Makna Lagu Swimming Pools dari Kendrick Lamar Tentang Bahaya Alkohol

Ilustrasi Makna lagu Swimming Pools. Sumber : PIxabay/RiYa

Kendrick Lamar dikenal sebagai raper pencetak lagu-lagu hit dan MC yang sangat bertalenta. Makna lagu Swimming Pools dari Kendrick Lamar mengisahkan tentang tekanan pergaulan dengan mengibaratkan kolam renang sebagai metafora dari bahaya alkohol.

Dikutip dari buku Panduan Menulis Lirik Lagu, Andre Salim (2024:63), lirik lagu yang baik harus sesuai dengan melodinya dan mudah untuk dipahami oleh pendengar.

Makna Lagu Swimming Pools dari Kendrick Lamar Tentang Bahaya Kecanduan Alkohol

Ilustrasi Makna lagu Swimming Pools. Sumber : PIxabay/RiYa

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth atau yang lebih dikenal sebagai Kendrick Lamar, adalah salah satu musisi hiphop yang sangat berpengaruh.

Lahir pada 17 Juni 1987 di Compton, California, Lamar tumbuh di lingkungan yang penuh dengan kekerasan gang namun juga penuh akan inspirasi dan kreativitas.

Masa kecil Kendrick dihadapi berbagai kesulitan hidup, seperti tinggal di perumahan subsidi dan sempat menjadi tunawisma, namun dirinya mampu mengubah pengalamannya menjadi lirik sebagai karya seni yang menginspirasi jutaan orang.

Pada usia remaja, Lamar mengadopsi nama panggung K-Dot dan mulai membangun reputasi sebagai raper berbakat. Tahun 2003, ia merilis mixtape pertamanya, Y.H.N.I.C. (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year), yang menarik perhatian label independen Top Dawg Entertainment.

Dengan kerja keras, ia meluncurkan mixtape lainnya, seperti Training Day (2005) dan C4 (2009), sebelum memutuskan untuk menggunakan nama aslinya sebagai simbol kedewasaan dan identitas sejati.

Sampai saat ini ia telah menerima banyak penghargaan, mulai dari Grammy Awards sampai Pulitzer Awards.

Salah satunya lagunya yang terkenal adalah Swimming Pools yang memiliki arti mendalam tentang kecanduan akan alkohol. Berikut ini lirik lagu Swimming Pools.

Pour up (drank), head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank), stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank), wake up (drank)

Faded (drank), faded (drank)

Now, I done grew up 'round some people livin' their life in bottles

Granddaddy had the golden flask

Backstroke every day in Chicago

Some people like the way it feels

Some people wanna kill their sorrows

Some people wanna fit in with the popular, that was my problem

I was in the dark room, loud tunes, lookin' to make a vow soon

That I'ma get fucked up, fillin' up my cup, I see the crowd mood

Changin' by the minute and the record on repeat

Took a sip, then another sip, then somebody said to me

Nigga, why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First, you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Po-pool full of liquor, I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank), head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank), stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank), wake up (drank)

Faded (drank), faded (drank)

Okay, now open your mind up and listen me, Kendrick

I'm your conscience, if you do not hear me, then you will be history, Kendrick

I know that you're nauseous right now, and I'm hopin' to lead you to victory, Kendrick

If I take another one down, I'ma drown in some poison, abusin' my limit

I think that I'm feelin' the vibe, I see the love in her eyes

I see the feelin', the freedom is granted as soon as the damage of vodka arrived

This how you capitalize, this is parental advised

And apparently, I'm over-influenced by what you are doin'

I thought I was doin' the most, then someone said to me

Nigga, why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First, you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Po-pool full of liquor, I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank), head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank), stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank), wake up (drank)

Faded (drank), faded (drank)

I ride, you ride, bang

One chopper, 100 shots, bang

Hop out, do you bang?

Two chopper, 200 shots, bang

I ride, you ride, bang

One chopper, 100 shots, bang

Hop out, do you bang?

Two chopper, 200 shots, bang

Nigga, why you babysittin' only two or three shots?

I'ma show you how to turn it up a notch

First, you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock

All the girls wanna play Baywatch

I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it

Po-pool full of liquor I'ma dive in it

Pour up (drank), head shot (drank)

Sit down (drank), stand up (drank)

Pass out (drank), wake up (drank)

Faded (drank), faded (drank)

Sherane, Sherane

(Pool full of Kendrick, Kendrick lies in it, in, in, in)

(W-watch 'em all flock) aw, man

Sherane (girls wanna play-play-play)

Where is she takin' me? (I got)

Where is she takin' me? (Pool full of liquor, I'ma die in it)

All I, all I, all I, all I have in life is my new appetite for failure

And I got hunger pain that grow insane, tell me, do that sound familiar?

If it do, then you're like me, making excuse that your relief

Is in the bottom of a bottle and the greenest indo leaf

As the window open, I release everything that corrode inside of me

I see you joking, why you laugh? Don't you feel bad?

I probably sleep and never ever wake up

Never ever wake up, never ever wake up

In God, I trust

But just when I thought I had enough

They stomped the homie out over a bitch?

K-Dot, you good, blood?

Now we can drop, yeah, we can drop you back off

That nigga's straight, man, that nigga ain't trippin'

We gon' do the same ol' shit

I'ma pop a few shots, they gon' run, they gon' run opposite ways

Fall right in -'s lap

And he gon' tear they ass up, simple as that

And I hope that bitch that set him up out there

We gon' pop that bitch too

Wait, hold up, ay, I see someone

Aha, got them niggas, K-Dot, you good?

L-, you good?

Yeah, blood, I'm good, D-, you good?

D-? D-, say somethin', D-?

These bitch ass niggas killed my brother

Makna lagu Swimming Pools mengisahkan tentang perjuangan melawan kecanduan dan godaan untuk melarikan diri dari masalah melalui alkohol.

Lirik lagunya menggambarkan bagaimana seseorang, yang mungkin mewakili Lamar sendiri, terjerat dalam lingkaran sosial yang mendorong konsumsi alkohol sebagai cara untuk mengatasi tekanan dan kesedihan.

Lagu ini juga menyoroti konflik internal dan perjuangan melawan kecanduan, serta pertanyaan tentang penerimaan diri dan identitas. Perasaan terbelah antara keinginan untuk mengikuti arus dan keinginan untuk tetap sadar dan bertanggung jawab.

Dalam lagu ini, alkohol digambarkan sebagai pelarian sementara yang pada akhirnya hanya memperburuk masalah.

Makna lagu Swimming Pools bukan hanya tentang minum-minum, tetapi juga tentang pergulatan individu dengan tekanan sosial, kecanduan, dan pencarian jati diri. (EA)