What is the meaning behind “Watch my soul speak, you let the meds talk, ayy If I kill a nigga, it won’t be the alcohol, ayy I’m the realest nigga after all”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar
- by imrk
- March 25, 2023
Hip-hop has a long standing relationship with drug use that has become fixated on prescription medications, namely codeine , Xanax and Percocet . However, K.Dot doesn’t rely on any substances to make meaningful music. Kendrick has long promoted sobriety—on 2010’s “H.O.C.,” he rapped: I go in studio sessions and feel like a nerd ‘Cause I’m the only nigga there not smoking no herb You telling me the kush make you think on level four? I’m on five, you saying that I can level more? The line “It won’t be the alcohol” likely means that Kendrick doesn’t need alcohol to “kill” someone, whether he means it literally or metaphorically.