Kendrick Lamar and Michael...WHO?
- Welch Concannon
- Jan 17
- 12 min read
Updated: Jan 26
A revelation I realized while editing to make the YouTube video for part 1 of this video. Kendrick utilizing Michael Knight makes more sense now than ever and I stand on this 100%... but I can still be wrong. As I said before Michael Knight is a crime fighter, hero, etc. Yes, Kendrick has made it known "he is not your savior" on MM&TBS on the song “Savior”. However, what he is trying to accomplish, so far in terms of music and when it comes to young and even older people, is clearly putting belt to ass to those who deserve licks.
With that said, the name "Michael" means "Who is like God?" and is a warrior against evil. To add to this, In Christianity, Islam and Judaism, from the Book of Enoch, "Michael" is an archangel - one of the 7 archangels. Michael, in Revelation, is the one who ousts Satan out of heaven, and weighs souls on Judgment Day. Look below.
Michael the Archangel:
Warrior against evil - He is the chief angel but is also called a chief prince (in different biblical areas, testaments – very involved information I won’t be getting into because it is VERY deep) and military commander for some of the angels against Satan.
Guardian/Protector- He protects and guards humanity and takes care of those who help others. He guides people and protects the Church.
Now, who again is Michael Knight supposed to be in Knight Rider, that I described on my earlier blog post/video? Someone who serves and protects the innocent against evil, bad people.
Archangel Raphael (also means “God Heals”) AKA Divine Healer:
Raphael is the guide for travelers and a patron of physicians, the blind, medical workers and nurses that brings spiritual, emotional and physical healing. His job is to guide those that are in need, heal earth and humanity and that’s how he serves God. He’s also respected for wisdom and protection. He mentioned in the several books, one of them being the Book of Enoch, in which he will be the one to sound the trumpet for Judgment Day…
Archangel Gabriel (also means “God is my strength”):
Gabriel is the divine messenger that delivers very important revelations (such as announcing the birth of Jesus to Mary) Gabriel brings guidance, inspiration and warnings and makes sure God’s messages are understood and usually appears with a lily. He helps people understand divine purpose, clarity, inspiration and to make God’s will known.
Archangel Metatron (Has been called the “Celestial Scribe” or “Voice of God” –
believed to be the human prophet Enoch, then elevated to an angel status)
Metatron is considered a powerful angelic figure in Jewish mysticism. He is God’s mediator. He documents human deeds in the “Book of Life” and guiding souls, wields insane amounts of power and has divine wisdom and acts as “King of Angels”. Because of this he is considered the most powerful archangel second to God, commanding other angels. (I will also add this: Drake has NEVER rebutted this. He made Kendrick's point in "Meet The Grahams" when Kendrick said "'Cause you lied about religious views'". There is a high probability Drake has no idea who Metatron is. He probably thinks he's a Transformer 😒)
Why do I bring any of this up? Why does any of this matter?
Once again, it damn near starts with “Family Ties”.
Kendrick has incorporated religious mentions, themes, etc in his lyrics throughout his albums. But “Family Ties” was when he really added specific names from the different religions/books (namely the angels) in a song where I feel the beginning of the “New Kendrick” begins. There are other religious mentions but the ones I mention here are the ones I choose to focus on (I implore anyone else to build upon what I haven’t. That’s the point. To get people thinking, expanding their minds more. It’s also why Dot creates the way he does: for us to figure it out, as we should. Hell, I’ve been doing this kind of thing before listening to Kendrick). I feel like this is when he decided to start telling us his story of why he was coming back out and that the 2020’s were going to be one for the record books, as I said above… but more than that.
(Family Ties Lyrics)
I'm not a trending topic
I′m a prophet, I answer to Metatron and Gabriel
We already know that Metatron is God’s intermediary, recorder of human deeds and so on and that he acts as God’s spokesperson. We also know that Gabriel inspires, is God’s messenger, provides guidance and warnings and makes sure that God’s messages are understood.
Would it be far-fetched to say Kendrick was probably trying to say in “Family Ties” in my clearest terms:
“Even in my absence I’m powerful. I am influence. However, some sucka shit happened during said absence. Before and after. I know everything. Before and after. And I know what will happen in the future, too. It’s law. It’s written. So, I’m sending you this communique to let you know it’s up. You’ve been warned."
Here I think of the visuals of Family Ties, Dot first appears (when rapping. He first appears in the beginning of the video) on a huge screen with a lighter, sunglasses on the right screen and on the left screen he comes off like a mythical creature, ghostly…dare I say angelic, on the other screen. Comes off like someone who can’t be reached. Just popped up on a screen. Lots of overlays going on in this scene on the screen itself.
