The Most Important Song on DAMN (PRIDE Analysis)
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- DAMN is a very complex album as all Kendrick Lamar albums are, and in this video, I explain, analyze, and breakdown track 7, PRIDE, and how it fits into the meaning of DAMN. This isn't a copy paste of a wikipedia description, or reading the genius breakdowns, but my own personal analysis of the song and what it means.
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SOURCES:
1. www.openbible.info/topics/pride
2. www.crossway.org/articles/10-...
3. genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-pri...
4. My brain
RESOURCES:
1. PRIDE by @kendricklamar
2. N95 Music Video by @kendricklamar
3. Count me out music video by @kendricklamar
This song, called "PRIDE," sounds laid back and "humble," while "HUMBLE" sounds very aggressive and "prideful."
Good observation!
to me they seem like polar opposites, with Pride being slow and deep, and Humble being fast and a little less meangingful, but i think that’s what Kendrick was going for.
@@SwagathûnTheDripQueenthats what most the album is, love and lust, blood and dna, xxx and fear, God and duckworth, yah and element, and feel and loyalty, all polar opposites of eachother, in a list of wickedness and weakness. for example, pride is weakness, humble is wickedness, blooad weakness, dna wickedness, love weakness, lust wickedness. this is part of the reason why this album is often referred to as the best lyrical/ storytelling album, as when its played, the story together is kendrick slowly turning to God, weakness (his current life. In the collectors edition, the album is reversed order and tells a story of kendrick turning from God into a life of crime and death (what he fears wouldve happened if his father [ducky] never helped that guy at the kfc [top dawg], as told in duckworth)
From PRIDE. to HUMBLE. is a transition of weakness.
From HUMBLE. to PRIDE. is a transition of wickedness.
whenever one talks about their own pride, they come off as humble, whenever one mentions how humble they are, it comes off as prideful
Words cannot describe the tragic yet beautiful feeling I get every time I listen to this song.
FEEL gives me similar vibes, I'm thinking about making another video on that or FEAR
@@drxzi1fear has a lot more tbh but either one would be great
Fear has more in terms of stuff to breakdown but FEEL has more in emotional depth
@@drxzi1 agreed entirely
@@drxzi1Feel is an amazing song probably the best on Damn imo
PRIDE, XXX and FEAR are the holy trinity in DAMN
Replace XXX with DUCKWORTH and i'd agree. Don't get me wrong, I love XXX, but the meaning of DUCKWORTH triumphs XXX.
@@protoberserk1352 Nah
@@okuhle1711 I agree with the other guy. XXX is quite literally my favorite song on the album but DUCKWORTH is better for the meaning and what is adds to the album
@@okuhle1711 DUCKWORTH is the throughline of the entire album, it's what makes the narritive of DAMN so interesting
you mean duckworth, fear and feel?
I think Kendrick presents pride as a choice, as in the deluxe edition of pride, kendrick choses pride, and the line ‘pride’s gonna be the death of you’ becomes a reality. However in the normal version of pride, he choses against pride, and is rewarded with it by not dying, and not having his father killed in duckworth.
It’s crazy this album has this much depth that is still being discovered 8 years after its release
I listened to this song hundreds of times, and STILL gained some perspective from your way of deciphering this song. Much Respect for your love of the culture.
Thank you, I do the best I can :)
Low key I want you to do a full breakdown of your favorite album (favorite rap and favorite over all then maybe a review
@@marcelharris6541 I started writing a analysis for a song on TPAB but its impossible to do one in isolation because of how interconnected the songs are. Definitely want to do that at some point but it will take a while to do it.
dude these lyrics give me a really visceral feeling
Maybe I wasn’t thereeeeeeeeeeeeee 🥲🥲
My favourite part of the song
Then the back up sing in the background adds so much emotion
@@prodsage2719 Anna Wise and Kendrick is confirmed Grammys. Her band has great songs too. Steve lacy strings too :)
@@drxzi1 in another life i surely was THEREeeeEEEEEEEEE
i really messed with this bruh gave me a completely different outlook to how i casually listen to ut
Thanks 🙏
None of these meanings are confirmed or anything, they all come from my thoughts no genius annotations here haha
the most complete song ever existed
The DAMN album is masterpeice, every song has a purpose. with FEEL, PRIDE, and FEAR all are so heartbreaking to me
did you know the songs in the album are all opposites of eachother? pride and humble, love and lust, blood and dna, xxx and fear, God and duckworth, yah and element, and feel and loyalty, all polar opposites of eachother, in a list of weakness, wickedness, weakness, wickedness, and so on. For example, pride is weakness, humble is wickedness, blooad weakness, dna wickedness, love weakness, lust wickedness. this is part of the reason why this album is often referred to as the best lyrical/ storytelling album, as when its played, the story together is kendrick slowly turning to God, weakness (his current life. In the collectors edition, the album is reversed order and tells a story of kendrick turning from God into a life of crime and death. Whcih is what he fears wouldve happened if his father (ducky) never helped that guy at the kfc (top dawg), as told in duckworth.
