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A reference to Lil Keke’s first verse on “Pimp Tha Pen” from DJ Screw’s 3 N' The Mornin' Part II
Showin' naked ass in the great state of Texas
Shout my nigga T.I, the Hustle Gang good Travis Scott – Sway in the Morning Freestyle
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Travi$ is signed to Grand Hustle Records with T.I. in addition to being signed to Kanye West’s Very G.O.O.D. beats (the production wing of G.O.O.D. Music). La Flame is also signed to Epic Records.
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Travi$ writes songs, produces them, contributes vocals (rapping and singing), directs and produces music videos. Many people think of him as the next Kanye.
God damn, that's a hell of a sight (Oh no) Travis Scott – BACC
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Referencing Kanye’s song, ‘Devil In A New Dress’. This also means the girl before him is devilishly irresistible in that dress.
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Jerry Schmidt was the strength and conditioning coach at Oklahoma.
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Allen Patrick, also known as AP, was Oklahoma’s starting running back after Adrian Peterson had broken his collar bone on a 53-yard touchdown run against Iowa State.
NFL running back Adrian Peterson was Malcolm Kelly’s teammate at Oklahoma until being drafted seventh overall following the 2006-07 season. Now, Peterson is sometimes referred to by his initials, AP, but his nickname at Oklahoma was AD, which stands for “All Day.” Despite the two nicknames, Peterson has expressed a preference for AD over AP.
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The slab car culture was born in the ‘80s through Houston hip-hop. A slab is normally an old-school American car customized with candy paint, lush interiors and must have Texan Wire Wheels ’83s or ’84s Elbow “wire wheels” known as “Swangas”. Slab cars are also often equipped with hydraulic air suspension, allowing riders to “sit sideways” in their cars.
Kelly may also be referencing Paul Wall’s 2005 track, “Sittin' Sidewayz”.
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Bob Stoops was the long-time head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners' football team from 1999 until he announced his retirement in 2017.
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Thomas Gray broods in a graveyard and speculates that his countrymen who lived and died in the fields, working to make ends meet, could potentially have been great men of the world had they been born into a better circumstances. His poem was a literary sensation on its publication in 1751 and remains frequently quoted to this day.
It is likely that Gray wrote the elegy in the churchyard of St Giles, Stoke Poges in Buckinghamshire, a parish of the Church of England. At the time of writing the poem, Gray was visiting his aunt who lived in the village. Although he died some distance away in Cambridge, Gray was buried in the churchyard at his request next to his mother.
Structure
This long poem is written in regular quatrains, that is four lined stanzas. The rhyme scheme is ABAB throughout. The metre is iambic pentameter, that is five metrical feet or iambs per line, where a iamb comprises one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable. The effect is to give the poem a dignified, elegant ‘tread’, suitable for the profound subject matter. The lines are predominantly end-stopped.
Language
The voice is that of the narrator, who may be the poet as well. It is told in the third person through most of the poem until, two-thirds of the way through, the narrator refers to ‘thee’, presumably addressing the reader, though some interpret this as the third party speaker addressing the poet himself.
The predominant imagery is of countryside, appropriate to the subject, with vivid descriptions; for example, ‘full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen…’ and the ‘cock’s shrill clarion…’
He also refers to abstract, capitalised concepts like ‘Ambition’ and ‘Grandeur’, important in that they are absent from the lives of toiling country dwellers.
Thomas Gray contemplates in a graveyard and images that his countrymen who lived and died in the fields, enjoying the simple pleasures of life could have been burdened with greatness had their lot been different. Gray concludes that inevitably all pathways lead to the same end and the best we can hope is to be remembered fondly and earn eternal rest.