In the next scene Kendrick is wearing all white and dancing with the pgLang flag behind him. Very much like "Jesus has risen" with the angels around him and Jesus holding a banner, symbolizing Christ's victory over death. Here is where Kendrick shows that old Kendrick is gone. He’s been resurrected. He’s stronger, wiser, much more composed, much more in control, insanely dangerous and powerful and with this he cannot be touched, he, and those he holds dear will not be touched. From TDE to pgLang (although I think he may hold investments with TDE and/or be on some sort of board with the TDE). He has ascended and now, with the knowledge, education, self-understanding, awareness, self-awareness, wisdom and strength he carries, no fucks will be given. Once he’s done with whatever mission he is on.
The interesting thing is the music video for “N95” wasn’t released until May 14th, 2022. Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers was released on May 13th, 2022 – Whitney’s (Kenny’s partner in love and life) Birthday. In N95 music video, you see Dot over the water, hanging on an invisible cross. The intro of the song tells you of what’s to come but also Dot is the messenger and will make sure people hear and listen to what he has to say – that certain someone(s) is lying. On top of that, in this visual Kendrick has been crucified.
On Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers album, to generalize it, you can say Dot, “died for all of man’s sins” and sacrificing himself for his children and the woman who captured his heart, hence, for the latter, the photo adorned on the album and Kendrick wearing the crown of thorns. Many people thought it was blasphemy what Kendrick was doing but everything Dot has done has meaning and is by no means linear.
There’s a long, continuing debate on whether Jesus was Michael before his earthly life, which apparently is something Jehovah’s Witnesses believe, as well as others. However, some would say there is enough information out there that would say that Jesus and Archangel Michael are the same person, that after Jesus’ resurrection, he became Archangel Michael, hence the name “One Who Is Like God”.
One of the believers was Martin Luther… Luther.
Luther thought philosophy didn’t teach one about loving God. There was a point where he devoted himself to fasting, lots of confession, hours of prayer and pilgrimage and at that point of his life, he was in a spiritual despair, having lost touch with Christ.
So, Luther reformed himself by studying some of the Bible and found that due to a new translation of the Bible, certain terms he couldn’t stand by anymore and became convinced the church was corrupted and lost some of their core Christian truths. So, what did Luther look at? The Doctrine of Justification, which is God’s act of declaring a sinner righteous by faith alone through God’s grace. He began to teach this – that salvation or redemption is a gift of God’s grace, achievable only through faith in Jesus as the Messiah. For Luther, faith was a gift from God, and it was like “being born again”. Jesus Christ died “for our sins and was raised again for our justification…”
Because Luther was outspoken about so many things regarding corruption (I will spare y’all the details) in the Roman Catholic Church with his writing of the Nine-Five Theses (Btw, I think this is also where N95 comes in. Another title entendre for y’all), airing out the Pope’s misdeeds, the theses was checked for heresy. Case and hearings were brought against Luther (sounds familiar?) and at one hearing – or disputation rather, which was at a place called Leipzig, Luther straight up said in the debate that popes don’t have no exclusive right to interpret scripture and therefore neither popes and church councils were perfect.
Well, the Pope warned Luther with the papal bull (mentioned in Casino, ha ha), which is an official document issued by the pope and risked being cut off from the community to repent or “excommunicated”. Luther decided to set fire to the bull and then wrote a book about it. So, the Pope excommunicated him in 1521 and although the Lutheran denominations, Methodists and Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unit agreed on a “common understanding of justification by God’s grace through faith in Christ,” the Catholic Church never got rid of the 1521 excommunication.
Furthermore, at the “Diet of Worms” (ha ha don’t ask, that’s where it was at, okay? Worms is an actual city in Germany and “Diet” is a formal assembly), to answer formally for the burning of the papal bull, copies of Luther’s writings were splayed out on a table, and he was asked if he stood by his work. He prayed, etc, etc, then tripled down, saying he didn’t trust the pope and in councils and often made mistakes and contradicted themselves. He stood by his scriptures and “my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience.”
Luther was then declared an outlaw (interesting) and his literature banned and called for his arrest. The law allowed for anyone to kill Luther without legal ramifications, but it was a crime for anyone to give him food or shelter.
[Intro to N95]
Hello, new world, all the boys and girls
I got some true stories to tell
You're back outside, but they still lied
Listen, there was much more to Martin Luther. I just needed to point out what I thought was pertinent.
