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Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me Eminem (Ft. Rihanna) – The Monster

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With Eminem being one of the biggest Hip Hop recording selling artists it’s no wonder that the media has kept more than just a watchful eye on him. However, Em has been pleading for his privacy for well over a decade:

But at least have the decency in you
To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out
In the streets when I’m eating or feeding my daughter, to not come and speak to me
I don’t know you, and no
I don’t owe you a mothafuckin' thing

He’s known to attack the media through his raps, notably in his songs from The Marshall Mathers LP. For example, his song “Criminal”

A lotta people ask me stupid fucking questions
A lotta people think that what I say on record
Or what I talk about on a record
That I actually do in real life or that I believe in it
Or if I say that I wanna kill somebody, that
I’m actually gonna do it or that I believe in it
Well shit, if you believe that, then I’ll kill you
You know why? ‘Cause I’m a criminal

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With Eminem being one of the [biggest Hip Hop recording selling artists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem_discography) it's no wonder that the media has kept **more** than just a watchful eye on him. However, Em has been pleading for his privacy for well over a decade:
 
> <small>[But at least have the decency in you
To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out
In the streets when I'm eating or feeding my daughter, to not come and speak to me
I don't know you, and no
I don't owe you a mothafuckin' thing](/36597)

He's known to attack the media through his raps, notably in his songs from [*The Marshall Mathers LP*](/albums/Eminem/The-marshall-mathers-lp). For example, his song ["Criminal"](/Eminem-criminal-lyrics)

> <small>[A lotta people ask me stupid fucking questions
A lotta people think that what I say on record
Or what I talk about on a record
That I actually do in real life or that I believe in it
Or if I say that I wanna kill somebody, that
I'm actually gonna do it or that I believe in it
Well shit, if you believe that, then I'll kill you
You know why? ‘Cause I'm a criminal](/Eminem-criminal-lyrics)

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It’s also important to note that Eminem is acknowledging how he wanted to be left alone in public or in day to day settings and purposely says “excuse me” almost as addressing a person in a crowded room.

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Got 99 issues your bitch ain't part of my problem Jay Rock (Ft. Kendrick Lamar & Major James) – Roll On

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Remake of the infamous Jay Z hook in 99 problems.

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40 days 40 nights
No New Star
Fuck your Third Eye
I be the One
Neo of the Sun SZA – Teen Spirit

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Time periods of 40 are part of a common theme in the Bible. The Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years, The flood in the story of Noah lasted 40 days and 40 nights, and Jesus was tempted by the Devil in the desert for 40 days and nights as well. SZA is going through similar trials.

“No New Star” refers to her not being a new star as the Devil is also referred to as the “Morning Star.”

“Fuck your Third Eye” leads into the next two lines. The Third Eye is a book by Sophia Stewart who accused the creators of The Matrix trilogy of ripping her book off. She claimed the Wachowskis solicited her for a film treatment in 1986, when the elder Wachowski was still in college, and the younger was barely out of high school. By saying “Fuck your Third Eye!” and juxtaposing it with “I be The One / Neo” SZA’s calling out the fakes and declaring she’s above them. When SZA mentions “the Sun”, she’s referring to the sunrise created in Neo’s honor.

Furthermore, SZA’s real name, Solana, means “of the sun.”

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[Time periods of 40 are part of a common theme in the Bible](http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/40.html). The Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years, The flood in [the story of Noah](https://biblehub.com/genesis/7-12.htm) lasted 40 days and 40 nights, and Jesus was tempted by the Devil in the desert for 40 days and nights as well. SZA is going through similar trials.

"No New Star" refers to her not being a new star as the Devil is also referred to as the "Morning Star."

"Fuck your Third Eye" leads into the next two lines. [*The Third Eye*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255778.The_Third_Eye) is a book by Sophia Stewart who [accused the creators](https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/sophia-stewart-the-matrix-lawsuit-conspiracy-or-hoax-149399/) of [*The Matrix*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/?ref_=nv_sr_1) trilogy of ripping her book off. She claimed the Wachowskis solicited her for a film treatment in 1986, when the elder Wachowski was still in college, and the younger was barely out of high school. By saying "Fuck your Third Eye!" and juxtaposing it with "I be The One / Neo" SZA's calling out the fakes and declaring she's above them. When SZA mentions “the Sun”, she’s referring to the sunrise created in Neo’s honor.

