Never Catch Me

About this song

"Never Catch Me" is track 5 on the album You're Dead! and serves as the climax of the four songs before it, building from "Theme" into an up-tempo finale. It is the first collaboration between Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar, and Kendrick is the first intelligible voice on the album. It came shortly after a live remix of the album track "Eyes Above" and was followed by "Wesley's Theory", the opening track of Kendrick's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly.

What it's about

The song is presented as the process of death for the listener, leading into the ethereal world that Flying Lotus creates in the tracks that follow. Kendrick's verse keeps to the album's theme of death.

Fun facts

• Sampled in 2 other songs, like “Leaving The Crew by AzeTunez”.
• Covered once, including “Catch Me If You Can by Burrian”.
• Written by Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus.
• Produced by Flying Lotus.