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Obviously, XV didn’t take Immortal Technique’s classic advice in Dance With the Devil

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Another old cliche, girls stripping and prostituting so they can pay for school.

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So Vizzy and his crew are gonna smoke and enjoy while they can. And a few lady friends want to join in on the action.

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If you teach a shallow person enough, maybe your words will get through eventually.

Or maybe religious people could grow to be more open minded. (See next lines)

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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.

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Continuing from the last line, Alexander the great was tutored by Aristotle who was tutored by Plato who was taught by Socrates, one of the original freethinking philosophers.

His legacy is continued through this chain but around the world in general. When the Athenian government found out about him teaching people how to think for their selves, they put him on trail for “corrupting the youth” and “not acknowledging Gods”

And as the story goes, he was given a change to escape but declined because it would not rid the injustice.

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A combination of Alexander the Great and Great minds think alike. Alexander III was an awesome Macedonian king that never lost a battle and is considered one of the most legendary forces in history.

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Thanks to his advice, I’ve grown to accept change as a good thing unlike most people.

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Jellyfish cannot live outside of water and oftentimes are washed up on the sand.

However, they will sting anything or anyone who gets too close even if it wants to help. It’s only in their nature.

Humans are sometimes like this as well.

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This was actually the first line. So everything was written in reverse (another reason that it’s Out of Order)

One day I saw a butterfly stuck in a flytrap and compared it to humans. Alot of us have potential but are too afraid to move so we just sit there until we die.

And that’s how the caterpillar from the first line ends. Life ain’t fair.

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"Used to hate the feeling / Really he just hates himself now" (Kids These Days – Doo-Wah) | pending

“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”

"Cash rules everything around these niggas" (Lupe Fiasco – Around My Way) | rejected

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

"Dad made me a soldier," (Lupe Fiasco – Lightwork) | accepted

And also Lupe’s government name is ‘Wasalu’ Given by his father, which is Arabic for warrior, if I’m not mistaken.

"And I ain’t coming offa my last name cause I really can’t..." (J. Cole – Can't Get Enough) | rejected

Or maybe he’s saying that he doesn’t want to come off cold [Cole]

"Hello world, I’m with a yellow girl, number two pencil" (B.o.B – Strange Clouds) | rejected

The #2 could also be referring to his girl being the shit?

"The feds trying to clip us but we ain't even tripping" (Drake – I'm Goin In) | rejected

Clip is also a slang term for trip

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