These walls are thick

from El-P – For My Upstairs Neighbor (Mums the Word) Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

EL-P couldn’t have possibly heard anything. The walls are just to thick. (We come to find out in verse 2 that the walls are thin). Also metaphorically meaning he’s heavily separated from his neighbors and just wants to mind his own business.

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