Look Over Your Shoulder (2020).
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My focus hold these thoughts and dreams
Control this pen (look over your shoulder)
Boldest lines in rhymes and things
Devote my time and mind it seems
Supposed to shine, remind I'm king
Provoke the blind and bomb the fiends
The pro's the con's, the diamond rings
The forward time, but I'ma bring
The soul divine and cross between
What's your's and mine's, the gold, the green
The roads that show just what it mean
That grabbed Shakur and by the wing
And fly before my vocal scream
— Kendrick Lamar
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My focus hold these thoughts and dreams
Control this pen (look over your shoulder)
Boldest lines in rhymes and things
Devote my time and mind it seems
Supposed to shine, remind I'm king
Provoke the blind and bomb the fiends
The pro's the con's, the diamond rings
The forward time, but I'ma bring
The soul divine and cross between
What's your's and mine's, the gold, the green
The roads that show just what it mean
That grabbed Shakur and by the wing
And fly before my vocal scream" in the context of "Look Over Your Shoulder (2020)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Kendrick Lamar" (Song lyrics: All lyrics written by Kendrick Lamar., Guest verses)
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About Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (b. 17 June 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. In 2018, he became the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
About Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (b. 17 June 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. In 2018, he became the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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