The woman takes a step back and Lamar comes to center stage. The title question is transformed into Lamar's tribal chant for this song: "This dick ain't free [sic]." His bitter words contrast with the otherwise cheerful music creating a theatrical tableau of anger. Lamar, center stage, spits his lyrics like the king he thinks he is. The woman stands next to him, silent and ready to strike. Lamar challenges the listener, and the woman, to question the cost of his "dick", telling the listener that it is not the woman's property. The phallic imagery of this song doesn't serve as a source of shock or attention-getting, as it is, but it also serves as a critique of the unspoken expectation that comes with being a black man: a large penis. Lamar doesn't allow the listener to question his masculinity by stating that his dick "[is] nine inches" and continually reminds the listener of his penis by saying "this dick ain't free" at the beginning of each main verse ( Lamar ). He is critiquing the stereotype that black men must constantly assure themselves, and others, of their masculinity. The relationship between masculinity and black culture is explored in acclaimed author Brent Staple's anecdotal essay "Just Walk On By." In the essay Staples talks about growing up as a black man; he saw “a teenage cousin, a 22-year-old brother, a childhood friend in his mid-twenties” throw away his life because he fell into