I'm getting money by any means necessary, who told you I can't have it all? Ghetts – Intro (Rebel With A Cause)
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Born and raised in a broken home but I know my father good
Times changed and he overdosed on this drug called fatherhood Ghetts – Intro (Rebel With A Cause)
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“Born & Raised” is the second track on RWAC, directly after this intro. It’s important to note that after mentioning the tracklisting, Ghetts list several tracks and makes references to others on the album, (including Times Change, Broken Home and Fatherhood in these two lines). Of course, this shows how close the subjects spoken about are to him.
Ghetts has talked in-depth about how his daughter being born has changed his perspective and made him feel the need to stop taking drugs. He actually talks about how his father did leave his mum but was still involved in his life, on Broken Home and, perhaps, through his own experience of fatherhood, understands the stress and pain involved when it comes to raising children.
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Is people are sick and tired of being quiet
(It's a living hell) Dying to be heard
That's why there's fire in my words Ghetts – Rebel
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Bob Marley through the trumpets on the day I die Rick Ross (Ft. Meek Mill) – Walkin' on Air
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A direct reference to Rastafarianism and the religion’s messiah, Haile Selassie and a reference to one of it’s many famous believers, Bob Marley, known for infusing his beliefs in his music.
Not only does this pay homage to the two, but it might also imply that Ross is a believer of Rastafarianism himself, because he wants to go out to the music of one of the religion’s biggest advocators.
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Whether or not Abel has a permanent place of residence, he is about that penthouse life. Note also the glaringly obvious sexual connotation of this line; she’s giving him a private show.
I like the way you comb your hair
I like those stylish clothes you wear
It's just the little things you do
That show how much you really care Omarion – You Like It
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“Pray” is the penultimate track on the normal version (#15), which Ghetts uses to ask the people to pray for him, because he doesn’t think he’s worthy of forgiveness.
“It’s a living hell” is interpolated into the chorus of “Rebel” and shows his view on the way the world is run.
This lyric also mentions two other tracks of this project: “Pray” and “Man Like Me”