Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst

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"Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar, from his second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012). The song, which appears as the tenth track on the album, is one of Kendrick Lamar's longest songs, lasting twelve minutes and four seconds. The song is split into two parts, the first part, titled "Sing About Me", which is about seven minutes, and the second part, titled "I'm Dying of Thirst", which is approximately two minutes and fifty-seconds. A skit occurs between the two parts and another one after the second section. The final skit also features poet Maya Angelou. "Sing About Me" samples Grant Green's "Maybe Tomorrow" and the drum break from the track "Use Me" by Bill Withers, while "I'm Dying of Thirst" samples the Singers Unlimited cover of "My Romance". The song garnered critical acclaim for Lamar's emotional lyricism and creative approach to self-critique as well as rapping verses from the perspectives of various characters that...

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