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Tell her, "Be free, baby, spread your wings
Got your legs in the sky like a plane"
Let me guide that, I'm the pilot Jeremih (Ft. J. Cole) – Planez
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Jeremih does a good job of keeping the meaning of “spread your wings” ambiguous: at first it seems he is telling her to spread her metaphorical wings and become a free spirit, but his request that she lets him “guide that” suggests she’s simply spreading her legs and assuming the spread eagle sex position.

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Deebo'ed yo' bitch, now she both ours Jeremih (Ft. J. Cole) – Planez
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Deebo was a neighborhood bully in the popular movie, Friday. In one of his most famous scenes, he gets Red to agree that the bike he stole can be “both ours” before knocking him out and keeping the bike. That’s how Cole plans to steal your girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFJThMDLYM4

Cole pronounced this line so that it can also be heard as both eyes, in reference to Deebo’s lazy eye.

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No nigga could block, not even Dikembe Jeremih (Ft. J. Cole) – Planez
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Dikembe Mutombo is an NBA legend known for his shot-blocking ability – he is #2 on the all-time list, with 3,289 blocks (and finger wags.) However, not even Dikembe could block Cole from getting with his girl if he puts his mind to it.

It’s no coincidence that Cole drops this line after comparing himself to MJ. Dikembe bragged at the 1997 All Star Game that Jordan had never dunked on him—later that season, MJ posterized him in Chicago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlwUFA5Sric.

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Anthony Davis
Marc Gasol
Carmelo Anthony Sports Genius – 3-on-3 Squads
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Melo’s a bad teammate, but I honestly think he is the best 1v1 player in the league. Davis and Gasol will shut down the paint on D and can either step out or post up on offense.

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Rock you outta space with rhymes, I'm bustin' out Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
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To knock his competition out of Earth’s gravity and into outer space, Joey would have to get them traveling at a speed of 25,000 MPH. Considering even Superman can’t punch someone into space, this may be difficult for Joey to pull off with just his rhymes.

Possible reference to fellow New Yorker Busta Rhymes.

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The first half of the line is a homophone for rockin on this base

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The words bustin' out is a triple (possibly quadruple) entendre. First referencing busta rhymes, second he’s bustin' out of the atmosphere, third he’s busting now (homophone) a reference to the double entendre in the previous line about their position on top switching in their face and blowing a load in their face, and it could maybe also mean he’s bustin out the projects and he’s successful.

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The “position on the top” in the previous line could refer to missionary position, which is why Joey says he’s “bustin out”

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I would take out the word possible – I think it definitely is a reference to Busta rhymes

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Bustin' now instead Bustin' out

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American Sniper Screen Genius (Ft. Genius Lists) – Movies Released in 2015

Liked it immediately after I saw it, but once I left the theater I realized it wasn’t very good. It has nothing to do with politics, it just wasn’t a great movie. Some action scenes were cool, Cooper was good as Kyle, but outside of that it was pretty cliche and boring.

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Cooper really nailed the accent and performance

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Bradley Cooper was certainly the standout. But beyond that, I thought the movie was average at best. I was never emotionally invested in a single character (including Chris Kyle (Cooper)). The struggle between his wife and his country wasn’t shown nearly enough, and what parts we did see could have been executed (written) significantly better.

A lot of the dialogue was cheesy/typical shit that you’d expect to be written by a twenty-something male with minimal vision. The fact that this was nominated for best picture solidifies why people shouldn’t give a shit about the Academy Awards.

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@6xPlatinum yeah sadly I agree with you. The movie sort of dragged on at points. I think this is an example of an average move with an above average acting performance.

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loved the movie, bradley cooper did an amazing job

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I got connections that guaranteed to see closed doors Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
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Joey is blessed with a talent that opened a lot of doors for him once he pursued rapping as a career. However, most people in his neighborhood aren’t so fortunate and would get the door slammed in their face if they pursued ventures in the professional world.

