Real

About Real

This song denotes an incredibly important realization that Kendrick Lamar has felt. The song as a whole stresses the importance of loving yourself (and how this is a necessary component of having some of the powerful insight that Kendrick describes throughout the album). Notice how much lower, more controlled, and more mature Kendrick’s vocals sound on this song, as opposed to the higher, cracking voices he employed on the songs before (such as the immature anthem “Backseat Freestyle”), or the urgent tone used on “m. .

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About this song

Credited to

Kendrick Lamar, Anna Wise

Album

good kid, m.A.A.d city · Track 11 of 13

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

7:23

On Last.fm

571,208 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: good kid, m.A.A.d city