Lamar's Song 'How Much A Dollar Cost'

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Unlike Becket and Hirsch, who use physical and mental ties, Kendrick Lamar in his song “How Much a Dollar Cost” uses a story in which he learns a moral lesson and from that heavenly and spiritual ties to all of humanity. Firstly Lamar asks, “How much a dollar really cost? The question is detrimental, paralyzin' my thoughts” (Source O). Here Lamar ponders the true value of money. Later, when he meets an old, homeless man and he asks for a dollar he immediately stereotypes the old man to be a drug addict and refuses to give the homeless man money. In verse four, we see Lamar becoming angry. He believes that it was a sign of disrespect that a man asked him for money because Lamar worked so hard to get where he is now. But there is a shift in Lamar’s

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