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The very basis of freedom is absence of constraints. But that’s definition that doesn’t apply to many real-life situations as individuals living in a society.

I tend to see freedom as the domain inside which one is responsible/accountable for one’s actions. For credit and for blame. For gains and consequences. It’s still very vague but it’s hard to narrow it down without limiting the word’s definition to specific examples.

I think life in society creates certain “bubbles” around the individual inside which the individual can act as they see fit. The inside of these bubbles is freedom.

But again, I’m not talking about freedom from consequences. It’s a very different and much more complex matter.

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This project begins with an iconic sample from Black Sabbath’s eponymous February 1970 album opener. The outro of this track also follows Ozzy Osbourne’s vocals with the equally iconic main riff of “Black Sabbath.”

Possible references to Sabbath’s catalog arrive later on Backxwash’s album, during the track “Into The Void,” which shares a title with another classic Sabbath song from July 1971.

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Première proposition assez franche et directe : lorsque quelqu'un reproche à une de ses connaissances de s'éloigner, cela a naturellement l'effet d'engendre encore plus de méfiance et de rejet.

La deuxième proposition renvoie à un passage dit plus haut :

… on vient pas au monde meublés

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D'abord un nouveau jeu de mot typique de l'écriture de Vîrus, détournant l'expression “prêcher pour sa paroisse” qui veut dire “défendre ses intérêts” en y insérant le mot “paroi”. Vîrus défend ses intérêts, ceux-ci étant les murs dans lesquels il s'enferme.

Ensuite il fait référence à la résonance acoustique qu'on peut entendre dans une pièce quand on en enlève les meubles (facile à remarquer quand on déménage, par exemple), pour souligner que le fait de s'exprimer, parfois de manière emphatique, est partie intégrante du fait de se construire en tant que personne. C'est par l'expression que l'on s'enrichit, que l'on se “meuble” en tant que personne.

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Vîrus use coup sur coup de ses deux marques de fabrique :
- les homéotéleutes avec la répétition des sons F, O ouverts et fermés, M, N et EY
- les jeux de mot avec “il est malheur moins le quart” transformant le malheur en une heure de la journée.

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On the album, the song is introduced by a skit named “Vocab! prélude”.

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Stro the 89th Key copies the first line in this verses from Common’s classic “I Used to Love H.E.R.”

Just like Common he is talking about a girl. Eventually it becomes clear this is a metaphor and he was actually talking about Hip-Hop (or music)

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“We have their sodas, the ‘best of’ Bush junior’s ‘business’
And they have our French kiss”


One last time, 20syl gives example of crossover words between English and French.

“Soda” is used in French to designate any sweet sparkling beverage, “business” is used exactly the same way as it is in English and “best of” is the go-to phrase to designate any kind of “greatest hits”-type music compilation.

I doubt “French kiss” needs any explanation by now.

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“I like my native language, but I’ll eventually say
It has the musicality of a German regiment
I was born here, not in NYC, and am sometimes proud
When I manage to make that fucking vocabulary sing”

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“Let’s [beep] that mother[beep] in the [beep]
What now?
Once again?
No no no, moving on…”

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