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I gotta kick somethin that means somethin
Somethin that means somethin
Somethin that means somethin
I gotta kick somethin that means somethin The Pharcyde – Somethin' That Means Somethin'
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Lyricism is always put up to a standard of subliminal messages & underlying moral allegories – as if this is the sole thing that gives substance to media. Pharcyde having to “kick something that means something” is a direct reference to/parody on the demand for pretention within lyrical art. Why can’t music just be music because it sounds good & it’s entertaining?

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IMO it’s seems like they’re saying, whatever it is you want to rap about it HAS to be something that you believe in, that personally matters to you.

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It’s a direct message to all the other rappers at that time and today to “kick something that means something” when u rap don’t talk about selling drugs and how gangsta you are , talk about something that can inspire somebody with your music in a positive light with positive messages cause talking about the negative shouldn’t be entertaining at all especially if it’s about violence, uplift people in your music.

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The hammer hit the table leaving me with 7 years 8Ball & MJG – On the Outside Lookin' In
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MJG is being convicted of a crime & sentenced to 7 years in prison.

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The concrete jungle Jeru the Damaja – The Frustrated Nigga
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Slang for urban inner-city ghettos, coined by Bob Marley in his classic track by the same name.

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Since a lil' nigga, I ain't been nothin' but trouble
It's easy to fuck up when you feel like nobody love ya Prodigy of Mobb Deep (Ft. 50 Cent) – Straight Murder
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50 Cent grew up as an orphan from early age in the South Side of Jamaica, Queen, NY, which wasn’t really the place to be in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s. 50 started selling drugs around age 12 & was a teenager during the crack pandemic of the late 80’s, so he sure did live in about the hardest place in America to come up in as a kid.

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And I think like a nigga in Sing-Sing on the yard Prodigy of Mobb Deep (Ft. 50 Cent) – Straight Murder
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Sing-Sing Correctional Facility is one of the most notorious prisons in N.Y.

Don’t let the pretty picture fool you, you don’t want to end up here.

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cap peeled Above the Law – Another Execution
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cap = head

he got killed

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Never mixin' with trickin' brothers
Bitchin' over vixens that ain't fittin' to be hittin' Naughty By Nature – Feel Me Flow
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He won’t be seen with or associate with broke small-time gangsters that don’t do nothing but complain & come up with dumb small-time jobs for pocket change.

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He never mixes with brothers who ‘trick’, or who chase and fight over hoes who aren’t worthy of it

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Treach implies he does not associate with wanna-be’s stuck in their fantasy. The type who see themselves on a pedestal but are in turn losers in real life.

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Never mixin with trickin-doesnt mix or hang out with prostitutes or pimps

Brothas bitchin over fixins that aint fittin to be hittin-pimps fussing over their hoes or tricks that are no up to hs standard of “httin” (having sex with)

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hold your shorty, I'm Naughty Naughty By Nature – Feel Me Flow
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Grab a hold of your girl because Treach is “naughty” – he’ll steal her if you don’t keep an eye on her

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Bang and watch all the poo-tang tangs hang Naughty By Nature – Feel Me Flow
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Sell drugs, kill other gangsters & watch fine girls pass by in sexy outfits

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Phillies Naughty By Nature – Feel Me Flow
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Phillies Blunt is a brand of cigars so popular for using to roll weed in, its name is synonymous to a “weed cigar”

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