Back to Methuselah though Kennedy stated that he was quoting Shaw—"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?' Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface ("An Infidel Half Century") and a series of five plays: "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden)", "The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day", "The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170", "Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000", and "As Far as Thought Can Reach: A.D. 31,920". All were written during 1918–20, published simultaneously by
The Blacker the Berry (song) dream / Man hear screams recorded / Say that it sounds distorted but they know who it was," he rapped. "The Blacker the Berry" elicited controversy following the lines, "So why did I weep when Trayvon Martin was in the street, when gang-banging make me kill a nigga blacker than me? Hypocrite!" which people perceived to be Lamar judging the black community. Lamar later spoke on the lyrics in a NPR interview, saying "It's not me pointing at my community; it's me pointing at myself, I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people