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When Eminem first broke onto the scene and into the mainstream with Slim Shady LP, parents, critics and government officials assumed that he was deranged in some way due to his twisted sense of humor.
Game let’s us know that, Dr. Dre isn’t only responsible for mentoring Em, but Game as well. Another take on the line could be that Eminem is often described as a sick MC with his mic abilities, Game is informing us that Em isn’t the only one with the mic abilities that was tutored by Dre.
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Keeping up with the “heavy artillery” theme, Ricky the Boss boasts about his ability to pull up next to your car at the stoplight and toss a grenade your way.
BONUS EXPLANATION!!!
It was brought to our attention that a stoplight could be an underlying image in this line due to the color scheme and the resemblance to a pineapple…
Pineapple… Grenade… See the resemblance?
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Certain things in life give off a certain nostalgia that is unique to each individual. For KRIT it’s a breeze in autumn shaking off pecans from their trees.
Pecan trees aren’t necessarily limited to the south, but the rural areas allow them to be a bit more common. And shit… They’re delicious.
I miss you like yesterday
I miss you like yesterday
Yeah, I know it sound cliché
And they tell me just to pray
But I miss you like yesterday
I miss you like yesterday
I miss you like yesterday
I miss you like yesterday
Yeah, I know it sound cliché
And they tell me just to pray
But I miss you like yesterday Big K.R.I.T. – Yesterday
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As KRIT has expressed on several occasions, he mourns the loss of his grandmother. His hook here reaches deep; those close to him tell him to just pray, but not even that helps ease the pain sometimes.
Yesterday is used as a simile representing something in the past that will always be remembered in the future but must be appreciated in the present.
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Forever official like words out the scripture Big K.R.I.T. – Me and my Old School
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Being a scholar of anything is genuinely impressive; KRIT informs us here that he’s going to be a scholar of the ‘so fresh and so clean’ world and he’s going to make sure when he’s laid to rest, that it’s known everywhere that he’s achieved this status.
Just me and my old school Big K.R.I.T. – Me and my Old School
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As always, KRIT’s car (aka Time Machine) is letting him dream of his future while looking behind him.
“Off the Richter” refers to a Richter Scale, which is a tool used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.
It ain't just a whip
It's a time machine
It's a spaceship
It's precious Big K.R.I.T. – Me and my Old School
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K.R.I.T. is known for referring to an old school car as a “time machine” as he did on Return of 4Eva, the feelings he gets when driving his old school takes him back to an 50s, 60s, 70s, when his old school was made, it takes him to another place. Lets him dream of the future and look back on the past.
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