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They didn't carry a size eight in hoes Yelawolf (Ft. Eminem & Gangsta Boo) – Throw It Up
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They carry shoes for regular women, NOT hoes (or whatever name suits you).

Eminem is too cheap to buy the entire shoe.

Thus the term hoes minus the s in front.

Also wordplay with size 8 in “(panty)hose.”

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I had a way then
Losing it all on my own Lupe Fiasco – Lightwork
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She’s saying that she had a way of life, a way of doing things, and now she’s lost it. And, she has no one to blame but herself.

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Based on the hook, she once knew how to get back to her home. Her peaceful place where she was free to dream.

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“a way” = EGO
“losing IT” = IT = her life essence
“on my own” = as the ego of the mind

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Emperor is his alias, Lupe Fiasco – Lightwork
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People call Lupe the “Emperor of Rap”. Also, Lupe has a song on his debut album Food & Liquor titled “The Emperor’s Soundtrack”.

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My only promise is I'll never ruin the young Lupe Fiasco – Lightwork
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Lupe is promising that he won’t poison and point young kids in the wrong direction with his music. In an interview with Bill O'riley on the O'riley Factor, Bill had the audacity to accuse Lupe Fiasco of misleading the youth who listen to his music, with a message that is “simply not true”. Lupe knows that is something he will never do.

Socrates reference…when Socrates was teaching his youth followers how to proceed with a conscious eye and strive for truth, he was jailed for ‘corrupting the young’.

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Micheal Young was the fictional protagonist of Lupe’s first 2 albums.

I read it that he’s promising, the Lupe way, that he isn’t going to revisit Micheal Young AND that he’ll continue to spread consciousness and awareness of social issues instead of glamorizing the fast life, with the same vow.

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