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| 아티스트 | 켄드릭 라마 | ||
| 발매 | 2014년 9월 23일 | ||
| 녹음 | 2013~14년 | ||
| 장르 | 힙합, R&B, 펑크 | ||
| 길이 | 3:51 | ||
| 프로듀서 | Rahki | ||
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1. 개요
I love myself!
난 나를 사랑해!
난 나를 사랑해!
2014년 9월 23일 발매된 켄드릭 라마의 노래. 로스앤젤레스 출신 프로듀서 Rahki가 프로듀싱을 맡았다.
공식 뮤직비디오. 앞서 언급했던 로널드 아이즐리[1] 뿐만 아니라 조지클린턴[2] 역시 카메오로 출연했다.
2015년 발매된 앨범 To Pimp A Butterfly에도 수록되어 있으나,[3] 앨범 발매 이전 나왔던 싱글 버전과 앨범 버전은 곡 구성, 가사 등에서 많은 차이를 보인다. 그러나 두 곡 모두 아이즐리 브라더스(The Isley Brothers)의 That Lady를 샘플링으로 하고 있다.[4]
싱글 버전에서는 별도의 다른 사운드 없이 That Lady의 샘플링을 인트로로 쓰고 있으며, 벌스, 훅, 아웃트로가 명확하게 나누어져 있다.
또한 앨범 커버 역시 눈길을 끄는데, 블러즈를 상징하는 빨간색 옷을 입은 사람과 크립스를 상징하는 옷을 입은 사람이 모여서 손으로 하트를 만들고 있다. 이는 블러즈와 크립스 사이의 평화를 원한다는 메세지로 해석되고 있다.
1.1. 가사
| i {{{-1 {{{#000 '(single ver.)'}}}}}} [Intro] This is a world premiere (This is a world premiere) This is a world premiere I done been through a whole lot Trial, tribulation, but I know God Satan wanna put me in a bow tie Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah, yeah As I look around me So many motherfuckers wanna down me But an enemigo never drown me In front of a dirty double-mirror, they found me [Chorus] And I love myself (The world is a ghetto with big guns and picket signs), I love myself (But it can do what it want, whenever it want, I don't mind), I love myself (He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide), I love my, self (One day at a time, sun gon' shine) [Verse 1] Everybody lookin' at you crazy (Crazy) What you gon' do? (What you gon' do?) Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving) Or let the paranoia haunt you? (Haunt you) Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart On my sleeve, let the runway start You know the miserable do love company What do you want from me and my scars? Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence How many times my potential was anonymous? How many times the city making me promises? So I promise this [Chorus] I love myself (The world is a ghetto with big guns and picket signs), I love myself (But it can do what it want whenever it want, I don't mind), I love myself (He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide), I love my, self (One day at a time, sun gon' shine) [Verse 2] They wanna say it's a war outside and a bomb in the street And a gun in the hood, and a mob of police And a rock on the corner, and a line for the fiend And a bottle full of lean, and a model on the scene, yup These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation I duck these cold faces, post up "fi-fie-fo-fum" basis Dreams of reality's peace (Ayy, ayy) Blow steam in the face of the beast The sky could fall down, the wind could cry now The strong in me, I still smile [Chorus] I love myself (The world is a ghetto with big guns and picket signs), I love myself (But it can do what it want, whenever it want, I don't mind), I love myself (He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide), I love my, self (One day at a time, sun gon' shine) [Bridge] Walk my bare feet (Walk my bare feet) Down, down, valley deep (Down, down valley deep, I love myself) Fi-fie-fo-fum (Fi-fie-fo-fum, I love myself) My heart undone (My heart undone, I love myself) [Refrain] The world is a ghetto with big guns and picket signs (I love myself) But it can do what it want, whenever it want, I don't mind (I love myself) He said I gotta get up, life is more than suicide (I love my, self) One day at a time, sun gon' shine (Hold up) [Verse 3] I went to war last night With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic I'ma do it 'til I get it right I went to war last night I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave From a negative and letting them annihilate me And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed Finna run into a building, lay my body in the street Keep my money in the ceiling, let my mama know I'm free Give my story to the children and a lesson they can read And the glory to the feeling of the holy unseen Seen enough, make a motherfucker scream, "I love myself" [Outro] I lost my head I must've misread what the good book said Oh, woes keep me, it's a jungle inside Give myself again 'til the well runs dry (I) [Car Horns] 출처:Genius |
2. 앨범 수록 버전
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| 아티스트 | 켄드릭 라마 |
| 앨범 발매 | 2015년 3월 15일 |
| 수록 앨범 | |
| 장르 | 힙합, R&B, 펑크 |
| 길이 | 5:36 |
| 프로듀서 | Rahki |
| 레이블 | Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope |
앨범의 수록곡 중에서도 핵심이 되는 곡이자 이 앨범에서 가장 긍정적인 메시지를 전하고 있는 곡으로, 훅부터 'I love myself'(난 내 자신을 사랑해)라는 가사가 나온다.
