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Oct 2019
32m 30s

S5E5 - DNA. (Part 2) by Kendrick Lamar

The Ringer
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In Part 2 of our DNA. analysis, we dissect the song’s dramatic second half. Triggered by the disparaging comments by FOX News, Kendrick goes ballistic in a now icon extended verse. While we may have originally thought DNA. was about Kendrick Lamar, the song ends with the diagnosis that sex, money, and murder are traits shared in each and every human being. S ... Show More
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