Society has told people what to believe what is evil, immoral and against the law.

But what are we to say what is truly evil or immoral? Since everything that is seen as moral or against it has created by society, there is really no such thing as evil or good just what society and the rest of world sees as good or evil.

Also, we have no way of truly judging others until we have been placed through the exact same conditions, which is impossible, because this includes mental conditions, and no two people have experienced life in identical ways.

Very similar to the premise of Ocean’s We all try

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Frank uses this repeatedly throughout the song as a jab towards our ego. As he later states in the song we die in vanity, Frank is attempting to tear down the wall of vanity and show us for who we are; animals destined for death. This statement is a sarcastic consolation prize for living (little you do matters, but hey at least your mother is proud of you.)

Despite all of the moral nihilism he speaks of above, that the protagonist’s mother would be proud of him. There’s no such thing as a good man or a bad man, a strong man or a weak man, but, almost paradoxically, the protagonist’s mother would be proud of him, which is worth something.

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It’s almost impossible for a man of righteousness and honor to exist in a world that’s full of corruption and sin.
Additionally, this is a juxtaposition to the earlier line “Good man don’t exist” because without the concept of bad the idea of good is lost. This is all a function of Ocean’s philosophy that good and bad cannot be defined by human’s as we are not fit to judge.

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January 19th, 2013

While Frank comes to understand that true evil between humanity is inexistant, he consequentially realizes that without evil, their cannot be good. His once sympathetic understanding of what society looks down on, forces him to find inexistence on the positive as well.

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December 23rd, 2012

There is no such thing as righteousness, when we are like 85% products of our environments.

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December 24th, 2012

“ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”

1 Peter 3:18

I’m not sure if he reads the Bible, but this is what i thought of.

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Men usually hide their emotions from others as it’s seen by society as a sign of weakness or “unmanly”.

A father usually won’t cry in front of their family because they want their family to see them as this invincible figure. Just like societies view of what is manly and what isn’t.

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December 28th, 2012

2 universal words

January 19th, 2013

A previous line, “Young man shows his age” explains innocence in humanity through the rights and wrongs in society. Here, in the line, “This old man thought it week” explains a man of societal knowledge, corrupted by the very same judgement. He’s expressing that any judgement or expectation a human places on another is wrong.

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A wise person is usually known to be those who spoke not often. When they spoke they speak words of wisdom. In eastern countries, particularly China and Japan, quiet people are looked up to as being intelligent.

A person with a temper is quick to fight without thinking of other options to handle a situation.

Youth show their age in the way they react to the world around them whether it be with great naive, immaturity and inability to control their emotions.

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December 23rd, 2012

Wiseman closed his mouth- the wise man keeps quiet. He doesn’t talk too much, say too much as to come off as ignorant or give himself oppurtunity to mispeak. he keeps quiet, only speaking when he has something wise to say.

Madman closed his fist — the mad man closes his fists out of anger and rage. using the closed fist as a weapon and way of getting his madness out

Young man shows his age- just by the young mans actions, his inexperience and age is revealed. the young mans immaturity is showed

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“In living color” was a phrase used to promote color television to audiences accustomed to broadcasts exclusively in black and white in the 1960s. The idea being, that compared to the black-and-white broadcasts, color television was like witnessing programming in real life.

KRIT is talking shit about being superior, and even though he’s making wild claims, he 100 percent means it when he says he’s better, because he’s the real thing.

As well to Miya Bailey, the artist who gave him his Mississippi tattoo. Hence the wordplay with artist. Krit paints a real picture — something that is permanent on the rap game.

The end of the last line, “a true artist,” brings all of the verses full circle, because every rapper on the track shares a theme from their experiences. Coming up from hustling, paranoia, legal battles, partying and shooting guns are all stops on the fame train. The art is what unites them all though, so it’s only fitting the track ends on a rare brag, K.R.I.T. calling himself a true artist.

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Going with the previous line, Yela obviously doesn’t care about your life since he just took it. .

“Blood clot” is a Jamaican insult that can mean fuck, bitch, pussy and other various insults. .

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April 10th, 2013

Yela could also be expressing anger to the critics that he is speaking to throughout the verse saying he really doesn’t give two shits about what you think because his shit is gold.

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You don’t even match up to Bronsolino or his dawgs enough to be able to look him in the eyes.

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Fuck singing the last bar, he’s going the G way by yelling out the last line.

Also Royce is yelling at his opponents asking if they’re ready for him to attack lyrically and literally.

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September 3rd, 2012

would have been more impressive if Royce didn’t sing a few of the choruses.. BUT I suppose its more a shot at those who sing in the VERSES.. which in hip-hop just shouldnt be allowed (drake)

September 2nd, 2012

Royce is gettin so rich he doesn’t even care anymore. He does stupid ish and still get crazy paid for it.
Sounds familiar?

By the way, that screaming thing must be the most hilarious bar on the album.

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A play on the phrase “catch a body”, which is the premise of the song. Nothing says that you’re crazy like playing hot potato with a dead body.

A reference to the movie Weekend at Burnie’s, a movie about two insurance employees who discover that their boss is dead and try to convince everyone he’s alive.

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