Furthermore, SZA's real name, Solana, means "of the sun."

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Emmanuel, how foolish of me!
To think I had it SZA – Teen Spirit

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SZA is feeling like a fool because she does not have life figured out in way that she thought.
“How Foolish We Were” is a poem by Emmanuel Oduro.

The poem is about the innocent ignorance we posses as children, and how that affects our lives during school and after, relating to the theme of this song.

Additionally, “Immanuel” means “God with us” in Hebrew. SZA may be speaking to God, discussing times in her life when she has been rather foolish, thinking she had something she wanted, but did not.

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Real niggas don't die homeboy, we multiply ScHoolboy Q – Gangsta

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Commonly used term:

Tupac said this.

RIP

Used again here in the movie “Bebe’s Kids”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k8ch2PAuuU

Interestingly enough the child, “Pee Wee”, saying the line is voiced by Ton Loc; who is a Southside Compton Crip.

Used in the Gangland episode for Crips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3cUvLepcyE#t=1m27s

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2Pac actually never said
“Real niggas don’t die, we multiply”

but he did say

“Thug motherfuckers don’t die
We get high and we multiply, motherfucker”
Source: 2Pac – Thug 4 Life

However, I believe the line/term has been taken & rewritten by many from Ice-T’s “Colors”.

https://youtu.be/Df0ibu3oXKg?t=38

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there is a crip saying that goes like “ Gucci bang bang, it ain’t nun but a crip thang. Cripz don’t die, we multiply”
that is what he means by that

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Fellow TDE member Kendrick Lamar further restated this sentiment repeatedly and triumphantly in his performance on the Colbert Report of “Untitled”, chanting, “What the black man say? Tell ‘em we don’t die, tell 'em we don’t die Tell 'em we don’t die, we multiply”

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This is reminiscent of a line on Xzibit’s verse on Some L.A. Niggaz.

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This could also be a reference to ASAP Rocky’s “Multiply”

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MC Ren used it first on the N.W.A song Real Niggaz Don’t Die.

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Fragile Tech N9ne (Ft. Kendall Morgan, Kendrick Lamar & ¡MAYDAY!) – Fragile

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This song is about how critics easily criticize artists' music and how bad it feels for the artists to take all that criticism.

Here’s an interview where he, amongst other things, discusses this very song “Fragile”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-BeXNv1xv4

Yelawolf was also to be featured on this song but his verse wasn’t sent in time (source: Something Else DVD).

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The word “now” should really be removed from the the line:

“How you gonna criticize with a chisel on your nads sizzling your ad”

It’s very disrupting.

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yela woulda killed this

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I feel let down now that I know that Yela wasn’t in this

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The sun slither down behind the sycamore tree Grayson Capps – I See You

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The sun is “slithering,” slowly moving through the branches, as it sets.

This is him setting the scenery for the song, providing the context for the rest of the story.

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Tryin' to find the right highway, the high way CunninLynguists (Ft. Hilltop Hoods & Looptroop Rockers) – Nothing But Strangeness

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A play on the words high and way.
Where the highway would be this:

As where the high way would be this:

Basically they’re under the influence of marijuana when trying to find the road that leads to their destination.

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How many flights just got charged for rebookin'?
Google Maps, backpacks, wrong routes tookin' CunninLynguists (Ft. Hilltop Hoods & Looptroop Rockers) – Nothing But Strangeness

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As this song is about strange ish that happens when they’re on tour Natti starts it of by introducing us to the problems that they encounter such as having to pay for planes they’re not going to be taking due to re bookings.
Here’s an awesome Google Maps photo that involves a plane (perhaps the one they missed).

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Kid Amos Lee – Kid

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This song is about a kid who’s experiencing bullying. It’s from Amos Lee’s Last Days At The Lodge album which was released in 2008.

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