Proceeds from the song go to various sources, including Breonna Taylor’s attorney, The Bail Project, and Black Lives Matter. The song was released a few days after he was seen at the George Floyd protests in Atlanta, accompanied by the city’s councilman, Antonio Brown. His anger erupts across the whole track, rapping against the beat with lyrics like “We just some products of our environment,/How the fuck they gon’ blame us?” His disgust with systemic racism is punctuated by tragic reality: “Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones to carry a gun when they going outside.” In the song’s second verse he admits ‘The Bigger Picture’ contrasts his usual subject matter, but this only serves to strengthen his message a thousandfold– “I can’t lie like I don’t rap about killing and dope, but I’m telling my youngins to vote/I did what I did ’cause I didn’t have no choice or no hope, I was forced to just jump in and go.” This features in the music video for the song, which has amassed over 50 million views in just over a month. His album My Turn, released this year, is one of the highest selling of the year, but it’s a single, separate from the album, released in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which is becoming his greatest career achievement.Īlthough the instrumental is standard fare for Lil Baby’s work– sombre piano, alongside hard-hitting trap drums– the bitter aggression he displays in the song’s first verse is like nothing he has ever released, cutting no corners with lines like “I find it crazy the police’ll shoot you and know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze.” His bitterness is no surprise, considering his vocal presence at Black Lives Matters protests. It is especially critical for those with privilege to be the most outspoken if real change is to occur namely white individuals, heterosexuals/cigenders, celebrities, and anyone with some form of power.Atlanta rapper Lil Baby is one of the most prominent artists in popular trap music, receiving a Grammy nomination in 2019 for the hit single ‘Drip Too Hard’ alongside his frequent collaborator Gunna. Ain't scared to admit it, some shit I can't mention.
In form but not style, Baby is part of a lineage of Atlanta solo stars. I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me. But of all the feelings Lil Baby exorcises on the track, it’s trepidation and fear that colors The Bigger Picture. Instead, it is a anti-racist versus racist problem that requires participation from all people who fall under the former category. Knowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted.
The lines from the chorus “It’s bigger than black and white, it’s a problem with the whole way of life” dismiss the notion that this issue is strictly a black and white problem. Among these protesters included Antonio Brown, an Atlanta councilman, humanitarian, and entrepreneur. In the visual for “The Bigger Picture,” Lil Baby is among several protesters in the streets of Atlanta, symbolizing a greater urgency for entertainers to put their personal agenda’s aside for unification amidst worldwide unrest. The solution, of course, is for new school artists themselves to flip their own reputations. Violence, sex, drugs, and money are the four deadly sins of rap to the point where outsiders have stereotyped the entire genre because of them. As enjoyable as Lil Baby’s music is, he himself knows how his music is perceived. In the song, Lil Baby shows solidarity with the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests calling for justice against police brutality in the United States and systemic racism. It was released on June 12, 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The new school era of hip-hop is notoriously known for a lack of activism and intellectual stimulation in fact, the identity of modern rap is often labeled the exact opposite. The Bigger Picture (song) ' The Bigger Picture ' is a protest song by American rapper Lil Baby. I chose to highlight these lyrics because Lil Baby’s transparency and willingness to step out his comfort zone for social issues is exactly what’s needed from those with platforms in our current climate. And yea he be a lot bigger rn if he aint sign coz look at NoCap he didnt sign and. The highlighted lines are from his new song and video titled “The Bigger Picture,” which was inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. “I can’t lie like I don’t rap about killing and dope, but I’m telling my youngins to vote.” These honest lyrics are the latest from rap superstar Lil Baby.
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