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"He will wipe every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more
Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore
For the former things have passed away"
EST for life, muthafucker! mgk – Halo
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All I know is these is trying times
And dying rhymes bring the life like de-fibs XV (Ft. Colin Munroe) – Best Is Yet To Come
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Subtract some homies then divide the cheese Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Chuck Strangers) – FromdaTomb$
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Mikey uses a little wordplay here, with dog after he just used bitch in the previous line, since a female dog is called a bitch
but this has a little more to it even so that that, he refers to himself as Anubis an Egyptian god who had the head of a jackal
Obviously a Jackal isn’t exactly the same as a dog, but the heads of both look fairly close in comparison.
Anubis
I can’t now I’m taking pictures while my face is drowned XV – Familiar
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Sez Batters is Sez that XV refers to here, he’s another member of the squarians and he raps as well.
When Vizzy comes off stage Sez tells him to grab a towel and cool off, but with all the fans he’s gaining he doesn’t have time, he’s gotta take pictures and sign autographs while he’s still drenched in sweat.
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People ask him about his name, and why he goes by the name XV, So he explains that he started rapping at the age of 15.
X=10 In roman numerals, and V= 5
Thus he goes by XV.
And as Pusha explains, many people don’t expect young urban youths to make it to see their 21st birthday. If this was true, Vizzy wanted to do as much with his life as he could.
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Wiz says that these other rappers need to step it up because they don’t have nearly as much “dough” or money as he does.
He compares their money to change, which is a very small amount of money
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Saying even though he’s young, he’s wise and he knows what he’s doing.
Grinding with his eye’s wide means he’s working hard and nonstop
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