Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from
from Ab-Soul (Ft. Black Hippy, Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar & Schoolboy Q) – Black Lip Bastard (Remix) Lyrics 5 on Rap Genius
Ab-Soul is “gettin' fed” meaning he’s getting recognition and other benefits that come with the game. It’s a play on words also.
The Feds are the Police agencies or any fed(eral) agencies like the FBI and CIA. The Police (F.B.I. & C.I.A. included) push guns and drugs into Black ghettos and impoverished areas. For example, the Crack Epidemic came out of the government (under both Reagan & Bush Sr.) allowing cocaine from Nicaragua into California under the Iran-Contra affair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX_-xMqg-6E&list=WLC21764D3856E207F&index=57&feature=plpp_video
Even Nasty Nas spoke on this shit… (go to 3:07)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgddVtAamgw
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