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My hat is by Jabbia, Tyler, The Creator (Ft. ​brandUn DeShay, Hodgy & Mike G) – Session
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This refers to the founder of Supreme, Tyler’s favorite clothing brand.

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You gotta let 'em go, let 'em go
You gotta let 'em—
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You gotta let 'em go, let 'em go
You gotta let 'em— (You gotta)
Go Tyler, The Creator – Radicals
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This line, which repeats for a few minutes until the end of the song, can be taken two ways. First, it extends the previous lines, about old people “letting go” of their grasp on young people

It also possibly is said in the voice of those old people telling the young people that they have to mature, grow up, and “let go” of their childish dreams

Dr. TC’s speech confirms this reading. As we will see, Dr. TC is Tyler’s own conscience, so this represents Tyler’s reasonable side telling him that he needs to grow up. Much of his music is about resisting adulthood

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I also think that this could mean that if someone tells you you can’t do what you want or doubts you you gotta let what they say go and continue on with what you’re doing which adds to the Radical theme.

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Can yall not add spoilers please?

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Look, I mature day after day, nigga (For real), you don't know shit (You gotta let 'em go), you're a fucking therapist
Whatever (Let 'em go, you gotta let 'em—) Tyler, The Creator – Radicals
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Tyler is resistant to the idea of maturing and conforming to society’s standards. Tyler has made songs before about this idea.

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He probably doesn’t want too black stereotypes

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Sell out a fucking show in London just to end up on couches Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
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Tyler and OF have indeed been selling out performances on different continents, though this hasn’t yet got Tyler out of his less than ideal living situation (sleeping on grandma’s couch).

OF’s music contains many references to couches, usually in a very dark way.

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Fuck cops, I'm a fucking rockstar Tyler, The Creator – Radicals
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A reference to N.E.R.D’s “Rock Star”, as well as Tyler’s well documented hate for the police.

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Ooh, hide your daughters, hide your sisters
Hell, hide grandmama too (Grand, yeah)
'Cause the fisherman's raping everybody in the pool
He on the loose, yeah (Yeah) Tyler, The Creator – Fish / Boppin' Bitch
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The fisherman/rapist is out there, so all the fish in the “pool” (lake, ocean, etc.) should hide, and everybody in the “pool” of women should be wary of being assaulted

These lines are a play on the “Bed Intruder Song,”, and the infamous Antoine Dodson interview that led to it

Frank’s bridge also has environmental undertones, man being the fisherman, raping Mother Earth of her natural resources, like fish

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You're a pretty broad in the top three
Of things that I've been waiting to come, so
Meet me by the lake around 10 and skinny dippin' and then Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Frank Ocean) – She
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Tyler also asks a girl to meet him by a lake in “Analog”

He tells her that she’s in the top three prettiest girls he’s seen, so he wants her to “come” to the lake where he plans to get her naked and make her “come/cum.”

He means shes in the top three things he wants to come in his life. He probably had her on his top list of priorities.

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This plays into the video as well, where he and his friends wait for her to meet up with him near a lake.

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The opening titular track from Tyler The Creator’s Goblin album, his follow up to Bastard.

The raps are inter-cut with dialogue between Tyler and his therapist/alter-ego/conscience Dr. TC. In the song and in these conversations, Tyler is talking to himself, trying to work out issues that he has with his life, public image, etc.

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Wasn’t this “reveal” (I know it’s almost a decade later) saved until “Golden”? If I were a new fan archive-digging and looking through the Genuis lyrics WHOOPS OOPS THANKS. I just don’t want to ruin the frame narrative, if they’re finally listening to the trilogy after all this time. It spans almost 3 ½+ hours of music and you get spoiled the 1st big half of it from the header. @_@

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When someone gets blamed cause some white kid had aimed (What?) his AK-47
At 47 kids, I don't wanna see my name mentioned Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
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Other artists, notably Marilyn Manson, have been blamed by certain media outlets for school shootings like Columbine. If this happens again, Tyler doesn’t want to get blamed – he hopes people see how stupid it is to blame someone like for those incidents

He is also subtly saying that only the white kids misunderstand the music. He mentions later on the album in Radicals that what he says is fiction and should not be followed, a jab at such critics.

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Pretty sure dr TC said White? And not “What?” Because he might have been unaware that Tyler’s fan base was white kids

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Wow, life's a cute bitch full of estrogen
And when she gives you lemons, nigga, throw 'em at pedestrians Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
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Tyler plays on two popular sayings. The first is “life’s a bitch”, made popular in rap music by Nas. It basically means that life is tough

The second is “if life gives you lemons, make lemonade”, which means one should make the best of a bad situation

In Tyler’s version, life is beautiful but really moody and mean. He suggests that when life hands you a bad situation (lemons), you should thrown them at innocent bystanders. In the song, Doctor TC interprets this as taking out your problems on others, but it can also mean just having fun, causing mischief, and adopting an “I don’t give a fuck” attitude when life gets tough

Fellow fringe rap group Atmosphere also played on the lemons saying for their album *When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold"

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Throwing lemons at pedestrians could also be his reaction to older people hating his music

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