In FEAR Kendrick raps on the constant fear that he's dealt with in his life from the age of seven to twenty-seven. He shows how his fear has evolved, and how he went from constantly fearing death as a black seventeen-year-old to fearing going back to Section 8 housing. Kendrick really does show the experience that many black people have in America: A constant fear of death from what seems like a million external forces, the desire to escape poverty, the constant fear of being put back in poverty, the fear that you aren't meant to find success, and that if you are successful you'll be dragged back down. All these fears compound to create a long-lasting negative effect on black people, which Kendrick discusses on the track
