Kendrick Lamar & Taylour Paige Emulate A Toxic Relationship On "We Cry Together"

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"We Cry Together" takes obvious notes from some of Eminem's past work.

While Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers sees the Compton native make a triumphant return with 18 incredible songs, there are a handful of titles on the tracklist that go above and beyond, capturing fans from their very first listen and telling a picture-perfect story without the use of any visuals.

"We Cry Together," the first disc's eighth track, is a perfect example of that. The nearly six-minute-long song features Taylour Paige and finds her and Lamar going relentlessly back and forth over a beat produced by Bekon, J.LBS, and The Alchemist.

"I swear, I'm tired of these emotional-ass, ungrateful-ass bitches (Shut the fuck up) / Unstable-ass, confrontational-ass dumb bitches / You wanna bring a n*gga down, even when I'm tryna do right / We could go our separate ways right now, you could move on with your life," the father of two raps on the first verse.

Paige answers him with, "F*ck you n*gga, you love a pity party, I won't show up / Always act like your shit don't stink, motherf*cker, grow up (Man, f*ck you) / Forever late for shit, won't buy shit, sit around and deny shit (Man) / F*ck around on a side bitch, then come f*ckin' up my shit."

Stream "We Cry Together" on Spotify, Apple Music, or Soundcloud below, and read our in-depth analysis of the song here

Quotable Lyrics:

On God, you ain't gettin' these keys
Give me my f*cking keys
Ah, now you mad at me, I got you hollerin' for nothin'
I do the same when we f*ckin'
Act like that p*ssy ain't loose
I'd rather act like I'm cummin'
I'd rather f*ck off the juice
I'd rather f*ck on your cousin
B*tch, you said you gon' f*ck who?
You heard me, n*gga, it's nothing (Alright)

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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