Because no matter what year it is, we'll always need some reassurance that everything is going to be alright. But that's what happened here, and even though this song might be one married to #BlackLivesMatter, 'Alright' is timeless. It's rare when a song comes along at just the right time to perfectly fit the needs of a social movement. Related: Watch Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY Promo

'Alright' is about wanting something more for yourself and working towards those goals. Lamar said he wanted the song to be about hope and celebrating life. 'Alright' transcended music and weaved itself into a political movement by just keeping it real in the lyrics. Kendrick Lamar's fourth single from To Pimp A ButterflyВ became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter protesters this past year. 'When my pride was low, lookin' at the world like, 'Where do we go, n-?'/And we hate Popo, wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, n-.' But he followed that with, 'Do you hear me, do you feel me? We gon' be alright!'ДЄlthough the track described the realities of those below the poverty line, theВ 'We gon' be alright' hook gave a beacon of hope. The highlight was perhaps the gloomy, atmospheric A.D.H.D. America was going through some difficulties regardingВ race relations in 2015, and Kendrick LamarВ captured the experience of people surviving life on the streets withВ the masterful 'Alright' 'When you know, we been hurt, been down before, n-,' he rapped. After several mixtapes, Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar (aka Kendrick Duckworth) debuted with the humbly produced album Section.80 (2011) that relied too much on his unusual delivery and preachy lyrics.

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