These are the moments where we need celebrities to use the influence they have to speak out against police injustice and unfair treatment. I’m a bit surprised there haven’t been more protest songs put out by rappers with large followings. “The Bigger Picture” earned him a spot that peaked at number three position on the Hot 100 and solidified his spot as one of the champions for Atlanta. I haven’t checked the numbers but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Lil Baby put out the most played ‘protest’ song in these recent months. He certainly has “The Bigger Picture” in mind. It’s brilliant and I wouldn’t doubt if it shaped Lil Baby’s career and altered his subject matter going forward. God bless they souls, every one of them names / We ain’t takin’ no more, let us go from them chains / Got time to be serious, no time for no games / This bulls*** is all that we know, but it’s time for a change / I did what I did ’cause I didn’t have no choice or no hope, I was forced to just jump in and go / I can’t lie like I don’t rap about killing and dope, but I’m telling my youngins to vote / In my opinion, if Lil Baby hadn’t rapped the following line, the song might have come off a little disingenuous: It’s far too easy to assume that rich rappers no longer care about where they came from and don’t use their resources to give back to the communities that raised them.
It was great to hear Lil Baby bring up that fact that although he normally raps about the usual rapper stuff, he also has an ear to his neighborhood. I won’t take the stand, but I’ll take a stand for what I believe / It’s people who can, well, here’s the chance / I won’t go too deep ’cause I’m scared they’ll get me /Īin’t scared to admit it, some shit I can’t mention / Knowledge is power, I swear I’m a witness, I know that I’m gifted /
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We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it / It happen to one of your people, it’s different / Again, his relentless flow mixes perfectly with his subject matter as he raps: He’s in this interesting void, torn between doubtful, confused, angry, and hopeful. While they go home at night, that s*** messed up /įor being labeled as a ‘trap rapper’, Lil Baby is quite good lyrically and it shines on this track. That s*** be crazy, they ‘posed to protect us / I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin’ / It’s a common theme in urban neighborhoods to fear the police instead of relying on them for preservation. Lil Baby touches on getting sent to prison and sobering up afterwards and telling his loved ones to carry guns for protection once they go outside. The malice of authority and the backwards effects of policing are apparent throughout this entire track. I be judging by the mind and heart, I ain’t really into faces /Ĭorrupted police been the problem where I’m from /īut I’d be lying if I said it was all of them / He raps on the first verse:Įvery colored person ain’t dumb and all whites not racist / He made it a point to not blame what has been happening with police brutality on all white people in general, but racist white cops. You can tell Lil Baby carefully his words on this track. Some chants yelling “I can’t breathe” as the beat drops is flawless and the timing of when the first verse comes in couldn’t have been better. The track starts out with a few soundbites from the news and protests in the aftermath of the unjust murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. He brings that same style to “The Bigger Picture” but this time, he’s speaking from the heart and shows a bit of vulnerability. That’s not to say that it’s necessarily fast rap, but it’s non-stop and you catch yourself nodding your head the whole time. It’s almost hard to not like because he’s rapping so rapidly on dope beats. One thing that sets Lil Baby apart from his peers in my eyes is the fact that his rapping pace is perfect and he never seems to force anything onto a beat. His music is enjoyable to me personally, but it was never deep and meaningful like “The Bigger Picture” was. I won’t lie and say I’m familiar with all of his songs but I’ve heard a good amount and I think I know what lane he’s in. “The Bigger Picture” wasn’t a track I would have predicted from Lil Baby.
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