Untitled 03 – 05.28.2013.

The song, a jazz rap and conscious hip-hop composition, tells a story of four people that give Lamar advice: an Asian, Indian, black and white man,^[1] the latter of whom attempts to financially exploit him.^[2] Bilal prompts the section for each person.^[3] The song also explores the concepts of Afrofuturism^[2] and freedom.^[4] The original repeated ending line "Tell 'em we don't die, we multiply" has been viewed as a reference to the movie Bebe's Kids (1992)^[5][1] and the N.W.A song "Real Niggaz Don't Die" (1991).^[6] This line was removed on the official release, with Consequence reasoning that this was to make the "solution remain vague".^[7]

Justin Davis of Complex wrote that Lamar's fast rapping near the end of "Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013." showcased "his outrageous technical skill". He described the song as impactful and reckoned that fans who did not like the single "I" would be "very relieved" by Lamar's return to more jazz-style music.^[8] In 2022, Consequence listed "Untitled 03" as Lamar's ninth-best song, complimenting its exploration of the topic of maintaining personal integrity when confronted with tempting rewards from manipulative record executives.^[9] Graham Corrigan of Complex listed it as one of his ten favorite songs of 2016.^[10]

The song was performed publicly for the first time on December 16, 2014, on The Colbert Report, during promotion for Lamar's third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly.^[11] This made it the first Untitled Unmastered song ever publicly revealed.^[3] According to Terrace Martin, the lyrics were composed the day before the show because of Lamar's reluctance to perform "I".^[12]