Satire is when you use irony to make a point
Irony is when you point out a contradiction.
Mick Jenkins target to satire is stereotypical ideas of what it is to be black.
The word ‘hanging’ is significant here because there are two meaning to the word, one is to chill and one is to be lynched.
The image helps the satire in the song because he has the noose around his neck and he is with his friends so the two things combined put his point across.
Mick Jenkins uses satire in his song martyrs by making the word hanging into to meanings so it is much deeper.

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