On “Black,” Lew questions his generation’s ability to “turn down” for the things that really matter, rather than turning up on the weekends.

He touches on the police brutality and social injustices against blacks, and the failed attempts to reduce killings of unarmed blacks by police officers.

He ends the song chastising new-school rappers on taking pride in the fact that they do not know the origins of hip-hop, in addition to proudly proclaiming his blackness in the face of corrupt politicians and social views.