Kill em' with kindness - Dizzy Wright

1. “Killem With Kindness”
Dizzy Wright
Lyrics Analysis

2. Yo Yo, this is for all my Progressive Thinkers
[Verse 1]
Cautious with the image that I’m givin’
What used to be appealin’ is the shit that I’m resentin’
Feel like I ain’t livin’, I’m dealin’ with so much
On the low, I’m actin’ tough, but I ain’t been happy in a minute
And what’s crazy is this is just the beginning
Ridin’ ’round Vegas tryna build my foundation
That immediate happiness is awaitin’
But I feel it’s overrated, I’m keepin’ a clear conscience
I just wanna do my own thing
A good heart
But what if I’m out here fightin’ for the wrong things?
Became a daddy and started watching my behaviour
Helpin’ niggas out, but niggas runnin’ out of favours
It ain’t about the paper, it’s about what you gon’ do with it
You on your music tup, but tell me, is you the creator?
These niggas don’t know how to act
I should’ve been a school counselor
To see what they’d get out of that
All I wanna do is help, if it’s a little
Got up in this game to really try and make a change
Wanna settle down, but this shit is so confusin’
I’m just goin’ through a stage where I’m learnin’ how to be brave
Fuck a phase, this is life, all I need is me
Look into my daughter’s eyes and then I get the water eyes
If I die, I pray to God she know her father tried, word…
Refers to his fans as “progressive thinkers”,
because his music inspires to progress and he
gives his deep thoughts about life.
Cautious to how he looks around
people. The things he used to like is
what he wants to get away from.
He feels as if he has too much to focus on to
actually live. He acts like he is tough and happy in
front of cameras, but really he hasn’t been happy.
He expected happiness when he built a fan base,
but he now realizes that it didn’t work, so now he’s
working towards doing his own thing.
Young people not knowing how to properly
conduct themselves; he should’ve been a school
counselor to see if he could better directly help
these people.

3. [Hook]
Cause we just wanna live our lives
Embraced faith, went against all odds
In our eyes, to judge niggas, that is not our job
To be a man, it is not that hard
We gon' kill 'em with kindness
When they try to take you out your comfort zone
Ayo, it's time to be a man, understand, we gon'
kill 'em with kindness
And you know you gotta fuckin' hold your own
Can't let them take us away from the fam’
We gon' kill 'em with kindness
Through all the hard things people
give you in life, they hate to see
you happy so just throw on a smile
and kill them softly.

4. [Verse 2]
Now I'm thinkin' in reality
Actually, I was thinkin' 'bout stability
I watched my single mother's feet hurt for years
Just to barely pay the bills - I don't know, that shit's killin'
me
But I don't wanna live like that
Mama, I don't wanna see you live like that
I told my little brothers we can build a new life
For the ones that gave us life, we can give that back
I know we tend to hold grudges
I can't control it, I'm unfolding the emotion that I'm holdin'
Hope the way I saw it ain't the way I won't approach it
I'm just focused on the better me, this rap shit is my
pedigree
Lately I've been feelin' life testin' me
She say she down, and she say she wanna ride
Release the need to please or be validated by eyes
In disguise, I'm just focused on what makes me come alive
I've learned not to take nothin' personal
Bad environments have been my disadvantage
Not tryna be accepted, it stepped me out of my box
And now these niggas watch me like I got all of the answers
But this is what I've built for myself
Realistic, always had to keep it real with myself
So when they talk, and it's negative or it's false
We channel out the negative thoughts without any help
He watched his mother work hard to support
him and his brothers and it kills him to
remember it.
He hated to see his mom work hard all
day on her feet for him as a young kid, so
now Dizzy is telling his brother that they
can start working hard for their mother
and take care of her to pay her back for
being a hardworking mother.
Life gives Dizzy the situations to help
him connect with his inner self. He
stays real and won’t fake to please
others.
Dizzy doesn’t want to lie to himself. He’s
always wanted to stay real with himself
and thanks to this, he built himself.
Dizzy is easily able to ignore the hatred
directed towards him.