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KiD CuDi been repping G.O.O.D Music since he met Consequence (they even did a song together Buggin' Out 09)

CuDi also gets style tips from Ibn Jasper

Cudi getting a haircut from Ibn Jasper

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Drake has moved on. He knows this isn’t the girl for him. He may think he should try and make it work with this girl, but he is aware of the fact that in the long run this isn’t the girl for him. He repeats this throughout the song, like he is convincing himself instead of convincing the girl.

Your friendly neighborhood editor, iceberg, is an expert on this feeling. He gets over girls while they still love him more than ever for no reason other than his money, rapping skills, sweaters and disarming good looks.

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Drake enforces the fact that he isn’t really interested in the woman that he calls by saying he barely has sex with her, and barely sees her at all. This shows that Drake called her just to have some company until the morning.

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All of the drinking, sex, and chaos adds up to what Yeezy calls a “hell of a life”. While describing someone’s life as a “hell of a life” typically means it was a great life, Ye could be twisting the meaning to mean that the life he describes (which doesn’t sound very good) is literally like Hell. Ye could also be saying “hell of a life” (using the typical meaning) ironically.

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Ye is referring to how black men in the post-reconstruction south were arrested on bogus charges (most of which boiled down to “being black in public) and forced into chain gangs, or forced labor groups. It may also refer to the chains slavers would put on slaves during transport or sale.

Also, of course, continuing the porn theme, a chain gang is when a bunch of men fuck one woman. It’s common in porn for this type of fetish to be played out by one white woman and several black men.

Chain gang is also refers to black men getting money and spending it all on chains.

Sam Cooke, sampled by Kanye, has a song called “Chain Gang” as well.

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Lil B speaks on how police stereotype people based on their looks, and that another black-man’s crime is the reason for the hatred towards him.

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Lil B suffers from depression, but he copes with it so he can still be operable.

The ad-lib “Rosie O'Donnell” emphasizes this, since Rosie faced battles with depression by using Effexor after her divorce.

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If a bitch messes around with Lil B, “noise” similar to Baton Rouge will be their consequence.

Baton Rouge holds an annual Mardi Gras festival, it can get quite noisy.

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The voice speaking belongs to Lil B. The BasedGod is Lil B’s enhanced alter ego, the Based equivalent of a Super Saiyan. This split is referenced in another White Flame classic Im Fabio where Lil B explicitly states, “I met Lil B and BasedGod at the same time.”

In this song, Lil B is in sheer amazement of the awesome power the BasedGod possesses, particularly over other dudes' bitches.

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