(6:16 in LA Lyrics)
Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize
Me jumpin' planets immortalized, I correspond
Three angels watchin' me all the time
Put my children to sleep with a prayer, then close my eyes
Definition of peace
Tell me who gon' stop me? I come from love
Estelle cover my heart, then open me up
Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust
Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin' where I was from often
I know this type of power is gon' cost
But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star
The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art
But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart
The “3 angels” have been spoken about several times in the last few months – Dot’s homies whom since passed, his wifey and children and more. This could include Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Dot is unstoppable at this point and backed by impenetrable support. All sides. 2024. This is the message.
Agony in the garden vs Man at the Garden
After the Last Supper, Jesus enters the Gethsemane (according to Luke 22:43) with the 3 Apostles, and ask Peter, John and James to stay awake and pray and informs them to do so. Jesus prays for what’s to come to pass, so to speak, but he looks over to his Apostles and sees them asleep. Jesus continues to pray understanding he would soon be betrayed.
In Man at the Garden, Kendrick is praying in a similar fashion. I’ve done all I could. I’ve kept the spirit of hip-hop pure by continuing its true nature – competitive and lyrical. Yet I pray for those who prayed against me. He is also the man who seems to be doing everything but giving into any bullshit, any enemy – NADA. He is fighting. This song is opposite of what took place at Agony in the Garden is about. Kendrick says, “A close relationship with God. Whisper to me every time I close my eyes. He says, "You deserve it all". Keep these bitch niggas away from me…”
Hence, the blood that Jesus had sweated in the garden won’t be blood something Kendrick will be sweating. In fact, the proverbial “blood” that will be spilled that’s just “paint” to him is much like the throwaway verse of “Like That” (that certain people were “chipped” by), and we heard how LETHAL that was.
Lastly, as for the song “Gloria” – more so the title and some of what was said, there’s been a ton of theories behind the song, and I think it’s worth looking into. I do, however, think, now understanding what could be behind the veil of Dot’s transformation, GNX, MM&TBS and a few other songs, “Gloria” puts a small “dot” on GNX… for now.
The name “Gloria” is known as the “Hymn of the Angels”. So now with all the archangels spoken of, accounted for, for the most part, you have at the end of the album the song “Gloria”, which makes sense. To add to that, in Latin, “Hymn of the Angels” means “Gloria in excelsis Deo”, which means “Glory to God in the Highest”.
This is part of the Present-Day Coptic Text of “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”:
You alone are holy; You alone are the Most High, my Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Glory to God the Father. Amen.
Every day I will bless You and praise Your holy name forever and unto the ages of all ages. Amen.
Since the night my spirit seeks You early, O my God, for Your commandments are a light on the earth.
I continually pursue Your ways for You have become a help to me. In the morning You hear my voice. Early, I stand before You, and You see me.
Now the end of “Gloria” on GNX:
Gloria, I wanna take you to euphoria
Bitches want you, but they ain't strong enough
I heard her talkin' we notorious
It's so much, I can only
I see you, you see me
Both see what we want, oh, oh
I see you, you see me
Both see what we want
And, yeah, “Euphoria” could be another spin on saying “joy of the lord” or “deep joy to God’s presence”.
The thing is, I’m not religious. If I were to put a label on myself, I’m more spiritually agnostic. So, before anyone thinks this was a deep dive from someone who is deeply rooted in religion, you would’ve guessed VERY WRONG hahahahhaaaa! I have, however, been raised with friends who are religious and I've been in relationships with men who either grew up in religious homes or they themselves are religious.
Final Thoughts:
The song "Wacced Out Murals" has Dot rapping with an "old ass flow" sounding very much from the 1980's, staying with the theme of paying homage to the era he was born in. Furthermore, on the same song, as soon as Kendrick says, "Yeah, nigga, going up yo rank", and for the rest of the song, you hear Dot and the producers paying homage with their own spin of... the Knight Rider theme music.
Anyways, just a theory of what came out of the Knight Rider/GNX Cover that spun out of control.
Also... Back to N95.
Some may remember the show "Family Ties" that ran from 1982 - 1989 that starred another Michael... Michael J. Fox. Well, the show premiered on 9/22/1982. It was cancelled on... 5/14/1989. 33 years later we get "N95"... where OKLAMA has "risen".
Btw, K-Dot, I'm wondering about those interesting, super dope Michael Jackson inspired clothing and accessory designs you have had going on the jojoruski IG account...
Like I always say…I could be wrong.
All good though. Just keep reading…and thinking.
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