreciate you and what you did here. Thank you!

@shuliass 3 жыл бұрын

amazing reaction bro ! this song is insane

@TheRealAkawon 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that bro🤝🔥

@silaee 3 жыл бұрын

Yo, i know it's been a while but you sorta interpreted it wrong. It's not about his brother. It's about the lives of people struggling to survive in an endless cycle of thirst. The first verse is from the perspective of Dave. It makes more sense in the story of the Album (which i Recommend going into because it's amazing). Dave's brother is who died and Dave is thanking Kendrick for being there for him. You were right, Kendrick did hold him in his final moments but it was his brother, Dave is the one mourning, wanting Kendrick to sing about him when he's gone along with his brother. Kendrick saw him die and Dave wants to thank him for being there for him and being a real one. The second verse is about Keisha's sister which you can hear she's mad that he put Keisha on blast on Kendrick album Section 80. She talks about how she lives the same life as Keisha and that the system put her in it but she can't do anything about it and is how she survives. She says she doesn't care what others think and that she will never fade away because she doesn't see wrong in her way of life while the song fades her voice our showing that she got the same fate as her sister representing a repeat in life that will never end. Third verse is Kendrick speaking himself and reflecting on these two events in his life that did happen irl. He says how he wonders if he really is scared of passing away, how he wrote raps and wonders if it's worth it, will people remember him in the future if he kept going down that life? Kendrick says how he was a brotherto Dave's brother and that he did speak on Keisha but not to curse her bloodline like her sister believes. kendrick says basically how rap saved him and that because he rapped he saved her family and many others too, and how it saved him from being on the streets any longer. Part 1 ends in people talking and one of them says he's tired of it all. He realized it's pointless, an endless cycle in the hood, one person kills one and then they kill someone else and it's revenge revenge revenge. It's pointless, like running no where. Part 2 "I'm dying of thirst" is Kendricks prayer to the Lord to save him because he is desperate for a way out. He is dying in the hood, he knows he won't survive so he pleads for help. He is thirsty for something greater. God is what saved him from the streets and he shows it here. The prayer at the end represents Kendrick and his brothers being free from the shackles of the lives they were living. It shows how even those deep into these types of lives can be saved whether it's by God or someone else. I'm hoping u read this, because it helps Understand what i say is the greatest song of all time.

@kkronical 2 жыл бұрын

This has got to be one of the best explanations I've seen for a song. This is also what I consider the greatest rap song in history, and I'm glad many others like yourself think so too.

@fruroo9723 2 жыл бұрын

v accurate but i would argue that he’s not trying to say that he saved her family, instead that he chooses to acknowledge that ultimately the vicious cycle of gang violence/prostitution that he discusses will continue with or without the song- that’s why he chooses to end dave’s brother’s verse abruptly with his death and ironically have keisha’s sister fade out despite her insisting she’ll never fade away, showing how, despite her and everyone else’s best efforts, she’ll just become yet another forgotten ‘victim of society’ amongst the countless others.

@MichellBollinger Жыл бұрын

few things to correct, the first verse is from the perspective of Dave’s brother. Dave bled out at the end of Swimming Pools and you hear his brother screaming. and the second verse obviously being from the perspective of Keisha’s sister ends with her fading away and dying slowly from AIDS. there’s. a juxtaposition of time and death with Dave’s brother dying quickly and Keisha’s sister dying slowly but either way death is inevitable.

@JD-xm4lz 3 жыл бұрын

Sleep is the cousin of death is a Nas line he payin homage

@Akaleskii 3 жыл бұрын

keep doing your thing bro

@TheRealAkawon 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that bro💯

@DivisiveSnoo 2 жыл бұрын

Your so much better than those reaction channels that just sit there and stare

@supacoolman6429 Жыл бұрын

Underrated reactions

@lgdasilva5989 11 ай бұрын

Explanation Chorus: if Kendrick dies, will people still sing about him, will they still remember and talk about him. Verse 1: Dave got shot and Kendrick went outside and held him as he was proceeding to bleed out. Dave’s brother witnessed it and Dave’s brother wanted revenge, he respected Kendrick and hopes when Kendrick makes it big that he sings about this story, but right as he says it Dave’s brother dies trying to get avenge his brother’s death. Verse 2: Keisha’s sister (who is a prostitute as well) is mad that Kendrick talked about her in a song, and that he doesn’t know what it’s like for women. She explains how it’s tough for them especially growing up. Verse 3: Kendrick’s explanation of both perspectives