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Something she couldn't give so things got negative 2Pac – What You Won’t Do For Love
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Bar closed, back to her six double o, she drove
My eyes closed, her nigga dozed, when I awoke
Saw mad snow, we at her spot at the Poconos
Bridge robes, crib hot as a stove
She changed out of her clothes, put on a silky bath robe
Panty hoes with see-through holes, pretty toes Kool G Rap – A Thug's Love Story (Chapter I, II, III)
Went to mutter I stuttered 'cause I want you that much 2Pac – What You Won’t Do For Love
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Livin' in between life, in the cracks, but blind 2Pac (Ft. Outlawz) – Lost Souls
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Basically the thesis of the song – Tupac considers himself a “lost soul” due to his misunderstanding of life. The trials and tribulations (as expressed explicitly throughout the verse) have consumed his mind to the point to him being stuck at the moment, lost and miserable. Supposedly this is part of what he means when he mentions “living between life”.
The other part is the problem of contingency, that is, the obscurity of what’s going to happen to him or his people next. The “cracks” in this sense should figuratively represent his narrow vision of what a better life is like. In this case it’s blind.
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Honorable wordplay.
“Fat” is a double entendre and in this context it means good and heavy. “Harder” is a double entendre as well meaning hardcore (as to describe something intangible) or tough (as in tangible).
There’s a wordplay going on in the fact that Heavy Metal and Punk Rock are two music genres and in fact fit the adjectives used for the initial juxtapositions.
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What made Tupac so legendary was his profound sense of symmetry. When observed, you can see that this verse at many times alludes to the widespread indigence he grew up around. These lines:
“Cause the gold and cars they appealed to me
I saw our brothers getting rich slangin crack to folks”
“I got my game about women from a prostitute”
“And way back used to rap on the block for loot”
“But it was hard, cause rhymes don’t pay the rent”
“My family on welfare”
“At least in jail I have a meal and I wouldn’t be alone”
“Panthers, Pimps, Pushers and Thugs”**
All reinforce my point.
Throughout all the poverty and struggle, Tupac still has love for his people.
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He was still young yet running out of time
Last week he took tests and the doctor told him
George had cancer in his lungs and his colon MC Lyte – Poor Georgie
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Kool G Rap masterfully paints a picture of his little adventure with this chick on how they came back from the bar and went to her (or her man’s) house back in the Poconos. One can almost immediately surmise the elegance of her place (bridge robes & warm house). Then G describes a situation were the woman is dressing seductively.
Kool G Rap does all this while sagaciously invoking in-sentence rhyme schemes and assonance.
“Would wanna spend those five digit o’s, on bimbo’s
Bar closed, back to her six double o, she drove
My eyes closed her nigga dozed, when I awoke
Saw mad snow, we at her spot at the Poconos
Bridge robes, crib hot as a stove
She changed out of her clothes, put on a silky bath robe
Panty hoes with see thru holes, pretty toes”
Lacks objectivity