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| 2 | For Free? (Interlude) | 2:10 | |
| 3 | King Kunta | 3:54 | |
| 4 | Institutionalized | 4:31 | |
| 5 | These Walls | 5:00 | |
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| 7 | Alright | 3:39 | |
| 8 | For Sale? (Interlude) | 4:51 | |
| 9 | Momma | 4:43 | |
| 10 | Hood Politics | 4:52 | |
| 11 | How Much A Dollar Cost | 4:21 | |
| 12 | Complexion (A Zulu Love) | 4:23 | |
| 13 | The Blacker The Berry | 5:28 | |
| 14 | You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) | 4:01 | |
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| <colbgcolor=#b4b2b3,#b4b2b3><colcolor=#000,#000> Complexion (A Zulu Love) | |
| 수록 앨범 | |
| 장르 | 컨셔스 힙합 |
| 길이 | 4:23 |
| 작사 | Duckworth • Bruner • Spears • Marlanna Evans |
| 프로듀서 | Thundercat • Sounwave • Martin • The Antydote |
1. 개요
2015년에 발매된 켄드릭 라마의 앨범 To Pimp A Butterfly의 12번 트랙.2. 상세
켄드릭은 'How Much A Dollar Cost'에서의 경험을 바탕으로 이 곡에서 노예들을 통제하려면 노예 사이의 차이를 강조하여 일부러 서로 분쟁을 일으키라고 주장했던 것으로 유명한 노예주 윌리 린치를 언급하며 피부색이 밝건 어둡건 간에 모든 사람을 사랑해야 한다는 'Zulu Love'를 흑인들에게 설파한다.켄드릭에 이어서 랩소디는 노예 12년을 시작으로 영화 등 대중 매체를 인용해 메세지를 전달한다. 조지 루카스의 스타워즈와 다스 베이더를 언급하는데, 많은 사람들이 알다시피 아나킨 스카이워커는 자신 속의 어두운 측면으로 인해 끝내 다스 베이더로 타락하고 말았다. 그러나 이 곡은 자신의 어두운 측면까지 포용하고, 더 넓은 시야를 가지고 컴튼 뿐만이 아닌 사회 전체에 만연한 분쟁을 걱정하는 모습을 보인다. 또한 JAY-Z와 비욘세, 버스타 라임즈를 언급하며 이들이 이전까지 부정적으로만 여겨지던 흑인 문화의 산물들을 긍정적인 이미지로 바꾼 것을 언급하고, 마지막으로 어쩌면 다음 제임스 본드는 흑인이 될지도 모른다며 인종을 초월해 점차 하나가 되어가는 문화를 설명한다.
3. 가사
||<tablebgcolor=#fff,#1c1d1f><tablecolor=#000,#ddd><tablebordercolor=#000,#b4b2b3><tablealign=center><tablewidth=650> Complexion (A Zulu Love)
[Intro: Pete Rock]
I'm with this
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Uh, dark as the midnight hour or bright as the mornin' sun
Give a fuck about your complexion, I know what the Germans done
Sneak (Dissin')
Sneak me through the back window, I’m a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master listenin', cover your ears, he 'bout to mention
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Uh, dark as the midnight hour, or bright as the mornin' sun
Brown skinned, but your blue eyes tell me your mama can't run
Sneak (Dissin')
Sneak me through the back window, I’m a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master's listenin', I got the world's attention
So I'ma say somethin' that's vital and critical for survival
Of mankind, a feline color should never rival
Beauty is what you make it, I used to be so mistaken
By different shades of faces
Then Whit' told me, "A woman is woman, love the creation"
It all came from God, then you was my confirmation
I came to where you reside
And looked around to see more sights for sore eyes
Let the Willie Lynch theory reverse a million times with...
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Interlude: JaVonté & Kendrick Lamar]
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
(Where the homegirl Rapsody at?
I need you to speak your mind real quick, loved one!)
