I sit on my sofa all day, smoking weed
I never phoned that bloke from the TV company
So please don't be like this, please, please, please The Streets – Get Out of My House
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Every line is (dope)
The type of shit that make 'em feign and had 'em thirsty to (smoke)
I got a funky fresh (car)
And a funky fresh (broad)
I'm a funky fresh (star)
And I'm up to (par) Busta Rhymes – I Got Bass
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To “bogart” means to be selfish with something, keeping it from everyone else. Also a reference to actor Humphrey Bogart, who the term is named after since he always had a cigarette in his mouth without actually smoking it
Wouldn't it be nice if we were just normal people? Yeah
Trying so hard to act like we don't care
But it's true you do, nothing is left so I guess I'm right Gorillaz (Ft. André 3000 & James Murphy) – DoYaThing (Extended Version)
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El-P himself has said this was a reference to God, but this “tougher colder killer” could also be used as a metaphor for America. Either way, it is a greater evil force who can bring everyone, El-P and the dying son included, to their knees at will.
It could also be death itself. The soldier, about to be killed, is laughing at El-P and telling him “You think you’re tough? Watch out because death is coming for us all. And on the day you die you’ll learn humility.”
El-P already said what it means, there’s no need to elaborate and extrapolate.
Political theorist Max Weber defined the state as the entity that controls the monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. Aside from perhaps God, the state is by nature, the coldest, toughest, killer.