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Now that Common is living his comfortable lifestyle, his crew, the guys he just played basketball with is now the same crew that he goes out and parties with. The cleverness here is that people who hoop do indeed, ball.
It also doesn’t hurt that you get to hang with the reigning MVP of the NBA…
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Referencing legendary country music artist “King George” Strait and his 1987 single “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”.
Strait has sold more than 68.5 million albums in the United States and his certifications from the RIAA include 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums.
According to the RIAA, George Strait is the 12th best-selling album artist in the U.S.; Drake clearly aspires to have such stats, can you blame him? Drizzy raps about the Strait again, referencing the King of Country’s “Here For A Good Time” on Big Sean’s 2015 track “Blessings.”
While making a reference to George Strait’s classic hit, Drake could also be speaking of all his ex’s that he’s accumulated in his days hanging out in Houston; alternatively, Drizzy might be using a little homophone wordplay (“Texas” and “texts,” of course)
Of course Drake is always mentioning the great state of Texas, with songs like 9AM in Dallas and HoustonlantaVegas, the artist is no stranger to the area.
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“Outside” is the opening track to Gambino’s album Camp released on November 15th, 2011.
It could be said that this song relates to Plato’s Cave Allegory. CG draws a parallel between the allegory and the modern black experience. In the allegory, when one person escapes the cave and tries to help others escape, those trapped inside refuse to join him or her, because they are scared of what lies out there. CG relates this to his parents' friends who think that CG’s parents “look down on them” when, in reality, his parents simply want to help their loved ones improve their situation. The last verse is then CG experiencing the same struggle with his cousin. He is calling out, trying to bring his cousin out of the cave (“the world saying what you are because you’re young and black”), but receiving only hostility in return.
in Plato’s Cave, he describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them. Gambino’s cousin lives in this cave which could be symbolic of the ghetto, poverty, or gang life, and he wants to take him “Outside” this metaphorical cave.