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The Roman gladiator clashin', chariots crashin' Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap
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Chariot racing was a very popular sport in the ancient Greet and Roman culture. It drew many crowds to the events but it was extremely dangerous a lot of the times where both horse and rider faced injury and death.

Canibus could also be talking about his longevity in rap. He is also very known for the gothic and scientific imagery in his lyrics mixing it with ancient and biblical references. In this bar maybe Canibus is really eager to take his opponents to where it was very deadly to compete against each other. He doesn’t seem phased by it

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The hip-hop conglomerate, we legends puttin' it down Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap
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A conglomerate is a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities. By ‘Hip Hop conglomerate’ Canibus is talking about all the Hip Hop pioneers and GOAT (himself included) gathering as a whole while still maintaining their own image and style for the sake of the real Hip Hop.

It’s also interesting to point out that the Busta Rhymes Sample that Premier used for this beat is a song that Busta did in 2006 that talked about the stale state of the rap game and the passionless lyrics rappers put out these days

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don't behave cool to be kind Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap
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Don’t be a kiss ass. Don’t act like a ‘thug’ or ‘ghetto hoodrat’ to impress others. Be yourself and you’ll see that you’re more cool doing that

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I never got a penny off that Beef DVD Canibus – The Dragon of Judah
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Canibus talks about “Beef,” a series of documentaries that discussed several notable Hip Hop feuds that influenced the genre. It was directed by Peter Spirer and narrated by Ving Rhames.

Canibus appeared on the second installment of the documentary series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmW447Lhvnk

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Go tell that long-tongue liar Johnny Cash – God's Gonna Cut You Down
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Satan is known for being the father of all liars and death. He is often depicted as a serpent who – cunningly enough – has a long and forked tongue.

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What's done in the dark will be brought to the light Johnny Cash – God's Gonna Cut You Down
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A phrase that crops up occasionally in the Gospels, e.g. Luke 8:17:

For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.

You cannot hide anything from God. Everything you do is ever present before him. This goes back to Genesis 3:8 shortly after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.

And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.

This is also referring to God turning all evil to good.

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I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more" Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues (At Folsom Prison)
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His woman was cheating on him with five other guys, and there was even the probability she had had children by five other men.

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Well, you may throw your rock, and hide your hand Johnny Cash – God's Gonna Cut You Down
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This can be a biblical reference to Jesus saving a woman from the people who were about to stone her to death for adultery.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone – John 8:7

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Possibly also tossing a rock as a metaphor/analogy to distract people from your wrongs?

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Many years have passed since those summer days Sting – Fields of Gold
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Sting gives the listener a very broad image which can have different meanings.

One of of them may be him reminding his lover of the times they both spent together in the fields of barley making love and loving each other

“See the children run as the sun goes down.”
They probably had children together. Sting wrote this song whilst he was looking out into his garden and watching his children (the ones he has with Trudie Styler, I presume) playing.

“You’ll remember me”
Sting is probably hinting the approach of death, perhaps him dying before his lover. The fields of barley, as stated in the beginning can be seen as literally fields of barley or metaphorically earth and the fields of gold can be another synonym of fields of barley or the paradise of Heaven

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“Fields of gold” also refers to the barley at its highest point — the harvest. The singer and his love have lived a life together, and now they claim the harvest.

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the west wind, originating from the Yellow empire of China, is a robe with feathers bearing the sun while the sound burys the imminent vision of pleased regard…upon the fields, sown, crowed over, towed through, moored. simply. reverent.

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Upon the fields of barley Sting – Fields of Gold
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Barley is a wonderfully versatile cereal grain with a rich nutlike flavor and an appealing chewy, pasta-like consistency. Its appearance resembles wheat berries, although it is slightly lighter in color.

Barley can also be a metaphor for earth and all the life given resources it gives to us

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uvvon the fields of varley

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nobody cares what barley is.. what is its purpose in the song?

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