It’s a problem that sees itself in the fact that black and brown men and women fill prisons, not being able to raise their children. Lil Baby is brutally honest here, and painfully right.Īs much as we are rioting and fighting, screaming “Black Lives Matter!” to the top of our lungs due to the murder of George Floyd, it’s the symptom of a much bigger problem. The government has been complicit in the removal of black institutions and business - do research on the Tulsa massacre or Black Wall Street to learn more - all while peddling drugs in our communities since the 70’s. He says in the song that “We just some products of our environment How the fuck they gon' blame us?”, making one realize even more that there is nothing that has been invested in black communities. Lil Baby doesn’t mince words as he talks about the systemic racism and of the plight that black people live in underserved communities. The reality of the situation is set upon the listener as soon as they get into it. It’s a protest song with a message something that holds weight and substance. The song is a smash hit, but it’s more than just that. They were just there.īut listening to his song, “The Bigger Picture” is something that hits different. I wouldn’t say that “Sum 2 Prove” was all that great, or that projects such as My Turn or Streets Gossip really hit me. All that I know hasn’t impressed me much. I know who he is, just not much of what he does.

His stuff doesn’t appear on my recommended tracks on Spotify. Now, I will begin by saying that I don’t listen to Lil Baby regularly. It’s time to review Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture”. While there are many songs that we could have chosen to analyze, from Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” to Jay-Z’s “The Story of OJ”, there’s one song that has honestly hit everything that has gone on in 2020 on the nail. While we could talk about an entire album to talk about the black experience during Black History Month, this month, we decided to be laser focused on a singular song. It’s also the first time we write something like this in a while, so again, bare with me. It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these, so be nice with me.

The bigger picture lurics