Can travel wherever, even allow you to see blind Uptown XO – They Say
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My grip clutching your dinner like pliers, with no appliances YC the Cynic – Molotovs at Poseidon
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YC is hungry, meaning he’s spitting intense bars. YC is so hungry he’s even taking your dinner and there isn’t anything you can do about.
He’s playing on some tools here, as pliers are often used to grip things, and sometimes used in the repair of appliances.
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My daddy did it this is the state of mind I always had
I'm mad he died before we got to have a man to man Jhené Aiko (Ft. Ab-Soul) – WTH
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He has led his way to a state of mind that he may do drugs because hid dad did, an idea Soulo dreads.
He will never get to have a man-to-man conversation (an honest one) with his father, Herbert Anthony Stevens III, because, as he and his mother left the military base in Germany where he has born, as well as left his biological father when he was 4. and his father then died before contact was reestablished.
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Over the same beat as Ether, slightly altered.
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Ab-Soul is the rottweiler of TopDawgEntertainment (Ab-Soul, Schoolboy, Kendrick, Jay Rock). This breed is known for its ferocity and meanness, frequently being used as a guard dog.
We gotta make a change
It’s time for us as a people to start making some changes
Let’s change the way we eat
Let’s change the way we live
And let’s change the way we treat each other
You see, the old way wasn’t working
So it’s on us to do what we gotta do to survive
2Pac Shakur YC the Cynic – The Pacs
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YC is quoting Tupac Shakur here, straight from the song Changes.
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Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
Gods, niggas, kings—call it out
If words are real, then which are you? YC the Cynic – The N Word
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We must all choose how we are going to live our lives. Will we be gods like YC, neguses, or n-words?
- Gods: the rulers of the world with the most power.
- Neguses: the champions and leaders of the people, but subject to the god.
- N-words: It’s clear that he means the derogatory version of this word based on the album artwork, mostly to mean the oppressed, rather than lazy.
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!"
"God!" "Niggas" "King!" YC the Cynic – The N Word
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#G N K
Here is the initialism of the album title. A very powerful juxtaposition of the n-word among king and God. Both of the other two words are favorable, while the n-word often is not. Check out the bridge for further elaboration on this.
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