@@babyraven521 I do know I watched a video by tennis Tom who has an hour long deep dive on it
This is objectively why kendrick is better than drake, he can make hit songs just like drake, but drake will never touch this level of depth in his music like kendrick.
You are really underrated. You‘re editing and you‘re perspective and opinions are really good. You have potential. 🙏
Thanks really appreciate it ❤️
At 6:36 I"ve heard people say that by saying indigenous disposition kendrick says that a perfect world would not be perfect as us humans are not perfect in nature so putting us in a perfect world would be indigenous disposition. This would also make sense because of the next thing he says which is ¨feel like we belong here¨ saying that humans feel like they belong in this imperfect world as they are not perfect themselves
Good ideas
Bros editing is crazy how is he not famous
This song helped me go from a selfish mf to a better person. It helped me see the vision.
This song fucks me up everytime I listen to it.
This song always makes me feel like sitting in the passenger seat of a car driving out of a dimly lit urban tunnel endlessly.
I appreciate your analysis and the effort to put this out despite the song being about for years now.
EDIT: After finishing the video, you've earned my subscription.
Thank you!
I think the song Fear was the one that stood out to me because is very relatable speaking as a 17 year old many fears Kendrick speaks about are real things me too I contemplate but the key to overcoming fear is not dwelling on it but see it as a cloud passing by. Love your videos man keep it up ❤
This dude criminally underrated
This dude needs more likes and subscribers
I agree!
A lot of people are not ready for this man. Those that know, know
Crazy how listening to PRIDE made me feel so deep that i thought about my gramps passing away at the perfect time for him, but before he could try any of the recipes I've mastered (i didn't like sharing my skills before). So now he'll never now how i season my foods, but am grateful i got to see the man eat contently.
I think Pride is an important song but imo DAMN just doesn’t work as an album without DUCKWORTH and FEAR. so I think those are the main three that create the albums story
That's fair, it was mostly for the title lol
@@drxzi1 lol then fair game
I agree I feel like fear and pride are necessary but without Duckworth we wouldn’t understand the entire album
@@zaidalkhatib3918 yeah and maybe Blood
@@Starry31 oh ya I forgot abt blood
Love the video man keep it up and this effort will definitely pay off
this style of video is so cool! keep it up man
This is one of the best music analysis I've seen, great job bro
Thanks!
This is truly one of the most beautiful videos i’ve ever seen. I subscribed just because how beautiful the formatting and video idea was.
Thanks so much ❤️
pride beeing place it right at the middle of the album just show us that this is the core and central reason for all his lifts and falls
here before this blows up
this is amazing content keep up the great stuff love what you are putting out!
This is an amazing breakdown bro. 💪🏽
very underrated video. the view you have on this song and the meaning behind it is very unique
since it's release I have been waiting for a analysis of this song
I could watch you explain every song ever made with no breaks, instant sub
Glad to hear that, working on the next one now!
Beautiful work!!! Please continue this style
This helped me understand this song so much better, thank you so much!! 💗
I love this bro, I’ve been wanting to make musical analysis videos but wasn’t too sure about it this has inspired me and I think I am going to follow through.
Do it! Lmk when you do I’ll watch
This video is so well made, keep it up
Amazing break down of my favorite song on the album!!!
until the end i really thought youre sum huge youtuber that makes those vids alot, then i got bummed when i saw you have under 1000 subs??? keep making that shit and never stop. fucking loved it.
Thank you!
You did a great job, man. Keep up the good work 👍🏽
Aye man you killed this. Great job keep shit going.
The edited vids are SO much better, this was fire
I love this! Please do the rest of the album, like the message in Lust and Fear!
Wow. What a breakdown. Didn't expect to see things I didn't think about but this opemee up so many new layers to the project. All I can say...... Damn
bro this was one of the best analysises ive ever seen in my life i whould like to see you doing one about instotutionalized
Noted!
so proud to see you doing so well bub! i wholeheartedly believe you can make it as a youtuber, just keep doin what you’re doin
Thanks so much!
This was amazing bro keep it up
You truly deserve more subscribers, this was beautiful
Thank you so much ❤️
PRIDE is my fav song on the album and thanks for braking ir down i already know smt but thanks keep it up
Love this video would love this in podcast format
Great video and great editing!
my brother just got into kendrick so im def sending it to him bc its so good!!! i really enjoyed ur vid, the editing was really clean and personally i dont mind waiting a while for the next video if this is the quality :)
Thanks! Yeah with these videos it’s tough to work on them consistently i’ve started probably about 3 different ones but I was forcing it to try and get one out, but I don’t want to have bad analysis. I’m really hoping the get another one out by the end of the week though
This was an absolutely insane video, this easily deserves way more likes. Be ambitious and do not stop until you have found your true happiness. God bless❤
Please make more videos like this this was awesome
Thank you for this video. I am a very devoted christian now but there was a time when I first heard this song way back in 2017 in the midst of a dark depression, i had lost my faith and was consumed by my own desires aka pride. Its tough to listen to this song honestly because the lyrics spoke so deep to me I basically lived by that song at that time. Now i live in a much better position in life, much harder yes, much more responsibilities yes, much more people to worry about yes, no more time for me anymore yes, completely different perspective in life yes, constantly stressed and no sleep yes. But i would take all this over what i was back in 2017 anyday. Anyways, thanks for reading bro, keep up the excelent content, i subbed
The fact you have such a strong connection I think is exactly what Kendrick hopes in making his music, glad to see you are doing better ❤️
I saw this on my home page, and it was definitely worth the watch! I'd be interested in watching a similar breakdown on Money Trees or whatever song you think is most important on that album.
