“Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst” by Kendrick Lamar

At twelve minutes and four seconds, "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" ranks among the longest songs in Kendrick Lamar's catalog, and it sits tenth on good kid, m.A.A.d city, his second album, from 2012. It comes in two halves. "Sing About Me" runs about seven minutes over Grant Green's "Maybe Tomorrow" and the drum break from Bill Withers' "Use Me"; "I'm Dying of Thirst" takes under three, built on the Singers Unlimited version of "My Romance". Skits sit between the halves and after them, the last one featuring the poet Maya Angelou.

Lamar raps from inside other people's heads, characters from Section.80 and from elsewhere on the album, then turns the lens on himself, and critics praised the raw feeling and the self-critique. Skhye Hutch and Like produced it, with Sounwave adding extra production.

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