And now I'm sitting at the end of the month I just made it
Like you made the B team, OutKast – ATLiens
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Big Boi compares barely making rent payments at the end of the month with little money left over to barely making the cut for a basketball team but being forced to ride the bench for the JV/B Team. Neither case is ideal, but it is still better than not making the payment/being cut from the team.
Forever, me and you, baby, we were meant to be
There's more to life than laughter; what brought us together was fate
And we'll be hand in hand when you walk through those pearly gates
And to see to that, I'ma do whatever it takes 50 Cent – A Baltimore Love Thing
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It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The gravity of heroin addiction can be so strong that once addicted you feel as if your entire life is just about fixing and moreover that the fixing only ends when the heroin kills you. But here, 50’s H is determined to accompany the addict through death and into the afterlife.
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You are hawkin' the H so intently with so much focus that you don’t even notice your feet getting all cut up.
A hawk chases a dove in the story of the charitable King Sibi
Kurt Cobain—we were good friends; Ozzy Osbourne, too 50 Cent – A Baltimore Love Thing
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Notably heroin did not kill any of these 3 famous musicians. Though Ozzy might have been better off. Kidding.
50 Cent builds on the tradition of rappers referencing Kurt Cobain in their rhymes.
We have a love thing, you treatin' this like it's just a fling
What we have is more sacred than a vow or a ring
You broke my heart, you dirty bitch, I won't forget what you did 50 Cent – A Baltimore Love Thing
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She just shot up again ! She had been trying to quit. 50 says he won’t forget what she “did” by tryin to kick.
What did she do? Let’s see. In the above photo she’s doing “Labrinth.” Years later, she did get naked in a Don Johnson movie (something heat or hot?). Then she did -oh yeah- this film about addiction:
I'm good-looking, so you know, soon, she be trying me
Heard she bisexual, she fuck with that girl
But boy, oh boy, fucking wit me is a whole 'nother world 50 Cent – A Baltimore Love Thing
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To extend 50’s thick drug metaphor the way 50 would want a Rap Genius to do it. A “bi” drug addict would mainline cocaine and heroin together, aka speedball. Hence, “that girl” is coke and “the man” is 50, i.e., heroin.
If you want to research Baltimore and Heroin like 50 has, you can start here:
Then watch:
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The guitar subtly drops in right here. Here’s Dave, who was probably playing that guitar.
A subtle reminder that this track is a collaboration with Teenage Fanclub.
Bang-bang, look at the way my chain glow Eminem (Ft. 50 Cent, Ca$his, Dr. Dre, JAY-Z & Stat Quo) – Syllables
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Bang !
“Bling Bling” is a 1999 hit track by New Orleans rapper B.G., released as the first single from his fifth studio album Chopper City In The Ghetto. It features Hot Boys & Big Tymers. The song peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it B.G.’s most successful single to date. The phrase became a popular way of referring to shiny, gem-encrusted jewelry, famously being added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003
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