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Last night was mad real
Sun coming up, 5 a.m.
I wonder if they got cabs still JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream) – No Church in the Wild
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Last night was rough: ‘Ye needs sunglasses to hide the outer symptoms of his hangover, and Advil to cure the inner ones. Especially if he’s going to church after a night of partying.
It’s so early that Kanye’s not sure if cabs are still running (there are often cab droughts due to 12-hour shift changes) and he’s also so disconnected from everything that for all he knows taxis don’t even exist anymore.
I stand by you, walk through the fire
Your love is my scripture
Let me in through your encryption
Yeah, yeah JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream) – No Church in the Wild
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The bridge sets up ‘Ye’s verse which explores the idea of love replacing religious dogma. Despite the “fire” of criticism and moral judgment they’ll get because of it, Kanye believes that two people in a relationship should forge their own rules, rather than trying to live up to often unrealistic, or unsatisfying expectations of monogamy.
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“Wavin' Flag” is a song by Somali-Canadian rapper K'Naan. It was chosen as Coca-Cola’s anthem for the 2010 World Cup, who requested a new “Celebration Mix” recording that omitted certain lyrics
It would be odd for Bloods to wave the Somali flag, seems more like a crip thing:
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Grae, like Tyson, has a face tattoo
Booking her in the Catskills like, look at her rap skills Talib Kweli (Ft. Jean Grae) – Uh Oh
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Y'all fueling it with energy like Keyspan Jean Grae – Blame Game
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Like Salt ‘n’ Pepa before her, Jean recognizes that getting “involved in that he said/she said crowd” is a waste of time and energy.
Keyspan was the natural gas provider for New York City and much of the east coast prior to its purchase by National Grid USA in 2007
See if I'm less human then depression is avoided
So if I'm lessening you then the stress of it is voided
If I'm questioning who's been in your bed I'm annoyed at
Any answer given so what is the point? Jean Grae – Blame Game
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This Cole World track talks about the desire to give up in three different situations – personal, societal, and fictional
he talks about how he misses his father, and even though after all he did, he accepts him because he never knew the love of a father, which causes him pain.