For free?

In this video, Kendrick Lamar talks about the struggles that poor black people face. He uses a woman to personify the idea of the American Dream. The video starts out with the woman calling out Kendrick saying that he's a "ho-ass nigga" and "nigga you ain't shit". She continues talking down on him because he didn't do things like buy her clothes for the 4th of July and that she shouldn't be with him anyway because she needs a "baller-ass,boss-ass nigga". This relationship is a metaphor for the way America has treated blacks in order to try and devalue their character and lower their self esteem.This also plays on how the idea of how black men in America can only become successful by becoming a rapper or an athlete. The woman is not satisfied unless Kenrick makes alot of money to buy materialistic things like clothes.

Kendrick replies using the phrase "this dick ain't free". Kendrick starts by saying  "You looking at me like it ain't a recepit like I never made ends meet, eating your leftovers and raw meat". This is talking about how poor people are only able to live and make ends meet by living on what rich people leave over for the poor to make money and support their families. "He says livin' in captivity raised my cap salary Celery, tellin me green is all I need Evidently all I seen was span and raw sardines". Kendrick talks about how people are raised under the idea of the American Dream tells you that all you need is money. This causes people in poverty to be consumed by chasing the need for money since they were raised in an environment with so little. He ends the song with "Oh America, you bad bitch, I picked cotton and made you rich now my dick ain't free", saying that  black people and slavery helped tremendously and is very much responsible for the success of America's economy and now he's done with the system of America taking advantage of black people