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So even if I'm half-dead, I'm half-alive
Poured my half-empty glass in a cup
Now my cup has runneth over Eminem (Ft. Skylar Grey) – Asshole
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Here, Em plays on the saying, “Is the cup half full or half empty?” Instead of water, however, Em’s cup is half full/empty of longevity and liveliness.

If his metaphorical cup is smaller than his glass, we can conclude that he transitionned his “needs” to a smaller container/more easily statisfied state of mind, that has now runneth over/fulfilled its needs.

This phrase has been used numerous types in music from Truck North to T.I. and Hov. It’s not even the first time Em has used the line.

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Hove, not Hov.

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Optimus Prime also has a tendency to die then come back alive through some Deus Ex Machina in the series of Transformers.

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Dead and alive at the same time is schrödinger’s cat

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Half dead – half alive is also Schrödinger’s cat.

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This line’s already been used in Eminem’s verse in his Drake feat, “Forever”:

“My cup just runneth over, oh no”

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This line’s already been used in Eminem’s verse in his Drake feat, “Forever”:

“My cup just runneth over, oh no”

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There was a line in “Rabbit Run” that goes

“I’m about to kill it, I can feel it building up
Blow this building up, I’ve concealed enough
My cup runneth over, I done filled it up
The pen explodes and busts, ink spills my guts”

Maybe some sort of connection?

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The quote “my cup has runneth over” also comes from the Bible in the book of Psalms 23

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, I don't beg pardons Scarface – 'B' Word
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This phrase could have have two meanings depending on what he is referring too.

  1. The first being the idiom I beg your pardon which means that he doesn’t care that he may have hurt someone’s feeling or did something wrong.
  2. The second would be the presidential pardon which is where the president decides to overrule the justice system and clear a person of any crimes they may have committed.

Either way Face is trying to get across that he doesn’t care if he gets in trouble he’s going to do what he wants to do and no one can stop him.

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I tell 'em look out fool, I ain't Al Sharpton Scarface – 'B' Word
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Al Sharpton is an African American civil rights activist who tends to be peaceful when he discusses race relations and racism. As a result he’s usually controversial like with the Tawna Brawley Case, however he’s mostly peaceful.

Face is the opposite if you aren’t careful you may have it coming, since Face isn’t one to peacefully negotiate.

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Got the copies of them statements you was makin motherfucker Scarface – Get Out My Face
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A member of Face’s hood or crew was snitching and is about to get it from Face for what he did and how he didn’t stay true to his gang and homies.

It probably went down like this.

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So what you got a .40 Cal, I got a .40 Cal
Plus another .40 Cal with that Scarface (Ft. WC) – I Ain't the One
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Face is talking about a 40 cal. S&W pistol. The man who was trying to front on Face is trynna brag about it, but it doesn’t even matter since Face has 2 Forty Cals. He could be working for the feds seeing as how the 40 cal is one of the most popular weapons used by the FBI and several police departments.

It should be mentioned that Forty Cal is a rapper and they could be bragging about how many albums of his they own.

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Facemob, Scarface (Ft. WC) – I Ain't the One
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A group that Face himself created in 1995 after gaining traction through being put in movie sounds tracks before dropping their album. Their also dropped their second album silence the same year this album dropped.

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These cases come to us from the States of Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion. [n1][p487] Supreme Court of the United States (Ft. Chief Justice Earl Warren) – Brown v. Board of Education
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Multiple class action lawsuits had been decided by lower federal courts, and they were all combined on appeal to the Supreme Court, to be decided at once.

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God bless me like I'm finna sneeze 2 Chainz – Fork
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In American culture and elsewhere its commonplace and polite to say bless you after/before someone sneezes.

The origin of the phrase is from one of the plaque outbreaks in the medieval time as it was thought to help prevent spread of the plague.

2 Chainz is blessed with the money he has gotten and the fame he has acquired.

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It's been a long time coming but now I'm back at it Scarface – Sellout
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Face dropped his last album two years ago, given some rappers album schedule is an enormous gap. It’s admirable that Face thinks two years without an album is a long gap when others are going strong on fifteen after their last album.

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When we hump, I grunt just like a bull mastiff Nas – I Already Know
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If you think Nas is shacking it in the next motel room over then all you gotta do is listen for this.

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