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Even the best of the best new artists can’t compete with him and his peers. They’ve been doing it much better than most of them for much longer than any of them.
Is a specific composition of every single decision
That you made in the past The Lab Rats – Float
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The person you are and the life you have today is the culmination of every choice you ever made, and thusly there is no one to blame but yourself for any past failings.
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One of the most instantly recognizable rappers of all time and an integral part of the G funk movement in west coast, Calvin Broadus, better known as Snoop Dogg, came into popularity by appearing on features for the already prominent producer Dr dre. He was well recieved right off the bat, and his debut album, Doggystyle, is still considered a classic to this day. His subject matter typically followed the standard formula of he day, violence, weed, and women, but snoops uniquely laid back flow and delivery set him apart, as did his canine motifs.
He has several cousins who are also in the rap game, including lil half dead, warren g, and the late Nate Dogg. A former crips gang member, snoop credits a change in heart and direction in his music and attitude to his grief at Nate Dogg’s death, saying,“I felt the call of rasta”. Subsequently, he released a full reggae album under a new moniker, snoop lion, and later a funk album under the name snoopzilla.
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Nervous as he is about this encounter, and slightly taken aback by her use of foreign language, sage responds in English, but the more mundane language lacks the romantic connotations of the french, even though the wording was likely very similar.
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So two things are happening here. She is proposing a toast, and they are lifting their glasses, at the bar, to toast to their last drink. She has made a proposition to him, whispered in french, a famously romantic language. Upon hearing this he was charmed, and aroused, and so his spirits were lifted as well, making this a subtle double entendre. The sexual tensions that have laced the whole of this song come to a head here.
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Many people create false personas, complex masks to protect their fragile, true selves from the harsh world, and to keep people from seeing their flaws. The woman sage is rapping about has such a mask, but it is imperfect, and he can see that there is something a little off about her.
Where dreams to shift and change and form
Where light and air and all things do bow to the king of stories Johnathan Juliano – The storyteller
This is a long reference to the comic series sandman, by neil gaiman, which follows the exploits of the living embodiment of dream, often called morpheus. The comic series, like this poem, is an exploration and celebration of the wondrous nature of storytelling. In addition, one of the mythical beasts who guards Morpheus’s palace in the dreaming is a wayvern.
A wyvern is a particular type of dragon, often characterized by nobility, and less likely to be evil or dangerous than other types. In this line, it’s mention ties into the extended reference in the lines bellow.
Here I use the term to symbolize the idea of fantasy land, rather than as a direct reference to the film. Think of it as the wilderness of dream country, a land without borders or natural laws, full of wonder and danger.
In many fairytales, dragons are notorious for hording huge troves of gold and jewels.