Keep up the great work! You just got another subscriber 😊
Thanks for watching and subscribing! This was my first video in this sort of style of editing so the next one I make when it comes out should be better. For the next one, my current ideas were FEEL or FEAR but I’ll check out Money Trees as well!
@@drxzi1do feel
Subscribed! Love the video man.❤
Thank you so much! ❤️
This gave me a new perspective on this track. Good job.
Thanks!
Yoo, this was a real good analysis
Thanks ❤️
You're so good. thank you for analyzing
No, thank you for watching!
This song taught me how to articulate my emotions and this video helped with understanding the song more
W video
I don’t know what it is about this song but I’ve listened to DAMN so many times, every time I get stuck on this song, it makes me get chills hearing the “sick venom” line and I have no idea why it affects me like this. Great video man you made me feel how I do when I listen it.
Bro you aced this breakdown,let me hit the subscribe button
insane, i love this!! (i would def kill to see you talk about tyler the creator or others songs from damn or even a longer video on a whole album )
this is one of my fav kendrick songs
ONLY 500 FOLLOWERS?! Glad to say I was here from the start bro 🙌🙌
I only had about 150 when this video came out, thanks for following 🙏
This was amazing , please make more videos like this . Fear
Okay buddy, BAM. Here’s my subscription, keep making this good ass content ❤
Thanks!
You are the goat nice hardwork and god bless
God bless 🙏
loved the vid man
Thanks! ❤️
Analysis giving me goosebumps
How is this not more popular, anyway I would love to see more Kendrick stuff im a big fan of his so this video did me good 👍
amazing video keep doing ur shi bro
Great video, I was entertained throughout.
Thanks!
And there’s something you didn’t say that it’s probably one of the most important lines. When Kendrick says “in a perfect world, I would be perfect, world”. If you give a double thought to that line you understand that Kendrick is that pride that he thinks he’s not perfect just because the world isn’t perfect. That’s the perfect example of him showing his pride.
Amazing 🔥
Fantastic video man! I thought you had at least 100k subs from the insane quality, you deserve more recognition! A video on fear would be amazing i think
Thanks! Lots of suggestions for FEAR it may not be the next video but I will do it soon!
My Man ! I taught you were in the millions becuse of the quality of your videos, but you are just 1000?!?! Man how can you not be ín the millions, you worth more! (Sorry for my bad english, im from hungary😢)
incredible vid thought you would have 500.000 subs
keep up the good work
Thanks!
Great video!
Thanks! ❤️
I like to think the same way he calls out those in power making a world filled with lies, he does the same when he talks about what he would do in a perfect world. He’s no different at making hopeful promises that we know won’t be realized, further adding to the themes of pride.
Fire, this is hella underrated
This was amazing
This is the song that made me idolize Kendrick. PRIDE is really that song for me.
amazing vid bro keep it up❤❤
Thanks!
Fantastic 👏
I actually cry to this song, it has such a impactful meaning and sounds amazing
A video analysis to my all time favorite Kendrick Lamar song? Ahhh yesss I am so readu
Hope you enjoyed
i started to watch your videos and really help me to learn English (I speak Spanish) thanksss :D
PS: I love Kendrick Lamar, very great explication
Hablo un poco de español (idk if that’s even right). That’s really cool I actually have a speech impediment so I never would’ve thought someone would learn english from me haha
This was fire bro
Do n95 please❤
Do more of these mate
Damn brother that was a NICE review
Thanks!
you absolutely nailed it, also s/o the english teachers who taught us media literacy
PRIDE. is my absolute favorite song by kendrick. sure, there are more hype ones, and more memorable ones, but this song resonates with me on a whole other level.
Great content
Thanks!
"In another life I surely was there" to me always sounded to me like he missed something very important in somebody else's life that he is trying to console himself about, or "maybe I wasn't there" being him accepting it
Bruh you're really smart ...i hope your channel take off
Thanks 🙏
Im not exagerating when i say that i feel like crying when that "'yawn" plays on the first seconds of the song. God bless kendrick, because, damn
amazing video, very underated.
Thanks!
Very few people are as intelligent and self aware as Kendrick
To be so self aware to know your own flaws in such detail and actively do good but understand no one is perfect
But to also use that and make it into a piece of perfect poetry is beautiful