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[Intro: Fat Pat] Trae tha Truth (Ft. Fat Pat, H.A.W.K. & Pimp C) – Swang

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This sample is used on Custom Made Gangsta’s “84’s” song featuring Big Pokey (S.U.C. member.)

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Starched down Trae tha Truth (Ft. Fat Pat, H.A.W.K. & Pimp C) – Swang

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Creased jeans were a part of the look in Houston, so in order to crease your jeans well, you needed a lot of starch. If you listen to freestyles over Screw tapes or pretty much any Houston rap, you’ll hear many a reference to the crease in one’s jeans.

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Swang Trae tha Truth (Ft. Fat Pat, H.A.W.K. & Pimp C) – Swang

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This song, off of Trae’s album “Restless” (2006) is very popular in Houston and it serves as an ode to the deceased Fat Pat, who was gunned down in 1998. Big H.A.W.K., who is featured on the song, is Fat Pat’s brother. Swang is a very popular song in Houston, TX, as it embodies the lifestyle down there of “swangin' and bangin,‘” which is essentially rollin’ around on 84’s, sippin' lean, and bumping that Screw. Trae, H.A.W.K. and Fat Pat were all members of DJ Screw’s Screwed Up Click, and were all known (Fat Pat especially) to kick a mean freestyle over one of DJ Screw’s chopped and screwed tapes. Trae’s claim to fame was being featured on Z-Ro’s debut album Look What You Did To Me. Z-Ro was also one of the members of S.U.C. Rest in peace to DJ Screw and rest in peace to Fat Pat.

The hook samples Fat Pat’s verse on Lil Keke’s “25 Lighters.” Lil Keke and Fat Pat are celebrated as Houston’s two best freestyle rappers.

The instrumental samples and contains elements of Michael Jackson’s “The Lady in My Life” and LL Cool J & Boyz ll Men’s “Hey Lover.”

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This song, off of Trae's album "Restless" (2006) is very popular in Houston and it serves as an ode to the deceased Fat Pat, who was gunned down in 1998. Big H.A.W.K., who is featured on the song, is Fat Pat's brother. Swang is a very popular song in Houston, TX, as it embodies the lifestyle down there of "swangin' and bangin,'" which is essentially rollin' around on 84's, sippin' lean, and bumping that Screw. Trae, H.A.W.K. and Fat Pat were all members of DJ Screw's **Screwed Up Click,** and were all known (Fat Pat especially) to kick a mean freestyle over one of DJ Screw's chopped and screwed tapes. Trae's claim to fame was being featured on Z-Ro's debut album *Look What You Did To Me.* Z-Ro was also one of the members of S.U.C. Rest in peace to DJ Screw and rest in peace to Fat Pat.

The hook samples Fat Pat's verse on Lil Keke's "25 Lighters." Lil Keke and Fat Pat are celebrated as Houston's two best freestyle rappers.

The instrumental samples and contains elements of Michael Jackson's "The Lady in My Life" and LL Cool J & Boyz ll Men's "Hey Lover."

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awesome song, awesome crew and an awesome bio

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[Chorus: Fat Pat]
Swang, swang, and swang, and swang to the left
Pop-Pop my trunk and dip, dip, dip
Swang, swang, and swang, and swang to the left
Pop-Pop my trunk and dip, dip, dip
Swang, swang, and swang, and swang to the left
Pop-Pop my trunk and dip, dip, dip
Swang, swang, and swang, and swang to the left
Pop-Pop my trunk and dip, dip, dip Trae tha Truth (Ft. Fat Pat, H.A.W.K. & Pimp C) – Swang

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This sample was taken from Fat Pat’s verse on “25 Lighters,” a Houston anthem.

25 Lighters was actually released by DJ DMD. DJ DMD also released a single called So Real in ‘96, and it featured DJ Screw himself in addition to Screw’s brother Al-D. The remix also added Fat Pat, Lil Keke and Mike D, all SUC members.

