What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
If I told you that The Warm Up was just a sound bite J. Cole – The Last Stretch
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
XXL Magazine gave Cole’s mixtape The Warm Up a very nice review:
Never lazy with the flow and constantly attacking the mic with clever rhymes and intriguing lyrics and content, J. Cole seems to be the type of MC that can maintain his cool composure throughout an entire project even when under the wing of a living hip-hop legend
On a scale of “hood” to “ugly”, guess what it got?
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
While MYH goes to church and meets a thoughtful priest (“friar”), his alter-burger encounters a deep fryer at Church’s Chicken.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
“A shout-out to my homeys at the Dovre Stove company!”
Lupe refers to his listeners here as wood stoves, with all the potential energy in the world; another interpretation sees the listener as a BMW (also known as a Beamer) with the high beams glaring.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Just look up in the sky (Look up in the sky) Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Matthew Santos) – Shining Down
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
Implies that Lupe’s dad will still be with him no matter how it seems. RIP
What is this?
The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.
To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.
People in America sure love their fast food, just like fiends sure love their crack. The only thing keeping MYH and fast food franchises up at night? The government.
Also, the hungry ones are the ones who keep his pockets fat. They are hungry and therefore get drugs from him. Hungry ones rely on him, whereas the FEDS are satisfied and don’t want him around. (Both law enforcement and enemies would be considered Feds in this case).
The opposite of “hungry ones” are people who are fed… “the feds.” More subtle wordplay within the context of this line.
Also, in line with the Fast Food Reference, “FEDS” also means the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and regulations concerning the food.
So it means The FEDS as in the literally fed (and not hungry) consumer.
and FEDS as in the FBI/FDA for drug dealers and fast food respectively.