Kicking it with bloods, talking about all the bloods I shot Uncle Murda – The Response (Kendrick Diss)
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Crips and Bloods are two bitter rival gang that are among the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States. It wouldn’t be smart to kick it (hang) with the Bloods even if you’re not a gang affiliated. He’s respected/ feared so much, he can go to a blood block when he’s crip affiliated and talk about how he’s shot bloods and no one will try him.
Maybe if Game or Snoop said it
Then I would be more upset (word) Uncle Murda – The Response (Kendrick Diss)
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This is exactly what the game needed
Everybody want to be homeboys, rappers competition, start competing Uncle Murda – The Response (Kendrick Diss)
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Niggas getting offended
Everybody running to the studio
Trying to make a diss record about Kendrick Uncle Murda – The Response (Kendrick Diss)
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This is a metaphor where the sailboat is the rapper Lupe is after. A sailboat is built to be on a ocean meaning that even a rapper built for this/ a great one wouldn´t even last.
The ocean of his tears could mean the pain Lupe’s endured throughout his life, the things he’s seen/been around. This may string further from Lu’s upbringing in the notorious Chiraq and onto all the crazy things happening in the world we live in.
Other rappers aren’t as fierce/angry as Lupe simply because a sailboat, which purpose is to last on the ocean, would last in his ocean of tears (pain).
Rappers haven’t felt the pain Lupe has, thus they have never reached a level of anger that Lupe has.
When it rains God is crying.
Maybe a little redundant, but Lupe’s tears aren’t just tears of sadness; they’re tears of anger, too. Since he’s angry, his tears are angry, and the sea made of them is angry, as oppose to calm.
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His rhyme scheme is so intricate with metaphors that people don´t even understand them which is why people are saying “what in the world was that?”
This works of course in general with Lupe Fiasco which lead to Soulja Boy saying
I don’t want to be super-Lupe-Fiasco-lyrical and niggas
don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about.
But it´s also referring especially to his latest song; a response to Kendrick’s verse on control and the prequel to this song: SLR 2, since a lot of people, including here on Rap Genius, called it wack. This is his response saying that we just didn´t understand it. The truth is people seem to appreciate the old one more now that times has gone by noticing his mockery of other rappers using their flows.
Line 1 to Line 4: Rick Ross
Line 7 (“get these heathens off”) to Line 9: Meek Mill
Line 14 (“Lu the boy”) to Line 18: T.I.
Line 19 (“Dinosaurs, I’m fine”) to Line 24: Kanye West, Eminem, Tyler the Creator, any of them can be heard.
1:45-1:57: Jay Z?
1:57-2:12: 2 Chainz?
2:13-2:19: Drake, but also is similar to the hook in “Bitch, Don’t Kill my Vibe” by Kendrick Lamar
2:20-2:39: Kendrick Lamar?
Line 46 (“He’s so crazy) to Line 49: Lil Wayne
Any artist he tourin' wit', snuff whoever bought the shit Joe Budden – Lost Control (Freestyle)
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The original Control song where Kendrick famously Crowned himself king of both coast
I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York
King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both
Then called out a bunch of rappers which also caught alot of heat.
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I’m tryna murder you niggas
Which lead to many responding and calling themself King of New York, but none of these are the rappers Kendrick actually “called out”.
These are the lower tier rappers he is referring to that is only trying because they don´t stand a chance for example:
Iman Shumpert, Astro and Fred The Godson
He is alluding to the king of New York title as a championship belt.
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This whole freestyle has an anti big label/ mainstream music message as I am sure you have noticed. This is saying it in other word but a continuing on the last line which referenced Wu-tang clan twice and ties with the next one where he is referencing another Wu-Tang Clan song that indeed Kendrick should Protect Ya Neck. So it can´t be a coincidence that Joe said this ain’t for the labels since Labels is from another critically hailed Wu-tang project: GZA´s solo album Liquid Swords.
The song Labels has similar message: warning about labels.
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If Jay-z and Nas are still alive how can you say that you are the king of NY and expect people will not laugh at you?
The second line is “Kendrick, come on! How that sound?”