Is Kendrick Lamar Jesus Christ?
By: Stone Strankman
Tags: Kendrick Lamar, Hip Hop, Unbalanced Pc, Music, Jesus

Is Kendrick Lamar Jesus Christ?

Kendrick Lamar dropped “The Heart Part 4” last night, so I’m asking an important question here

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Kendrick Lamar dropped a single last night titled, “The Heart Part 4” and is apparently set to release a full album April 7th. “The Heart Part 4” is four minutes and 49 seconds of glorious Kendrick, with beat changes and everything I could’ve hoped for with a surprise Kendrick drop right after a long awaited Drake drop. Kendrick is clearly the King of Rap right now, and has some parallels to the King of Kings — Jesus. So I ask, is Kendrick Lamar Jesus? Through the lyrics of “The Heart Part 4,” I will determine if Kendrick is indeed Jesus or if he’s just the King of Rap.

1. “30 millions later, my future favors / The legendary status of a hip-hop rhyme savior.”

Okay, so, Kendrick labeled himself as the “hip-hop rhyme savior.” Jesus is the ultimate savior, so in this sense, yes, Kendrick could be labeled as Jesus.

1 John 4:14 reads, “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” Rhyme savior, Savior of the world. Same thing, right?

Savior status: Kendrick and Jesus are one.

2. “Don’t tell a lie on me / I won’t tell the truth ‘bout you.”

Here’s strike one. Jesus was perfect. He never did tell a lie, but here Kendrick is saying that he won’t tell the truth about you. That’s a little problem. Even though Kendrick is perfect, he’s saying he’ll do a not perfect thing. So in this case Kendrick is not Jesus, but Kendrick is still perfect in my eyes, and this conversation will still happen.

3. As verse two of “The Heart Part 4” starts, the beat changes from water to wine, just like Jesus’ first miracle. The beat change changed my soul and I made a face a little like this when it happened:

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Kendrick performed a miracle with the verse two beat change and Jesus performed many miracles, so yes, Kendrick is Jesus in this sense.

4. “Yellin’, one, two, three, four, five / I am the greatest rapper alive / So damn great motherfucker, I’ve died / What you hearin’ now is a paranormal vibe.”

Back to the whole Jesus is perfect thing. Jesus never cussed, so Kendrick is totally not like Jesus in this part, but then again, Kendrick is saying he’s dead. How is Kendrick still rapping if he’s dead? “A paranormal vibe.” Oh my goodness, Kendrick isn’t like Jesus, but he’s actually the third part of the Holy Trinity and he’s the HOLY GHOST. KENDRICK IS THE HOLY GHOST. Kendrick died and is still rapping from his ghost figure? Now this is an extreme development. Kendrick is not like Jesus in this part, but is more like the Holy Ghost.

5. “Tell ’em that God comin’.”

Okay, this is getting weird. How does Kendrick know when the second coming is? Matthew 24:36 reads, “But as for that day and hour no one knows it — not even the angels in heaven — except the Father alone.” Does this actually mean that Kendrick is God? I’m so very confused now, and I’m not entirely sure if I can even answer this question anymore.

6. “You jumped sides on me, now you ‘bout to meet Westbrook / Go celebrate with your team and let victory vouch you / Just know the next game played, I might slap the shit out you / Technical foul, I’m flagrant, I’m foul.”

Kendrick is basically calling Kevin Durant Judas the traitor here and I’m here for it. Jesus never slapped anyone from what I know. He had some righteous anger and flipped some tables in the temple when people turned the temple into a flea market, but he didn’t slap anyone. Jesus isn’t foul either so in this sense, Kendrick is not like Jesus.

7. “Y’all got ’til April the seventh to get y’all shit together.”

April 7th is a week before Good Friday, the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross, so is April 7th the Pre-Good Friday? And three days after does Kendrick come back to life from his paranormal vibe? Will April 10th be the second coming?

The consensus is that Kendrick Lamar isn’t really Jesus Christ, but that he is the best rapper alive right now, and it’s not even close.

Kendrick has got me all messed up on “The Heart Part 4.” April 7th can’t come soon enough.