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Eminem’s alter ego Slim Shady is as twisted as Marshall and Kim Mathers combined – which is saying a lot considering both of them were pretty volatile drug users at the time.
My dick shrunk smaller, but my balls got larger Eminem – Criminal
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Or get at something more sinister, you gotta be the finisher
Make it so the doctors they can't replenish him Big Boi (Ft. Cutty) – Shutterbugg
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The only times you should ever fire a gun is when you’re forced to in order to protect yourself, or when you are positive that you can shoot at your rivals until they reach the point of no return.
In other words…
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Big Boi doesn’t carry a gun to show off (“flex”), he does it to “protect his neck” like the classic Wu-Tang song.
So know this, know that everything's cool
And yes, I will be present on the first day of school and graduation OutKast – Ms. Jackson
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Instead of continuing to mope about what happened between him and Erykah, André accepts that they are no longer going to be together, and focuses his attention on being the best father possible.
The rhyme scheme and meter end with “school.” Andre adding “And graduation” after the verse would normally be expected to end, as well as delivering it more slowly and with more emphasis, illustrates the depth of his commitment to their son and that he’s in it for the long haul.
It turns out that 3 Stacks lived up to his promise, since his son Seven graduated in 2016 and was recieved acceptance letters from four colleges.
I pray so much about it, need some knee pads OutKast – Ms. Jackson
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If André and Erykah never had a real emotional connection, then this breakup would be easier to deal with. But since they did, André has been spending so much time praying in hopes that God will relight the fire between the two of them that he is beginning to hurt his knees.
What’s also brilliant about this is the double rhyme scheme Three Stacks has with these lines:
Asking what happened to the feeling that her and me had
I pray so much about it need some knee pads
It happened for a reason one can’t be mad
They got flour for tortillas and lettuce for enchiladas
If you follow, wink wink, no doubt, we don't speak
In a blink those folks could have you sleeping in the clink Big Boi (Ft. Cutty) – Shutterbugg
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The “eses” are formidable Mexican drug dealers that cleverly began using slang to describe their products, because they know that actually using drug terms where the police can hear you can get you put in jail (“the clink”) pretty quickly. “Flour” is coke, and “lettuce” is weed.
This is also a reference to the song “Don’t Speak” by Gwen Stafani’s group No Doubt.
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Picking up a pen is in this case metaphorical for starting to rap (starting to write rap lyrics).
But what really would have happened if Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen?
Only cheating moms would be horrified
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Countless people including myself didnt have any motivation or way to escape from real life in hard times .
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Countless souls would have never cried when they heard Em realize that it actually was Stan, countless wouldn’t have cracked up over Mom’s Spaghetti, and countless would have never heard Slim make his mark on life.