GOMD Produced by
J. Cole and off his latest album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. This video is based in the olden times where African Americans were
slaves to the white. J. Cole is shown as the butler in the house overseeing the
work done, and gets treated like he’s changed probably because he has the
better job and serves the white in a different manner. In the intro he says “Hollywood
Cole, go. Ay Hollywood, ay. Hollywood Cole, go. My nigga done went Hollywood.” Stating
in his real life he’s changed because of his fame, and shows him transitioning
back to his old self just like in the video. He raps “I put my city on the map
but let me tell you 'bout it. They tryna say I can't come back, ay let me tell
you 'bout it.”There’s a moment where he says hi to the workers and gets yelled
at. Since he went famous and just like in the video changed, people from his
city don’t welcome him like they used to.
During the video he steals the keys to the cabinet
where the weapons are locked, and takes them with him and gives it to the
slaves. For all the mistreatment the whites gave them, they took revenge and
flipped the script on them. Tied them up and started dancing around a fire,
expressing their happiness of freedom they have now. GOMD stand for Get Off My
D-ck meaning all the people mistreating him should leave him alone; that he’s
come back to his old self the old J. Cole aka Jermaine Cole. I hope you enjoyed
my take on the track and music video; watch the video above and take a look and
understand it more.
Written by Kendrick Lamar,
Sounwave, and Fashions Designer, rapper, producer Pharrell Williams who also
says the hook. The video starts off black and white with a lady yelling “House
Keeping” and Kendrick Lamar screams; then says a short poem while visuals of
Compton are shown. The begins with the
Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) crew in the car Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay
Rock and Ab-soul jamming out to Kendrick. This is where Pharrell sings the hook “Ni--a, we gon' be alright. Ni--a, we gon'
be alright. We gon' be alright” stating that not only will you be “alright”
in life but with the faith of God, your plans to success will occur. The video goes through the city Los Angeles
fully shot in black & white; creative a different vibe compared to other
artist.
Kendrick Lamar is more of a poet incorporating
his lyrics with images of what he sees while he’s in the studio creating music;
he has the quality of Tupac wanting the listener to listen carefully to what he’s
saying, understand the true meaning of each word. Kendrick raps “I rap, I black on track so rest assured. My rights, my wrongs; I write
'til I'm right with God” a very powerful bar (Sentence) he expresses his good
deeds and repents his sins on songs, so he can be good with God. In the end, of
the song Kendrick Lamar says his poem, but you have to listen and watch the
music video to hear this. His album ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ is a great work of
art, I say art because it’s different from other albums. Each track has a part
of a poem and the last song is something every Rap/Hip-hop would want to hear.
So check out the video above and feel free to write comments on what you think
the meaning and explanation is, behind the music video and track.
