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RG going to start running shit in Los Santos on October 1st!
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Big Rube is a first generation member of the Dungeon Family and has worked with Big Boi and André 3000 on many classic OutKast songs such as:
Ain't no use in gettin' uptight
Just let it groove its own way
Let it drain your worries away, yeah
Lay back and groove on a rainy day, hey
Lay back and dream on a rainy day
Lay back and groove on a rainy day
Lay back, oh yeah The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Still Raining, Still Dreaming
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Everybody has had one of those “rainy days”, be it an actual rainy day or metaphorically speaking.
Don’t let it get you down, use it to your advantage! Since you can’t go outside just lay back and dream and groove to some music (preferably Jimi) and let the rain set the mood.
The “Lay back and groove on a rainy day” line links back to “Rainy Day, Dream Away”
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Like a nomad rolling without a roadmap Shad – Now a Daze
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Shad is a very independent person which can be evidenced by his lack of guest features on his albums/with other people.
A nomad is a person who moves from one place to another and will not settle in one place, as such Nomads don’t have any maps, they go wherever they want.
I rock the microphone like a blizzard; I'm so cold I'm tryin' to told ya OutKast (Ft. Erykah Badu) – Humble Mumble
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This is similar to the opening lines to Big Boi’s first verse on “ATLiens”, where he raps:
Big Boi is also “cooler than most players claim to be” and “cooler than Freddy Jackson sippin a milkshake in a snowstorm”.
Brain deteriorating 'cause I'm X pill poppin' Tech N9ne – Trapped in a Psycho's Body
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Living in the hopeless, hungry side of town Johnny Cash – Man in Black
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The color black symbolizes the poverty-stricken and starving people in damaged communities. It represents the commoner, since it is a simple and non-glamorous fabric hue.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on Johnny Cash – Man in Black
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Black is usually labeled as a dark and depressing color, hence it’s association with death. This song also has a pretty somber tone.
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Many people questioned Cash’s distinctive sartorial style, which was always black, so he wrote a song about his color choice.
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