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You're a candle in the sun, that shit don't even out JAY-Z – Hola' Hovito
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To “shine” is to ball or display a lot of jewelry. Jay acknowledges you’re a baller, but you’re not in the same ballpark, league or game as him.
Like a wax candle melts in the sun, thus becoming uneven in form and useless, Jay says his competitors cannot withstand the test of time and elements and have careers of longevity like he does.
In addition to this, the fire of a candle is useless in the light of the sun.
These together form a double entendre and complex metaphor.
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There has been a common claim by rappers and rap fans that hip hop music has been dying (notably asserted by Nas on his 8th studio LP Hip Hop is Dead.
Wayne responds to this notion with a brilliantly executed extended metaphor for “saving hip hop” by acting as the game’s doctor and treating his patients: other rappers.
This song is considered by many to be a classic rap song. Legendary MC, Talib Kweli, even called it “one of the greatest rap songs [he] ever heard,” and used it to defend Wayne against all of the mocking and insulting he receives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmTj-u1LMg
(Noah Wyle is the Dr. Carter of television)
