#Halftime

[whileyourebythesea]

super bowl halftime show recap

[thatgirlellie]

KENDRICK JUST SAID SIT DOWN BE HUMBLE IN FRONT OF DONALD TRUMP WITH PERFORMERS IN RED WHITE AND BLUE TELL ME THATS NOT A COMMENTARY

[yumeaoka-chan]

When my uncle told me this morning that he didn't like Kendrick's performance, I knew straight away that he didn't understand it. Kendrick was sending a message that went over soooo many people's heads. The events of the show I'm going to state that happened aren't entirely in order but if you look back on the performance, you'll see what I mean.

Think. It stars off with Samuel L. acting as Uncle Sam, a character symbolizing America as a whole. He starts off saying, "Welcome to the great American game." We see that the entire stage looks like a game controller, meaning Kendrick was playing a game and Uncle Sam was there to see if he was playing it correctly, the "American" way. When Kendrick raps at the start, we see people exiting the car and they're all separated (just like the people of America). They eventually come together to form the flag because WE, the people, are America. Kendrick also says, "The revolution is about to be televised, you got the right time but the wrong guy."

Uncle Sam says something along the lines of "Oh, so you decided to bring your friends with you. Culture cheat code. Score Keeper! Deduct one life." There's a shot of all the dancers falling to the floor, acting as though they're dead, yet a few people are still up. Almost like they're part of an "inner circle." Uncle Sam also makes a statement about how America doesn't wanna see this loud rapping, "it's too loud", "too reckless" and " too ghetto." When he starts singing and Sza joins him, Uncle Sam goes, "That's what America wants to see. Nice and calm. Don't mess this up". Except, Kendrick does mess it up by going back to rapping loud and fast. "40 acres and a mule", Those are the things that were promised to us black people as reparations for slavery, "- this is bigger than the music" The message he'strying to send to yall is what really matters. But nobody is trying to hear him! "Yeah, they tried to rig the game, but you can't fake influence."

And with ending the performance with "tv off" the camera turns to a lit background in the crowd saying GAME OVER. The game is over, he didn't play it like Uncle Sam/America wanted him to. This was bigger than some beef with Drake.

[sasha-eatsmold]

truly the moment of all time

[cottagecore-glitterwhore]

I need everyone to understand the gravity of Kendrick Lamar has just done with his performance as the biggest rapper in the West, if not the world, right now - if you haven’t seen it pull it up holy fuck, I’ll let better spoken people lay it out better but my respect for him has gone up even more, I got shivers down my spine when he said “Right time, wrong guy”

[bonesashesglass]

Protestor waves Palestine and Sudan flag during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance

NFL didn’t air it on TV, but people at the game caught it on video:

https://en.as.com/nfl/the-controversy-about-the-palestinian-flag-at-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-halftime-heres-what-happened-n/

[versacethotty]

BRING HER OUT NEOW

[xosiren]

вeyoɴcé ★ вowl

𝐵𝓁𝓊𝑒 𝐼𝓋𝓎 ★ 𝐵𝑒𝓎𝑜𝓃𝒸é

[leclercsainzz]

“i want to preform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue” OHHH, HE ATE

[standingontheoverpassscreaming]

I need a Kendrick fan to give me a full analysis of that halftime show because it was so powerful and I could only pick out a fraction of the symbolism

This revolution is about to be televised? Clocked in

Warning wrong way?? Holy shit and then Game Over?? With the PlayStation symbols?

The divided American flag? The division of the dancers?

Samuel L Jackson as Uncle Sam??

TURN THIS TV OFF???

[forbidden-interlude]

Yall think white people were pissy over Beyoncé at the Grammys? They are truly about lose their medulla with Kendrick’s halftime performance. Happy Black History Month 🥳

[tojisteddy]

My ngga in Christ got up there, smiled at the camera when he said “hey Drake😃”, had Serena Williams crip walking to his diss track on live National television and had a stadium full of people singing “a minorrr” some DEVIOUS shit 😭😭😭😭

[anotherinternetfurry]

kendrick smiling straight at drake makes me think of stepping on a bug multiple times even after it’s dead just to make sure you actually killed it. kendrick I’m fully certain he’s dead but keep on stepping on him cause it’s funny as fuck

[throatgoat4u]

MOTHER ATEEEEEE

[tiana-martinez]

I’m the HalfTime show 😈🍒

[officialelectric]