이 곡은 앨범의 프로모 싱글 중 하나인데, 싱글 버전과 앨범에 실린 버전은 다르며, 이 앨범 버전에서는 마치 켄드릭이 라이브 공연을 하는 듯이 진행된다. 또 이 곡이 앨범의 리드싱글로 그래미에서 솔로 랩 상을 탔으나 켄드릭은 엄청난 호평을 받은 전작 good kid, m.A.A.d city가 두 번이나 그래미에 노미네이트 되었으나 무관에 그친 것을 비꼬는 의미로 시상식에 참석하지 않았다.
이 곡에서 켄드릭은 관중들 앞에서 라이브 공연을 하며 자신을 사랑하자는 메시지를 전파하지만 관중들이 논쟁을 벌이며 소란을 일으키자, 켄드릭은 즉석에서 곡의 반주를 끈 후 아카펠라로 프리스타일 랩을 선보인다. 켄드릭은 프리스타일 랩을 하면서 흑인들이 서로 사용하는 N-word라는 단어는 백인들이 사용하던 경멸적인 단어였으며, 이제는 흑인들이 서로를 이르는 단어가 되었지만 여전히 자기비하적 의미도 섞여있다고 설명한다.
이에 켄드릭은 N-word가 그동안 잘못 쓰이고 있었음을 시사하고, 아프리카에 다녀온 후 비로소 느꼈던 'Negus'라는 단어를 다시 정의한다. 그것은 왕을 지칭하는 단어였다고. 이어서 켄드릭이 자기 자신이야말로 진정한 Negus라고 선포하는 것을 마지막으로 노래가 끝이 난다.
싱글 버전 커버에서 부터 알 수 있듯이 블러즈와 크립간의 갈등으로 인해 수많은 흑인들이 지금까지 희생되어 왔으며, 수년의 세월이 지나 많이 나아지긴 했지만, 아직도 갈등의 끝은 보이지 않는 현실을 담은 노래이기에 앨범 버전에서 이러한 구성으로 가는 것은 상당히 인상깊은 진행이다.
2.1. 가사
| i {{{-1 {{{#000 '(album ver.)'}}}}}} [Intro: Kendrick Lamar & Ronald Isley] Is this mic on? (Hey, move this way, this way) Hey, hey, hey, turn the mic up, c'mon, c'mon Is the mic on or not? I want the mic We're bringing up nobody, nobody Nobody but the number one rapper in the world He done traveled all over the world He came back just to give you some game All of the little boys and girls, come up here (Ah, one two, one two, what's happening, fool?) Come right here, this is for you, come on up I done been through a whole lot (Kendrick Lamar) Trial, tribulation, but I know God The Devil wanna put me in a bow tie (Make some noise, brother) Pray that the holy water don't go dry, yeah, yeah As I look around me So many motherfuckers wanna down me But enemigo never drown me In front of a dirty double-mirror they found me [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] And I love my (I love myself) Huh, when you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see? (I love myself) Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli' (I love myself) Uh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy, don't seem shy (I love myself) One day at a time, huh [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] They wanna say it's a war outside, bomb in the street Gun in the hood, mob of police Rock on the corner with a line for the fiend And a bottle full of lean and a model on the scheme, uh These days of frustration keep y'all on tuck and rotation (Come to the front, yeah) I duck these cold faces, post up fi-fie-fo-fum basis Dreams of reality's peace (Oh, yeah) Blow steam in the face of the beast Sky could fall down, wind could cry now Look at me, motherfucker, I smile [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] And I love my (I love myself) Uh, and when you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see? (I love myself) Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the poli' (I love myself) Uh, illuminated— All y'all come to the front, y'all come up to the front (I love myself) Baby, what about you? Come on [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] (Crazy, what you gon' do?) Lift up your head and keep moving (Keep moving), turn the mic up (Haunt you) Peace to fashion police, I wear my heart On my sleeve, let the runway start You know the miserable do love company What do you want from me and my scars? Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence How many times my potential was anonymous? How many times the city making me promises? So I promise this, nigga [Chorus: Kendrick Lamar] (I love myself) Uh, and when you lookin' at me, ah, tell me what do you see? (I love myself) Ahh, I put a bullet in the back of the back of the head of the bully (I love myself) Huh, illuminated by the hand of God, boy don't seem shy (I love myself) [Bridge: Kendrick Lamar] Huh (Walk my bare feet), huh (Walk my bare feet) Huh (Down, down valley deep), huh (Down, down valley deep) (I love myself) Huh (Fi-fie-fo-fum), huh (Fi-fie-fo-fum) (I love myself) Huh (My heart undone), one, two, three [Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar] I went to war last night With an automatic weapon, don't nobody call a medic I'ma do it 'til I get it right (Oh, no) I went to war last night (Night, night, night, night, woo) I've been dealing with depression ever since an adolescent Duckin' every other blessin', I can never see the message I could never take the lead, I could never bob and weave From a negative and letting them annihilate me And it's evident I'm moving at a meteor speed Finna run into a building, lay my body— [Spoken Interlude: Kendrick Lamar] (*Offstage argument*) Ayy, hold on, woah, woah, stop all this Not on my, not while I'm up here Not on my time, kill the music, not on my time We could save that shit for the streets We could save that shit, this for the kids, bro 2015, niggas tired of playin' victim, dog Niggas ain't trying to play vic—, TuTu, how many niggas we done lost? How many—, Yan-Yan, how many we lost? No, for real, answer the que—, how many niggas we done lost, bro? This—, this year alone Exactly, so we—, we ain't got time to waste time, my nigga Niggas gotta make time, bro The judge make time, you know that, the judge make time, right? The judge make time so it ain't shit It shouldn't be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dog On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro You know that Right, it's man—, it's mando, right, it's mando And I s—, and I—, and I—, and I say this because I, I love you niggas, man I love all my niggas, bro Exac—, enough said, enough said And we gon' get back to the show and move on, because that shit petty, my nigga Mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check, mic check We gon' do some acapella shit before we get back to, a— All my niggas listen, listen to this: [Outro: Kendrick Lamar] I promised Dave I'd never use the phrase "fuck nigga" He said, "Think about what you saying: 'Fuck niggas' No better than Samuel on the Django No better than a white man with slave boats" Sound like I needed some soul searching My pops gave me some game in real person Retraced my steps on what they never taught me Did my homework fast before government caught me So I'ma dedicate this one verse to Oprah On how the infamous, sensitive N-word control us So many artists gave her an explanation to hole us Well, this is my explanation straight from Ethiopia N-E-G-U-S definition: royalty; king royalty - wait, listen N-E-G-U-S description: black emperor, king, ruler, now let me finish The history books overlooked the word and hide it America tried to make it to a house divided The homies don't recognize we been using it wrong So I'ma break it down and put my game in a song N-E-G-U-S, say it with me, or say it no more Black stars can come and get me Take it from Oprah Winfrey, tell her she right on time Kendrick Lamar, by far, realest Negus alive 출처:Genius |
3. 성적
| [[RIAA| | 미국 내 판매량 1,000,000 단위 이상 |
발매 뒤 빌보드 핫 100에서 39위로 데뷔하는 등 성적도 나쁘지 않았으며, 영국에서는 실버(Silver)를 기록하기도 했다. 또한 2015 그래미 어워드 Best Rap Performance와 Best Rap Song 부문에서 수상하기도 했다.
4. 기타
- 2014년 NBA 공식 노래로 선정되기도 했다.