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Wala, Wala, Wala, Wala, Wala, Wala, Wala Chance the Rapper (Ft. Forever Band & Supa Bwe) – Wala Cam

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Wala Cam was basically a TV show that eventually turned into a YouTube channel that we would watch battles at the War Zone happen. The War Zone is these places that would be set up where kids and young adults—basically, teenagers—would all go and they would just dance. They’d have a party and people would rap. But they’d have all these battles, too. The best dancers, a lot of ‘em—I might get in trouble for saying this—were from out west, and there was some out west shit. They’d come and there were all these different footwork groups, He Squad and Final Phase.

Basically, it was just some dope shit that people watched, and then there were girls that would be on there vibing, which is the original twerk. You know, like hip rolling and just all these battles. It was like a centerpiece for all this culture that was going on throughout my childhood that people just watched on YouTube when YouTube was like the TV. I guess it’s even more like TV now, but like at the time it was like YouTube is where you got your info.

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Wala Cam was basically a TV show that eventually turned into a YouTube channel that we would watch battles at the War Zone happen. The War Zone is these places that would be set up where kids and young adults—basically, teenagers—would all go and they would just dance. They'd have a party and people would rap. But they'd have all these battles, too. The best dancers, a lot of 'em—I might get in trouble for saying this—were from out west, and there was some out west shit. They'd come and there were all these different footwork groups, He Squad and Final Phase.

Basically, it was just some dope shit that people watched, and then there were girls that would be on there vibing, which is the original twerk. You know, like hip rolling and just all these battles. It was  like a centerpiece for all this culture that was going on throughout my childhood that people just watched on YouTube when YouTube was like the TV. I guess it's even more like TV now, but like at the time it was like YouTube is where you got your info.

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I don't eat, so she can't get no lunch with me
I don't reach, so she can't get in touch with me
Can't be buds with me
Don't know what to be Chance the Rapper – Work Out

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You gotta go outta your way to not see your ex’s once you committed. Like by any means necessary. No time for closure or getting your shit back from their house. If it was love it’s just love loss, if there was bad blood let it be bad blood. No clarifications yo. Let it go.

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6 years

Reach in this line refers to an app that they’ve talked about using in an interview with Tiny Tech. tiny.cc/8152vy

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6 years

I think he just proposed to Corley. Kinda been a goal of his for a minute.

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6 years

play on words with [sushi] and [she she]

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Hosanna Santa invoked and woke up slaves from Southampton to Chatham Manor Chance the Rapper (Ft. Jay Electronica & Nicole Steen) – How Great

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A reference to Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion in Southampton County and a smaller rebellion in Chatham Manor right after Christmas.

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7 years

Int he Bible, Hosanna is an exclamation of joy and praise. Santa is known to deliver gifts. So this could mean that chance is giving praise to God for the gift of “Joy.”

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rhujheyyu com urititu yruriruuuru urititu utitirtitiit utit com urititu utitirtitiit

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Shabach, Barak, edify Chance the Rapper (Ft. Jay Electronica & Nicole Steen) – How Great

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While “Shabach” is Hebrew for “praise” or “commend”, and barak means “blessed” or “blessing”, “edify” means to be made Holy. These are common terms used in Hebrew prayers and songs of praise.

Barak is the name or an old testament judge who defeated the Canaanites. The name means “lightning,” which correlates to the start of the next line with “electrify.”

“Shabach” is also a song by Byron Cage (who performed with Chance on Jimmy Fallon). The chorus starts with “Shabach, Hallelujah, Barak, Praise the Lord.”

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7 years

What’s amazing about this is Chance’s wordplay, barak used as hebrew AND a shout out to Chicago Native and former President Barack Obama who is known as avid supporter of Chance’s career. Simple yet powerful. Hallelujah

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Man honestly I just read as a shout out then he throws that respect on it. I’m just guessing from how he spits it. It seems like after he says the cuz line Shabak Barak feels like he just saying what’s up to the big homie of Chicago aka president Obama. Then he ends with Edifying. As if saying what’s up and then respect. Make sense?

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Any chance the mention of barak after “You meet anyone from my city, they gon' say that we cousins” refers to Barack Obama, who spent much of his life living in Chicago? Thus, Chance is claiming that even the president would try to claim relationship to him.

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Check the lock, bolt the door
Chop the cord on the boat, float to shore
Ain't no leavin' the island Nosaj Thing (Ft. Chance the Rapper & The Social Experiment) – Cold Stares

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8 years

I was thinking of Shutter Island the whole time I wrote this

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Know what God said when He made the first rainbow
Just throw this at the end if I'm too late for the intro Kanye West (Ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream) – Ultralight Beam

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This song was gonna be the outro and there it kinda made more sense. But its a reference to God’s covenant with us after flooding the world.

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Stephen

6 years

What made you keep the lyric, being that the song ended up as the intro?

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Darragh O'Connor

6 years

Kanye also says that line on ‘Late’ on Late Registration at the 1.27 mark.

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Diego Cortes

6 years

Could this possibly be a reference to Kanye West’s hidden track “Late” where he says:

If I can catch the beat then slow down the tempo
Just throw this at the end if I’m too late for the intro

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Clayton

6 years

This is a reference to Kanye’s song Late from Late Registration. Kanye uses the exact same line in reference to showing up late for class.

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William Miller

5 years

This is also a reference to the song “Late” by Kanye West, as the line “Just throw this at the end if I’m too late for the intro” is said at 1:27

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5 years

Is chance referring to kanye as god?

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You can feel the lyrics, the spirit coming in braille
Tubman of the underground, come and follow the trail Kanye West (Ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream) – Ultralight Beam

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The Tubman line refers to my own leadership of all other artists towards independence and freedom.

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Treat the demons just like Pam
I mean, I fuck with your friends, but damn, Gina Kanye West (Ft. Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream) – Ultralight Beam

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WE DONT WANT NO DEVILS IN THE HOUSE GOD

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Get Ye to make an account plz

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7 years

It’s funny this the lyric you annotated because this was the exact for this song I wanted to look up

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And that happen so fast
Damn, I'm glad I strapped up Kehlani (Ft. Chance the Rapper) – The Way

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think Chance came little earlier than he planned, so he’s extra glad he wore a rubber. #weakpulloutgame?

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7 years

lol

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Check the lock, bolt the door
Chop the cord on the boat, float to shore
Ain't no leavin' the island Nosaj Thing (Ft. Chance the Rapper & The Social Experiment) – Cold Stares

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Chance uses crafty wording to create detailed imagery as a metaphor for a persons failed attempts to put drugs behind them, as well as a person more literally, trying to escape a rehabilitation center or asylum. The character is going through withdrawal, after not using heroin.

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