<p>The contents of <a href="/profile/KendrickLamar" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Kendrick Lamar</a>&#8217;s critically-acclaimed <em>To Pimp a Butterfl</em>y <a href="https://allhiphop.com/news/alice-walker-reacts-to-kendrick-lamar-quoting-the-color-purple-on-alright-w7exsukxEE-rXwqvmSCnmA/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">include</a> a quotation from Alice Walker&#8217;s <em>The Color Purple</em>, which in turn has become a banner song for the <em>Black Lives Matter</em> movement. The acclaimed author, appearing on MSNBC&#8217;s The Beat with Ari Melber, spoke about the sense of pride she has developed through her association with K Dot and vice versa.</p>
<p>The quote at the center of the discussion is the opening line from &#8220;Alright&#8221; of: &#8220;Alls my life I has to fight.&#8221; The 1982 book would go onto win the coveted-Pulitzer prize for Literature before it was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, and Margaret Avery.</p>
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<p>Alice Walker admitted to the MSNBC host that although she had never heard &#8220;Alright,&#8221; and hence her words spoken in Kendrick&#8217;s voice, she was nonetheless proud of all accomplishments, which include a Pulitzer prize of his own. </p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy for him,&#8221; she told the host. &#8220;I think he&#8217;s understanding that is the truth of it. Especially for poor people and people of color in this country. We&#8217;ve had to fight all of our lives. And it&#8217;s a good thing that we can talk to each other across generations.&#8221;</p>
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