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The lead single from Trem Sol’s second full length project “Art And Sol”.
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DeVante' like Jodeci
But I swing
Towards my nickname
From my family
Which is Te' Trem Sol – Aka Te
My dad named me after Devante Swing from the R&B group Jodeci.
I used his last name swing as a transition into the next line mentioning my nickname Te'.
Wikipedia had the following to say of Sir Swing:
Swing became known in the 1990s as the founding member of the R&B group Jodeci, a popular R&B act at that time. Swing served as the main songwriter, producer, and leader of Jodeci which also featured his younger brother Dalvin DeGrate. He also acted as a video director for the group, co-directing the videos for “Feenin'” with Hype Williams and “Freek'n You” with Brett Ratner.
Swing also mentored Flo Rida[1] in the early stages of his career.
I’m saying “check out my style”
aka
“Look at me now”.
“I can rap”
aka
“I busta rhyme”
Christopher Brown is a longer named version for Chris Brown. who is mentioned to tie the previous two lines back to Busta Ryhmes who was featured in the single “Look At Me Now” with Lil Wayne and Chris Brown.
which Busta Rhymes Murdered, If I may add.
