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Kendrick Lamar snuck up987 Archivesthe world yet again, dropping a music video for new single "Humble" Thursday.

If the 4 million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours is any indication, the majority of people seemed to lap up new work from the Compton rapper.

But, like most things, there is room to appreciate and critique an artist at the same time—which is exactly what people on Twitter have been doing.

SEE ALSO: Sit down and watch Kendrick Lamar's new video for 'Humble'

"I’m so fuckin’ sick and tired of the Photoshop / Show me somethin’ natural like afro on Richard Pryor / Show me somethin’ natural like ass with some stretch marks / Still will take you down right on your mama’s couch in Polo socks," Lamar raps on "Humble," all while a women appears on a split screen—half of her in flawless makeup with straight hair, and the other half with no makeup and curly hair.

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To some, it was a welcoming acknowledgement of no-makeup fierceness and stretch marks, a 100% normal thing that happens to humans that unfortunately has a negative social stigma attached to it.

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But for others, a drastically different conversation was happening on Twitter as people critiqued Lamar's lyrics and music video.

While the majority of comments still praised the video itself, a common theme in Twitter discussions the reluctancy to place Lamar on a pedestal as a body-positive figure because he mentioned how he—as a man—prefers women to look.

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In the vein of Alicia Keys, women can do what the f*ck they want—whether if that's analyzing a problematic fave or enjoying the music.

That's your choice to make.

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