Kendrick Lamar returned on Friday (May 13) with his Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers double-album and on part two’s “Savior,” he made sure to touch on COVID-19 and those heavily skeptical of taking the vaccine throughout the ongoing pandemic.
K. Dot addresses Christians not taking the vaccine over religious beliefs and then admits he got COVID and started to question Kyrie Irving, who is the Brooklyn Nets star that refused to get vaccinated and essentially became the face of the anti-vaccine movement as a self-proclaimed martyr and “voice of the voiceless.”
“Seen a Christian say the vaccine mark of the beast/Then he caught COVID and prayed to Pfizer for relief/Then I caught COVID and started to question Kyrie/Will I stay organic or hurt in this bed for two weeks?” he raps on the second verse.
Irving couldn’t play in Nets’ home games at the Barclays Center without being vaccinated due to New York City law until the public mandate was lifted in late March. Kyrie is likely to opt-out of his contract and look for a max deal from Brooklyn unless he wants to test NBA free agency.
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The vaccine debate shows the disconnect currently going on in American society, which is a major theme on “Savior.” Kendrick Lamar teams with his cousin Baby Keem and singer Sam Dew, where he dives into other political and racial issues throughout the part two standout track, but he wants listers to know that sports and rap heroes like himself, LeBron James, Future and J. Cole are “not your saviors.”
Hes not dissing Kyrie. He’s actually calling out people who form beliefs and values based on celebrities. If you question Kyrie after catching Covid, it implies that you are unvaccinated because of Kyrie’s beliefs, not your own. Kyrie is not a savior, it’s not his fault that you didn’t get vaccinated. This goes along with the therapy theme because the first step in therapy is typically to write down your core values and beliefs. If you live by your core values, you will be more equipped in dealing with hard times, rather than looking to celebrities for an answer.
I stand with Kyree. Fuck a vax. The shit is ridiculous the way we are being divided over our own personal opinion.
cool, he’s a woke liberal. this album is trash. no one besides 40+ yr old “hip hop heads” will listen to this in a month
40+ yr old “hip hop heads”. Sounds like a young metrosexual individual that doesn’t understand that much of the “music” that is unfortunately classified as hip-hop today is not actual hip-hop. And hip-hop has always been “woke” and “liberal” for the four decades I’ve been involved in the industry. Maybe real hip-hip isn’t for you.
This must be that weirdo President of TDE Punch , always feels the need to respond to everything someone says about TDE instead of worrying about the fact that we know your cheating on your wife Carrie with Lyric Michelle , love to make racist underhanded comments, threaten people and are grotesquely obese , pull it together champ , you should be worried about that horrble group you just put out of rappers with bad voices, mundane flows and weak soundalike production. I predict you and your Big Gangster CEO will eventually be Rico also know it all. You and Your Blood relatives always trying to intimidate people .People talk and artist talk.People right under your nose .Worry about that champ your circle aint tight
This must be that weirdo President of TDE Punch , always feels the need to respond to everything someone says about TDE instead of worrying about the fact that we know your cheating on your wife Carrie with Lyric Michelle , love to make racist underhanded comments, threaten people and are grotesquely obese , pull it together champ , you should be worried about that horrble group you just put out of rappers with bad voices, mundane flows and weak soundalike production. I predict you and your Big Gangster CEO will eventually be Rico also know it all. You and Your Blood relatives always trying to intimidate people .People talk and artist talk.People right under your nose .Worry about that champ your circle aint tight
This must be President of TDE Punch , always feels the need to respond to everything someone says about TDE instead of worrying about rumors of cheating on your wife with Lyric Michelle , Your racist underhanded comments, threatening people ,pull it together champ , you should be worried about that horrble group you just put out of rappers with bad voices, mundane flows and weak soundalike production. .People talk and artist talk.People right under your nose .Worry about that champ your circle aint tight
How has hiphop always been liberal loo? Eazy e was a republican, Nas and Jay were… big hiphop stars can pretend to be “liberal”, but fact is 99% are sellouts to the same guys intentionally screwing over and oppressing people from all walks of life.
Everything don’t need to be addressed
This isn’t really addressing Kyrie. It’s more so showing how people form their opinions, change their minds, and don’t know who or what to believe in.
It’s not a diss or a slight. Just about human nature.