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Riff: Kendrick Lamar – “Black Boy Fly”

Oct 23, 2012

I used to be jealous of Arron Afflalo/ He was the one to follow/He was the only leader for seeing a brighter tomorrow

from Black Boy Fly lyrics by Kendrick Lamar

Anytime you mention Arron Afflalo you’re going to automatically win points with the basketball heads. But on a larger scale “Black Boy Fly” talks about how fellow natives of Compton have escaped the trappings of a city still plagued by crime. Not many options out there, so Kendrick pays respect.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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