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Just like a zombie, Eminem’s music won’t die. He’s immortal (being a “Rap God”), and has a cemented legacy in hip-hop. Could also be comparing a zombie’s trait of rising from the dead – a metaphor for his comeback following a three year hiatus, fully rehabilitated.

The Walking Dead is a graphic novel and TV show about a zombie apocalypse, that has Walking Dead has floating heads, too (in water).

He also namedrops Talking Heads, a seminal new wave band from the 70s/80s. Their bassist explains the origins of their name:

A friend had found the name in the TV Guide, which explained the term used by TV studios to describe a head-and-shoulder shot of a person talking as ‘all content, no action.’
– Tina Weymouth

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Common isn’t referring to “rich” as in money; he is referring to being morally rich – or efficient. Real richness isn’t based off your financial liquidity, it’s based off your knowledge, happiness and health.

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This, here, was ultimately written to portray Georgie’s fortuitous luck. Lyte was digging him despite the possibility of his lascivious intentions. In the real world, this is an extremely eccentric & obscure phenomenon as women (& men) generally tend to base their relationships off trust.

George must have really been Big Daddy Kane smooth {Smooth Operator

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The focus of the song was on Georgie’s endeavor & misfortune, not hers.

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This actually goes parallel with a line out of Marvin Gaye’s You Are My Everything with Diana Ross. The line in that song goes:

“Today I saw somebody
Who looked just like you
He walked like you do
I thought it was you:

I cant believe i actually caught this but Chino seems to be pretty much paraphrasing the original line almost in verbatim.

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A very well-put narrative that portrays the situation, and then the motive of how an individual living broke in the streets with no parental guidance would go about getting what they need. How would they go about it? Key word:join a gang.

Think about it, you were never fully educated, you are insatiably wanting one of the most basic human needs (which by the way, most people don’t worry about on a day-to-day) – and as a result you can’t think about a future or even plan one. Most people, who are supported by society and loved by their families, would get the support as if it were their parents sacrificing or possibly a school counselor consulting with them. But someone who doesn’t have all these amenities wouldn’t know better but to join a gang as they are conventionally the same exact type of people with the same exact wants and needs.

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Obvious content here as Chino is distraught over his failed relationship and implies that his love for her highly exceeded hers. What should be noted is the brilliant syllogism here — Chino is an animal and loves this woman and since you are what you love, this woman is an animal.

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Based on the notation that you only hurt yourself more when you’re holding something inside of you as opposed to when you let your emotions out. Chino spits it from his heart. In an interview with LA Weekly, on the question “When approaching personal subjects, is your writing process different?”, Chino answered:

I think that it’s very, very crucial that I can be followed. I don’t try to challenge the listener as much as I open up my arms and say, “Walk with me.” I like making the story unfold, the twists and turns and a good reveal, but it is different. There are things I find so difficult to communicate in my own personal life, that I find easier to communicate through my work…

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Dramatization means to act something out for a dramatic presentation.

Its a brilliant line – he’s basically saying he’ll end your career or at-least balk it using a euphemism then suddenly a blatant hyperbole. At the same time, Chino’s insulting his enemy alluding that he lived as an “actor”: which is a derogatory insult in Hiphop meaning fake and unskilled.

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Double meaning.

Glands are important organs in your body which have many different functions: some produce milk(mammary in women’s breasts), some release hormones(ones in the endocrine system), and relatively speaking, some fight off substances.

An excretion is the process of excreting(i.e. getting rid of) waste produces in your body.

Now the double meaning comes into play because the word “glandular” doesn’t only refer to glands, but the term is also coined for innate qualities.

In a nutshell, besides physically, he can also be saying that he has a deep intuitive ability to fight off verbal defamation.

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