Ideas Notebook

Ideas

General Ideas 
Poetry/Spoken Word? - Phonically engaging
Back and forth/Call and response type motif with conflicting characters

Isreal - Chance the Rapper ft. Noname Gypsy

Characters
Angel - Devil or Devil - Devil
Modernisation of ancient sins

Damien Thorn - The Antichrist
The Omen Series

Lucy - Kendrick Lamar

For Sale - Kendrick Lamar (a conversation between kendrick and this fictional character)

Rap Genius

I remembered you was conflicted
Misusing your influence, sometimes I did the same
Abusing my power full of resentment
Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screamin' in the hotel room
I didn't wanna self destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went runnin' for answers
Until I came home

Lucy is a romanticised form of Lucifer (a.k.a Satan).

Lucy is a common slang for another supposed evil in the world LSD. Kendrick is very much against drugs, so it is quite possible that this is another evil he is seeing in the world. The interesting thing about this is the history of the slang of Lucy. “Lucy in theSky with Diamonds” was in origin a song by John Lennon that was interpreted to be about LSD, while in reality it was about his son’s drawing of his friend Lucy. The evil prevails in symbolism, by making positive songs into evil references.

Kendrick’s love for Lucy is a metaphor for the acceptance of evil into our lives. Kendrick falling for bling and material things over the importance of his home is something that he sees as evil and is upset with himself about