Experience is the best teacher. We should always learn from our mistakes. How can I be afraid of what I never experienced? And if I have had it happen before, that’s all the more reason to be prepared.
Towards the end of van Gogh’s life, he got into an argument, cut of his hear, and mailed it to a hooker. Everything else was pretty much downhill from there.
The two come to together to prove how unexpected life can be. The beauty in danger, etc. That’s what the painting reminds me of.
“The feeling” might refer to those of the previously mentioned drugs.
The Malcolm part goes two ways. Because Malcolm X and MLK are looked at as opposites on how they got things done. Vizzy has used this before in Famous.
Which is why he can deal with what he got “handed”
As stated by Wu-Tang in the early 90s with the popular song/acronym Cash Rules Everything Around Me.
Lu just changes it a bit, but while he’s on a classic beat, it makes sense to give homage to this.
Skeeter is also a play on words of ‘skeet her’
To hear Lupe cover this in more detail, check out State Run Radio
And also Lupe’s government name is ‘Wasalu’ Given by his father, which is Arabic for warrior, if I’m not mistaken.
Or maybe he’s saying that he doesn’t want to come off cold [Cole]
The #2 could also be referring to his girl being the shit?
Clip is also a slang term for trip