The red pill, blue pill -- real and the Matrix

from Joe Budden – Dumb Out Lyrics on Rap Genius

A reference (the first of several, in this song) to the movie The Matrix. In the movie, the main character faces a choice whether to take a red pill, which will awaken him to the “real” world he cannot see, or a blue pill, which will leave his illusory reality untouched

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