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So many homophones and entendres:
1.) Connections (hitmen) closed doors (closed casket)
2.) Connections (homies) closed doors (they have no chance of makin it out the hood)
3.) Connections (both homies/hitmen) close stars (reference to solar in previous line and also stars as in friends and as in heaven)

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No he is saying that he got friends that will send you to closed doors (close stars) heaven. The worldplay is so sick!

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he has connections to people who can get your casket door closed. in other words if it comes to it he can hire someone(Hitman) who is guaranteed to execute

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It sounds like “close dogs” as in Joey will kill all your homie and then you’re guaranteed to see them again, in heaven.

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Keep your mouth closed or you can see the solar Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
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“The solar” seems to be a euphemism for heaven, which is supposedly located somewhere out there in the solar system. The closed mouth ties to the previous line about pitbulls locking their jaws closed.

This could also be a diss to the producer Solar who has caused issues after the death of Guru (a musical partner of this track’s producer DJ Premier).

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considering how much he references dragonball z , I think he is taking about vegta’s finishing move “solar flash”

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It’s a reference to the “Rock you outta space with rhymes” line. He’s saying if his enemy talks shit he’s going to lyrically destroy him into space.

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I think it’s “you could see the soap, dog” as in washing your mouth out with soap after a child curses.

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Foes keep your moth closed or you can eat the soap dog

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*solar, i’ve listened to this line on repeat and there is just no way Joey says solar.

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The line could also suggest that if you snitch you gonna get hit and you’ll be seeing stars (solar system)

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The line could also suggest that if you snitch you gonna get hit and you’ll be seeing stars (solar system)

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My visions is macrocosmic, pass the chronic
The mastered sonics is light years above your conscious Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
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Mixing in “pass the chronic” in the middle of two slightly pretentious and nonsensical lines hints that Joey is aware of the complaints his pseudo-intellectual lines have gotten, and is passing the bars off as weed-inspired musings rather than ultra-meaningful revelations.

“Macrocosmic” means that his rhymes are either related to the universe as a whole or they are emblematic of something smaller than them. Neither definition makes particular sense in context, but the rough translation is clear: Joey’s rhymes are too advanced for his simple-minded listeners.

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I heard, “my bitches is” and “past the iconic”. I can’t find a meaning for “my bitches is” but it sounds more clear than my vision is, but past the iconic means he’s already beyond the iconic rappers like Jay-Z or Drake who have skill but he’s on another level.

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Jordan LeGrand
7 years

It isn’t mastered sonics, it’s math and science. I believe it is a reference to the Supreme Mathematics of the Five Percent Nation

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8 years

“slightly pretentious and nonsensical”
Yeah maybe if you’re a fucking mongoloid

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also think it could be “past the chronic” meaning he thinks hes already better than some classic hip hop albums

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@Heisenferg sure bro let me break it down for you : Stick up the ass means pain in the ass. The persons name means the person causing the pain and probably put it up there. A stick up @ironpandas ass with Joey Bada$$’s name on it means that he Joey has made him so butthurt that he needs to come here and try tear down one of the best tracks put out in the last few years for no easily discernible reason. Simple enough for ya?

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@AnthraxCake they put names on sticks?

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This entire post is “pretentious” “nonsensical” and “pseudo-intellectual”. Seems like you got a stick up your ass with Joey Bada$$’s name on it.

“my visions is macrocosmic, pass the chronic” he sees the world as on big complex whole probably because he is high as fuck. Douche.

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I swear these niggas love to copy, thanks for listening Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$
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This line, and similar lines on B4.DA.$$, drew criticism since Joey admittedly borrows a lot of his sound and style from the 1990s rappers he grew up listening to.

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theres a BIG diference between influence and copy

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If he said something like “fuck people that copy” then yeah, criticize. Apart from that go fuck yourself.

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I have to say though, rather than trying to shoot down people that copy he is being appreciative that people took the time to listen that closely, which doesn’t happen enough these days. Nothing really to criticize about this line in my opinion.

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