Analysis Of What's Going On By Marvin Gaye

Moreover, “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye has a line in the song where he asks a question about judgement. In the song Gaye says, “Mother, mother, everybody thinks we’re wrong/Oh, but who are they to judge us/Simply because our hair is long” (Gaye). Gaye is speaking not directly to his mother in particular, but African-American mothers as a whole. He states that everybody outside of the African-American race, specifically Caucasians, think that they are wrong for being the color of skin that they are. But his question to his race was who Caucasians believe they are to judge African-Americans. This is a time where Gaye speaks up still in his normal tone but when a strong straightforward question. During this era Caucasians were more superior
In Lamar’s song it says, “Been feeling this way since I was 16, came to my senses/You never liked us anyway, fuck your friendship,/I mean it” (Lamar). This quote describes that this feeling Lamar had toward Caucasians has been a feeling he has had since he was a teenager. Since he believes that Caucasians never favored blacks, he says with profanity that he does not want a friendship with them and that he is certain of this. In Stereo Williams, “Who Exactly Is Kendrick Lamar Raging Against In ‘The Blacker The Berry’” article, he states, “With “The Blacker The Berry,” Kendrick Lamar spends most of the track rebelling against those who he feels are intent on marginalizing and oppressing black people” (Williams). This quote states exactly what Lamar is doing throughout the entire song. He is furious with people he believes treat blacks as if they are insignificant. Furthermore, this is exactly why he could care less to build a friendship with Caucasians due to the fact that they treat blacks as if they are beneath them. He says how he feels with a hostile tone of voice because of his emotions toward the entire situation at