Lyrical Interpretation of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘***** Don’t Kill My Vibe’ (‘Clodpate, Dostn’t Kill My Vibe’)
Interpretation of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘***** Don’t Kill My Vibe’, titled ‘Clodpate, Dostn’t Kill My Vibe’
By V. Birchwood
Music to go with the lyrics:
https://youtu.be/CL5m4MidQwE
I am a sinner
and shall probably sin again
Lord, thou forgivest me!
Lord, thou forgivest me!
There is much I fail to understand
Sometimes I need to be alone with thee
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
I can sense thine energy from two heavens away
I am with my ale, I'm with my music, I would share it but today I am yelling
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
If thou look'st inside of my soul thou mightst find gold and maybe get rich
Look'st inside of thy soul and thou canst find it ne'er exist
I can feel the movements
I can feel a new life
God toldeth me life can be dangerous
I can say I accept a challenge and thou proclaimest it be painless
Thou dostn't know what pain is
How can I paint this reverie
When the foolish eyes are hanging with thee?
Fell to my face and awoke with a scar
Another mistake liveth deep in my heart
Wear it above my doublet in a flick
I can admit that it did look like thine
Why dost thou resent every making of his?
When he thinketh thy purpose is petty again
Even a small, hot flame canst burn a bridge
Even a small, hot flame canst burn a bridge
I can feel the betrayal
I can feel the new men 'round me just want to be royal
Thou canst see that my village found me and placed me on stages
To me that is amazement
To thee that is a praise, with all disrespect allow me to say this
I am a sinner
And shall probably sin again
Lord, thou forgivest me!
Lord, thou forgivest me!
There is much I fail to understand
Sometimes I need to be alone with thee
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
I can sense thine energy from two heavens away
I am with my ale, I'm with my music, I would share it but today I am yelling
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
I am attempting to keep thee alive and not compromise, feeling of thy love
Thou art trying to keep it deprived and only co-sign what the minstrel does
And I am glancing past thee
We reside in a realm, we reside in a realm with two different decrees
Thou livest in a realm, thou art living behind thy putrid reflection
I know thou art scared of the feeling of righteous confession
God's forgiveness is vital, I know thee hadst to
God's forgiveness is vital, I know thee hadst to
Diest in a pitiful vain, speakest a sundial and a stand
Is far more believable, God gift thee a feasible gain
Rather than a sinful name, I shall let the people know, something thou shalt not blame
On thyselves, thou canst remain, stuck in a box
But I shall break out and then hide every lock
I shall break out and then hide every lock
I can feel the betrayal
I can feel the new men 'round me just want to be royal
Thou canst see that my village found me and placed me on stages
To me that is amazement
To thee that is a praise, with all disrespect allow me to say this
I am a sinner
And shall probably sin again
Lord, thou forgivest me!
Lord, thou forgivest me!
There is much I fail to understand
Sometimes I need to be alone with thee
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
I can sense thine energy from two heavens away
I am with my ale, I'm with my music, I would share it but today I am yelling
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Thou heardst not a confession as this in a long time
See'st thee that fine line?
And they are biding on God on the first and fifteenth
Forgiveness in the air I can see thou art in sync
Hide thy feelings, hide thy feelings, what else shalt thee do?
Seduce the King's companion and try to take thy rule?
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Thou walkst down the cobbles and scream thou art alive
My new year's confession is to stop thy tempted accession
Thou dost speak too much
I am with my ale, I am with my music,
I do say clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe
Clodpate dostn't kill my vibe