Even though the speech was coined “The Lady’s Not for Turning”, it was originally an address to the Conservative Party Conference, 10th October, 1980.

The infamous phrase of a most defiant woman. The words “The lady’s not for turning” became a defining moment in her reign as Prime Minister and something of a motto. This phrase referred to her refusal to go back on the liberalisation of the British economy. Unemployment had risen to 2 million by autumn of 1980, up 500,000 from the previous year and the country was in recession.

The speech was written in its entirety by Sir Ronald Millar, a playright and Thatchers speech writer since 1973. The lines “You turn if you want to” was intended as play on words of the 1948 play The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry. Unintended though, the line to follow “The lady’s not for turning” received its own standing ovation and the majority of the headlines.

Play on the phrase time is money. Tyler addressed this line on his Formspring.

http://www.formspring.me/wolfhaley/q/444280460965596263

Also, see Colossus.

Vato is Spanish for “dude”.You know Joey’s laying with some fine ass women. Unlike Drake’s motto, Joey’s is not to waste his hard earned cheddar on ladies chugging down Ace of Spades in a bottle, but rather have her chugging down on a different kind of neck…

Day to day life and simple materialism isn’t anything Joey ponders over like a normal teenager. Rather, he’s looking at record deals for himself & the PRO ERA crew. The word contests in this context refers to the rap game, Joey is competitive and wants to be the best.

Joey’s been rapping about contracts alot recently.

On the DJ Premier produced Unorthodox:

Won’t sign to no major if no wager
Less than a 3 million offer off the top

On A$AP Rocky’s posse cut 1 Train:

Just got back to the block from a 6 o'clock with Jigga
And I’m thinkin' ‘bout signin’ to the Roc

Another nod to enlightenment and spirituality. As with the first verse, Joey makes reference to the Chakras. Your third eye is merely one of many. Note the wordplay on hostage/incarcerated/locked/blocked reinforcing how society obstructs free thinking and creativity.

A reference to spirituality and enlightenment. This has been previously mentioned by Joey in his track Suspect. The third eye (Pineal Gland) is said to provide perception beyond ordinary sight. He proclaims he’s at a higher level of conciousness, begging the question — What am I about to do? A: Spit dope.

We picked three different eras of space exploration from Michael Kagan’s collection. We then had to make sure that the screen printing was on point – lots of details and colors. The fleece is from Canada but we had to ship it to a U.S. screen printer who also prints our tees. It really came out perfect; almost feels like you can feel the brushstrokes.

This quick interview

I think it’s always great to find other creative minds from home. I was into the art before I knew where he was from so that was just an added bonus. VA forever!