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84's Trae tha Truth (Ft. Fat Pat, H.A.W.K. & Pimp C) – Swang

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A popular car in the Houston area is the ‘84 Cadillac Eldorado with tires that had spokes that stuck out from them. These rims were called “swangers” or “elbows.”

In Houston’s SLAB culture, “84’s” also “4’s” are a specific type of rim modeled after the 1984 4WD Cadillac Eldorado

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Stack my paper up, I'm above the law A$AP Rocky – Celebration

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An allusion to Rocky’s previous grind: trapping; however, in an interview last year, Flacko explained that he never enjoyed selling drugs, and that he’s not about that anymore, shifting his focus to mobbin' in Harlem and making game-changing music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0GJXvoYac5Q

Also wordplay with stacking paper “up high” and thus being “above” the law.

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Her, Mary and me, I'll keep it strictly G ScHoolboy Q (Ft. A$AP Rocky) – Hands on tHe WHeel

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ScHoolboy Q is keeping it real gangster, just like his homie A$AP

However, though A$AP Rocky “keeps it G,” he claims that he is in fact not a gangster. See 3:01 below:

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

“Her, Mary, and me” refers to a potential “threesome” between Q, his girl, and Mary (marijuana). .

There’s also another, deeper meaning here, which Q probably didn’t intend. “Her, Mary, and Me” sounds phonetically like “Her marrying me,” which essentially shifts the meaning of this part of the verse, and implies an underlying, unspoken love for this girl. “Fucking a girl twice” suddenly becomes a metaphor for moving beyond a one-night stand and into a steady relationship. “[Keeping it] strictly G” can be seen as Q wanting to express his love for this girl, but his gangsta appearance, “we don’t love these hoes mentality” won’t let him.

Then again…
Q is most likely talking about getting it on with two other girls.

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ScHoolboy Q is keeping it real gangster, [just like his homie A$AP](http://rapgenius.com/Asap-rocky-keep-it-g-lyrics#note-472232)

However, though A$AP Rocky "keeps it G," he claims that he is in fact not a gangster. See 3:01 below:

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

"Her, Mary, and me" refers to a potential "threesome" between Q, his girl, and Mary (marijuana). .

There's also another, deeper meaning here, which **Q probably didn't intend**. "Her, Mary, and Me" sounds phonetically like "Her marrying me," which essentially shifts the meaning of this part of the verse, and implies an underlying, unspoken love for this girl.  "Fucking a girl twice" suddenly becomes a metaphor for moving beyond a one-night stand and into a steady relationship. "[Keeping it] strictly G" can be seen as Q *wanting* to express his love for this girl, but his gangsta appearance, "we don't love these hoes mentality" won't let him.

Then again...
Q is most likely talking about getting it on with two other girls.

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I believe Britney Spears’ “3” partially inspired ScHoolBoy Q’s lyric here:

“Got one-eighty degrees,
and I’m caught in between
Counting, 1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Getting down with 3P”

Britney’s song is about a threesome, in which Q’s wordplay here also includes this.

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Been on another level since you came, no more pain The Weeknd – House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls

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On the surface, this opening line evokes Abel being on “another level,” as he got high when this girl showed up.

However, looking between the lines, this verse could possibly refer to a BDSM relationship (in structure at least) or a possibly single play-time arrangement between the two, with Abel acting as the dominant figure over his submissive partner, the girl.

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As Abel’s timeline of songs goes to always girl is making him high not on drugs but , lt increases his dopamine level and feelings like that. And as Abel do lot of drugs, mentioned clearly in his new album After Hours songs lyrics throughout. The drugs and the girl are correlated here as dopamine enhancer or booster. The girl is same a booster for Abel.

so, As the entered he is on another level of dopamine as he go on doing drugs.

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I think he is refering to being drugged since she came to the house. it all start 2 songs ago with high for this, the mixtape has kind of lineal thoughts, now he introduces a second character, the house of ballons.

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Pusherman with the kilos, A$AP Rocky – Pretty Flacko

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