What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Candy here is used to reference his car that is painted in candy like colors.
On UGK’s 2007 album Underground Kingz Bun B even devoted a whole song to this imagery.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
OutKast members Andre 3000 and Big Boi are from Atlanta. UGK members Bun B and Pimp C are from Houston.
Kweli possibly also references the famous collaboration of OutKast and UGK on “International Player’s Anthem”, the second single to be released from the eponymous UGK double-album which also contained the song “Real Women” that featured a verse by Kweli.
I'm selling crack rock, the devil's love potion UGK – Pocket Full of Stones
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
The drug trade has led Bun B’s to life standard rise considerably. It resulted in increased wealth for him while demanding little effort at this stage due to his various efforts of protecting himself from criminal persecution and elaborate and extensive organization which is the topic at the end of his verse. Even though he highly benefits from selling crack he is aware of the damage this drug does and compares it to an allurement of the devil.
While it is possible that like Aloe Vera lotion refers to the first part of the line it might also be attributed to I’m selling rock in order to depict his nonchalance in regards of selling drugs. This aspect is later addressed in the begging of the final verse.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
The ancient Roman poet Horace demanded that a typical drama is divided into five acts. This division was then often utilized by French poets such as Racine or Corneille during the era of the Renaissance
These acts mainly overlap with the verse in this song even though some acts expand further than one verse which I’ll cover later:
The first verse is the exposition and serves:
introduction of characters
supply of the audience with background information
foreshadowing of the dramatic conflict
Bun B meets every single on of the three criteria. He states the time, introduces himself and what he does and provides material that could be relevant for the dramatic conflict.
The second verse, delivered by Pimp C, assumes the function of the rising action. The story line starts to develop and begins to build towards the climax in the following verse. The content of the rising action is very import for the further continuation of the story as the other 3 acts highly depend on it in terms of plot development.
Verse number three is the climax. It is the turning point of narrative and often changes the protagonist’s fate to the opposite. In this case things start to turn Pimp C’s disadvantage (“Now all them laws won’t leave me alone”).
During the fourth verse the falling action takes place. The plot of the story is slowing down and the final act is close.
The fifth verse is the catastrophe. The protagonist is worse off than to the beginning of the story (Pimp C faces criminal conviction and life in prison.
As I mentioned earlier the distinction between the verse and the corresponding verse is not very clear. Furthermore the Climax and Falling Action coincide for the most time.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
This last line is the ending of this narrative but also the start for a new one. It reveals that drug dealing is a circular flow that virtually never stands still.
It can also be seen as critique of the system in the US that deals with incarcerated persons as Bun B states that he started dealing drugs as soon as he was released from prison. While prison usually serves the purpose of re-socializing inmates and showing them a way of living that doesn’t involve crimes the American prison offer nothing of value and furthermore are absurdly overpopulated as a result of highly controversial political measures and force people back into crime due to the lack of perspective they receive while experiencing incaceration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNiNv97ZdM
More about this topic on rapgenius:
Now my click is coming up like the fuckin mob
My workers got workers everybody making green
Gettin cash for putting stones in the pockets of the fiends UGK – Pocket Full of Stones
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Black Caesar is the title of a 1973 movie. It revolves around a black kingpin in New York of the late seventies and early eighties portrayed by Fred Williamson.
Due to his increasing wealth Bun B would prefer it to be called Black Trump instead of Black Caesar. Donald Trump is a business magnate who became rich through real estate. As off March 2014 his net is worth 3.9 billion Us-Dollar. The mention of Donald Trump could also indicate the bank from earlier in the song is now pursuing an activity in the area of real estate to increase its wealth.
There is also an other way this line could interpreted. Bun B instead of referring to the fictional character character of Black Caesar refers to the Roman leader and dictator Gaius Julius Caesar in order to his picture his power and influence. In this context his preference for the name Black Trump probably as historical backgrounds as Caesar was responsible for the demise of the Roman Empire while Trump managed to keep his company flourishing.
It's to the point where I don't see dope no more UGK – Pocket Full of Stones
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Pimp C’s revenues stemming from his work were so high that he started to launder his money. Money laundering serves the purpose of obfuscating the often illicit origin of money in order to spend it without attracting a great deal of attention especially when it comes to bigger amounts of money, destroy the money trail which could be used as evidence in a criminal investigation and protect the money which could be object to seizure. There are different methods of laundering dirty money that all follow roughly three steps.
Transferring money elsewhere i.e. a bank, company etc. in order to introduce it into the financial system also called Placement
The second step is disguising the source of the money through various means. This act is called layering
The final step is the Integration. After the origin of the money is no longer identifiable the criminal receives the money
The method in question here is a shell company, Pimp C uses a car detail shop (placement), that disguises the illegal money as income (layering) which pays the salary of workes (integration). The laundering is so profitable and successful that is redundant for Pimp C to deal with drugs himself therefore further reducing the risk of conviction.
As McNulty would call it Pimp C is now the bank.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0oVG9bLHP0
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
This chorus serves the purpose of reflecting the mentality that both Bun B and Pimp C display over the course of this song. The first line that is repeated twice after the initial mention conveys their focus on the trade with drugs and the resulting increasing wealth. The usage of the term pocket full is used to picture the abundance of drugs in their ownership.
The imaginary of full pockets is juxtaposed against the typical image of empty pockets that represent poverty therefore referring back to the begging of the song where Bun B depicts the modest start of his career.
The last line of the chorus is quite ambiguous as the they could either refer to the police or addicts who both are highly interested in him because of the quantity of drugs in his possession.
We can't pick the pieces of the ground Keyshia Cole (Ft. Juicy J) – Rick James
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Cole uses the metaphor of a picture frame to describe the sate of her relationship. The frame is irreparably damaged by a fall which let the glass holding the picture inside shatter. While it would possible for the two partners to fix the relationship (pick up the broken pieces of glass from the ground) she deems the relationship to be over.
25,756