Kendrick Lamars Positive Influence Through His Song “Swimming Pools”

Jacob Standage Daniel Hogan English 99 5 November 2012 Swimming Pools by Kendrick Lamar umpteen battalion listen and like music just for the rhythm or the flow, only not many heap realize what kind of a message close to of these artists are trying to send to society with their lyrics. Kendrick Lamar or K-dot, the lyrical genius of todays rap culture, is angiotensin-converting enzyme of my all- snip favorite artists in hip-hop and is virtuoso of the rappers that send these messages to their audience.Recently, oneness of K-dots popular new singles swimming pools got released rapidly end-to-end the world. This single impacted society positively reanimate teenagers and anyone else with a family fraction that has swallow problems to convey through it and to never submit up by relating himself in that same situation, and it also impacted older high naturalize and college students by hazing the negative effects of alcoholic beverage and also by stating the dour feelings alc ohol portrays.Some of Kendrick Lamars lyrics can meet positive effects for teenagers maturation up with, or living with, parents and family that are irresponsible drinkers by inspiring the teens to push through it and not to give up when times could get bad. He is very successful at this because he can continue to anyone in this situation. I think that the name of swimming pools serves as a metaphor for how some heaps lives are so engulfed by alcohol that its like their constantly swimming in it.Kendrick himself in one of his lyrics states now I done grew up round some people livin their life in bottles, granddaddy had the golden flaskful, backstroke either day in loot. In stating granddaddy had the golden flask this is not to say that his grandad is a classy drinker, but quite an that he whitethorn be an enthusiastic drinker and with having enough time to pour strong drink from a bottle into a flask, his granddaddy believably has a drinking problem. In other words, Kendri ck is explaining that his grandpa is one of those people that are engulfed in alcohol, relating to anyone else with this problem.Equally, backstroke every day in Chicago, explains how his grandpa is doing a backstroke in this swimming pool of liquor meaning that he is drinking every day and probably has a problem. Also, when he states now I done grew up with some people living their life in bottles he can be referring to his grandpa and everyone else around him being a bad influence. These two lyrics can inspire other teenagers in this situation to get through it and to inform them that theyre not the only ones dealing with these kinds of problems, also just not to give up when times get hard.Other than creating a positive impact on teenagers with alcoholic parents, Kendrick also sends a positive message to high indoctrinate day and college students by portraying how they may act, drinking at a society or anywhere else, by his own experiences. For example, I was in the smuggled room, loud tunes, looking to make a vow soon, that imma get fucked up, fillin up my cup, I see the crowd move, changing by the minute, and the record on repeat. Kendrick, by this lyric, puts the setting probably at a bear party meaning he is probably targeting more of high school and college students.In this lyric, Kendrick is justifying that he is at a party and he is pretty oftentimes making a promise to himself that he is going to get irresponsibly drunkard (just like college and high school students do when theyre at parties). Then, right after that lyric Kendrick finishes up with took a sip and some other sip, because somebody said to me, (hook) why are you only baby sitting two or three shots? Imma show you how to turn it up a notch, first you get a pool full of liquor then you dive in it.In other words, Kendrick is saying that he was sipping shots relatively reasonably and then someone at the party sees him not slamming them down, so that someone peer pressures him in to taking more shots and not stopping until he is all drunk. This is not to say that getting drunk is a good thing, but rather to inform high school and college students that getting peer pressured into drinking carelessly happens and precautions should be made. Getting peer pressured at parties happens because of the alcohol bring on lifestyle reflecting itself onto others simply because its the cool thing to do.Kendrick also makes tick off of the false feelings alcohol can portray in his lyrics. In his here and now verse, this is proved by, I think that im feelin the quivering, I see the love in her eyes. Basically Kendrick is mocking the feeling of alcohol. He is probably one more shot a mode from death, but he is still feelin the vibe. He is telling his audience the false feelings alcohol gives people when they dupe large amounts. In addition, he states I see the love in her eyes meaning this is another false feeling that alcohol may give people generally because when peop le are drunk , they are more attracted to women.These fake feelings can get anyone that consumes too much alcohol into danger simply because they think that they are ok but in reality no one is ok after consuming spacious amounts of alcohol. This fake feeling can make people push themselves way past their limits and put their life at risk. In short, Kendrick is informing people that may not know what its like to be this drunk and encouraging them not to do so, affecting society positively. Believe it or not, the single swimming pools by Kendrick Lamar has a positive impact on society.People may disagree because of the negative context of the song, but if someone authentically looks into his lyrics, they might find themselves extremely surprised of what Kendrick is actually portraying. He inspires teens that have parents with drinking problems, portrays the negative effects of alcohol, and also the false feelings alcohol gives drinkers. By doing this, he helps society become aware of the problems of drinking and also is a kind of inspiration to the teens and other people that abuse the use of alcohol. work Cited Kendrick Lamar. Swimming Pools (drank). Good Kid m. A. A. d City. Interscope, 2012. CD.