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Bitch niggas only know that transactions is the plans Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

bitch niggas acting like yo mans. in a trance. all some type of pun for transvestites.

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Phil

3 years

this transphobic af bro

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Shit don't stop, 'til you make the sacrifices
Trade in what's priceless to ices and devices
When the light switch, I shift like I'm typin' Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

following the previous line.. they don’t stop until you make the sacrifices of your soul (what’s priceless) to uses and the vices. Basically all D'evils.

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adam

9 years

WHat do you mean by ICES though? Was it just filler to make the bar rhyme

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8 years

“Ices” or ISIS …

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554

8 years

Fancy watches with much diamonds on them. Ices.

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Peeds

8 years

Could’ve been isis..

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8 years

I always hear “Training was priceless to ISIS”

This would be a knock on the US government for their training of the Free Syrian Army (the largest contributor to ISIS forces).

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7 years

jewelry @Adam

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770

7 years

Ices = diamonds
Yall mad dumb

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116

6 years

Never seen such dumbass niggas. ICES = JEWELRY

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trey

6 years

he ‘shifts’ like he’s ‘typing’– referencing typing on a keyboard. smart word play from joey

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Zaman Shah

5 years

I believe he says “Training was priceless to isis and devices” not ices.. Due to fact a line prior hes saying that “Shit don’t stop, till you make the sacrifices” Meaning you’ll be in a never ending cycle of force fed lies, until you decide to sacrifice your time and effort to witness the truth for what it really is.. Rather than constantly neglecting it as most people choose the easier alternative. Also skipping a line later he basically refers to God. “Livin' in the era where Christ is the crisis” it completely connects together and makes sense. Joey always took it a step further he never left his lines so simplified. The whole song speaks about corruption not excusing even the government or president I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t bring up isis he speaks his views on God, Jah. and Allah in many different songs along with the rest of pro era.

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david p

5 years

your soul is priceless , compared to ices “ chains , money ice , phones , etc” idk thats what im guessing

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166

4 years

Comparision to the trade done with ISIS maybe.

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Been on clock cause you could see that I been on watch Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

following the previous line.. it’s risky to get to the top but Joey has been on watch. Also means “been on clock cause you could see that eye (all seeing eye) been watching him.

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You've been warned on the risk it takes to sit on top Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

Play on words here. ALso means “you’ve been worn on the wrist..” which flows into the following line “been on clock”

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david perez

5 years

warned on the risk what it takes to be on top , selling your soul , signing those contracts and giving up your ass for fame

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and in respect to B.I.G., I gotta cease it Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

A play on words, sieze/cease. A reference to the The Notorious B.I.G. and his protégé, Lil' Cease.

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Thinkin' like in the man garden it's a snake now
Cause I don't know who to believe or who to deceive Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

Sounds like an allusion to the story of adam, eve and Satan in the garden. He’s being tricked by the evils in the world(satan) and hes in the garden of eden. But also that he may be the devil himself in this situation. Also a play on words, “in the man guarding, its a snake now” as if his God was always a serpent.

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7 years

are you not joey badass why are you speculating

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Always in the skies watchin' stars when they up
So don't you confide into the evil and corrupt Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

Play on words. The snakes are always in disguise watching the stars when they doing good. So don’t give in to them, be aware of the evil and corrupt.

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Tamati Minarapa

5 years

this is how you can determine the snakes and fakes from the righteous and real, when they are doing “good'‘ their eyes are on the heavens and not the people they are doing it with.

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Yo son we gotta raise up, don't let them just array us
'Til we raisins in the sun, so we gotta wake up Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

He’s saying we all must raise up and not let them just put us on display until we burnt out. So we must take action.

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Malc216

11 years

I feel like the “Raisin in the sun” line refers to Langtons Hughes poem also

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terance

11 years

I agree with MALC216…

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627

11 years

wordplay on raisin/rays in

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1,385

11 years

could also be “Don’t let em disarray us?”

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okay

10 years

Stop overanalyze shit, people. This is Joey himself annotating his own lyrics.

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mmegjoness

10 years

A Raisin in the Sun is also a play written by Lorainne Hansberry which details the life of an African American family in the 50s who are conflicted with the idea that they must assimilate into “white” society, or if they can raise out of their position and be proud of their race. In the story, they decide on the latter and refuse to take a bribe from a townsman to not move into a white neighborhood, choosing to do it anyways and not let the white people shut them out of a place that is just as much their home as anyone else’s.

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111

7 years

Word play wise. They array us, like the sun rays on the raisins.

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I'm too caught up catching a feel when I should be cashin' a mil Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

A play on words. Catching a meal/cashing a meal. Joey knows he’s gotta EAT but he’s too busy fucking.

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424

11 years

Good looks with the explanation, but why are you talking in the third person though…

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124

7 years

haha i wonder why he speaks in the third person?!?

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Fume

7 years

“Because I been slacking the skill, although my passion is real. I’m too caught up catching a feel when I should be cashin' a mil”.

I thought it meant that he wasn’t showing his skill because he was catching a feeling for when the album was going to drop ,but he’s taking too long when he should be “cashin a mil” meaning million.

Of course this was my thought but I was wrong.

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But always find my self back at the bacchanalian Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes

28,551

Artist

11 years

A bacchanalian is a drunken orgy party. Basically, he always finds himself back at a kickback getting laid by hella bitches.

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11 years

Word play on bacchanalian. This goes back to the first line where he says he feels alienated. Bacchanalian sounds like back an alien. Joey always finds himself “at the back an alien” because he doesn’t publicly put females on blast in his music. Despite his respect for females, he still fucks mad bitches, possibly causing more alienation within himself between his side that respects women and his teenage side that wants to fuck girls.

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5 years

That’s hard lol

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