5 things we learned from Kendrick Lamar's 'Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers': A packed guest list, some potentially controversial moments and a possible 'song of the year'
in January 2021. An answer arrives near the end of “Mother I Sober” when Lamar raps, “I know the secrets/Every other rapper sexually abused/I see them daily burying their pain in chains and tattoos/So listen close before you pass judgement on how we move.” As evinced by Lamar’s widely acclaimed
“The Heart Part IV” video clip, he believes that Black male behavior is a wide spectrum that can be tragically heroic , frustratingly erratic , heartbreakingly disappointing , and toxically violent .moment arrives in “We Cry Together,” where Lamar and actress Taylour Paige — who made a memorable star turn in the 2020 cult hit— get into a loud argument full of cruel insults. The song is reminiscent of RZA’s 1998 fan favorite “Domestic Violence.
Another moment bound to generate internet headlines arrives on the standout track “Savior,” when he appears to criticize Brooklyn Nets guard and prominent anti-vaxxer Kyrie Irving: “See the Christians say the vaccine the mark of the beast/Then he caught Covid and prayed to Pfizer for relief/Then I caught Covid and started to question Kyrie.” He also references Russian president Vladimir Putin on the same track .
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