[Verse 3: Rapsody]
Let me talk my Stu Scott, 'scuse me on my 2Pac
Keep your head up when the juice stop, loving thy
Color of your skin? Color of your eyes
That's the real blues, baby, like you met Jay's baby, uh
You blew me away, you think more beauty in blue, green and grey
All my solemn men up north, twelve years a slave
Twelve years of age, thinkin' my shade too dark
I love myself, I no longer need Cupid
Enforcin' my dark side like a young George Lucas
Light don't mean you smart, bein' dark don't make you stupid
And frame of mind for them bustas, ain't talkin' "Woo-hah!"
Need a paradox for the pair of doc's they tutored
Like two Todd's, L-L, you lose two times
If you don't see you beautiful in your complexion
It ain't complex to put it in context
Find the air beneath the kite, that's the context
Yeah, baby, I'm conscious, ain't no contest
If you like it, I love it, all your earth tones been blessed
Ain't no stress, jiggaboos wanna be
I ain't talkin' Jay, I ain't talkin' Bey
I'm talkin' days we got school watchin' movie screens
And spike your self-esteem
The new James Bond gon' be black as me
Black as brown, hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea
And it's all beautiful to me
Call your brothers magnificent, call all the sisters queens
We all on the same team, blues and pirus, know colors ain't a thing
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
Barefoot babies with no care
Teenage gun toters that don't play fair, should I get out the car?
I don't see Compton, I see something much worse
The land of the landmines, the hell that's on earth ||
[Intro: Pete Rock]
I'm with this
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Uh, dark as the midnight hour or bright as the mornin' sun
Give a fuck about your complexion, I know what the Germans done
Sneak (Dissin')
Sneak me through the back window, I’m a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master listenin', cover your ears, he 'bout to mention
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Uh, dark as the midnight hour, or bright as the mornin' sun
Brown skinned, but your blue eyes tell me your mama can't run
Sneak (Dissin')
Sneak me through the back window, I’m a good field nigga
I made a flower for you outta cotton just to chill with you
You know I'd go the distance, you know I'm ten toes down
Even if master's listenin', I got the world's attention
So I'ma say somethin' that's vital and critical for survival
Of mankind, a feline color should never rival
Beauty is what you make it, I used to be so mistaken
By different shades of faces
Then Whit' told me, "A woman is woman, love the creation"
It all came from God, then you was my confirmation
I came to where you reside
And looked around to see more sights for sore eyes
Let the Willie Lynch theory reverse a million times with...
[Chorus: Pete Rock]
Complexion (Two-step)
Complexion don't mean a thing (It's a Zulu love)
Ooh, complexion (Two-step)
It all feels the same (It's a Zulu love)
[Interlude: JaVonté & Kendrick Lamar]
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
You like it, I love it
(Where the homegirl Rapsody at?
I need you to speak your mind real quick, loved one!)
[Verse 3: Rapsody]
Let me talk my Stu Scott, 'scuse me on my 2Pac
Keep your head up when the juice stop, loving thy
Color of your skin? Color of your eyes
That's the real blues, baby, like you met Jay's baby, uh
You blew me away, you think more beauty in blue, green and grey
All my solemn men up north, twelve years a slave
Twelve years of age, thinkin' my shade too dark
I love myself, I no longer need Cupid
Enforcin' my dark side like a young George Lucas
Light don't mean you smart, bein' dark don't make you stupid
And frame of mind for them bustas, ain't talkin' "Woo-hah!"
Need a paradox for the pair of doc's they tutored
Like two Todd's, L-L, you lose two times
If you don't see you beautiful in your complexion
It ain't complex to put it in context
Find the air beneath the kite, that's the context
Yeah, baby, I'm conscious, ain't no contest
If you like it, I love it, all your earth tones been blessed
Ain't no stress, jiggaboos wanna be
I ain't talkin' Jay, I ain't talkin' Bey
I'm talkin' days we got school watchin' movie screens
And spike your self-esteem
The new James Bond gon' be black as me
Black as brown, hazelnut, cinnamon, black tea
And it's all beautiful to me
Call your brothers magnificent, call all the sisters queens
We all on the same team, blues and pirus, know colors ain't a thing
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
Barefoot babies with no care
Teenage gun toters that don't play fair, should I get out the car?
I don't see Compton, I see something much worse
The land of the landmines, the hell that's on earth ||
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