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In the last few lines Trev talked about how popular he is among girls. He does not however want to brag about having sexual intercourse with your girl.

making your favourite girl a statistic

He is having sex with her and then she is basically a statistic along with all the other girls he’s had sex with…

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Bonus track on “Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color”. Track number 15.
As opposed to the rest of the album, this song isn’t about going out making a change, but rather just taking a day off and enjoy life.

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Possibly meaning you are not allowed to/can’t speak freely.

“Toungue tie” is also a nickname given to the condition Ankyloglossia which limits the movement of the tongue tip. This further adds to the meaning of the line.

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Similar lines has been frequently used in “gangsta rap” and horrorcore earlier:

2Pac – Kill Kill Kill Murda Murda Murda

Necro – The Murder Murder Kill Kill EP

Cereal Killer (“Murda murda murda, kill kill kill” is a line in the song)

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Muhammed Ali was important, not because of his boxing, but also for his choices in life. The fact that he refused going to Vietnam and the fact that he was an outspoken person are important factors. Brother Ali appreciates this part of him, maybe even more than his boxing.

Ali’s prefight smack talking may also be seen as a precursor to rap music.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WsAC4lhbE0g&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWsAC4lhbE0g

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No relationship is going to last forever. Eventually either of you will come up in a new life situation or pass away. Before you can truly enjoy the presence of another person you need to accept this fact.

Philosopher Dr. Cornel West and friend of Brother Ali has described “learning how to die” in terms of Heidegger’s “being-towards-death,” suggesting the moment-to-moment ways in which we create and re-create our realities including relationships with each other, our selves (life), and the knowledge of our finitude (death).

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This song is the last song on Brother Ali’s album “Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color”
It’s a song about love in three different forms.

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This verse is about the relationship between close friends and family and how they help each other through life.

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It doesn’t matter whether you are a good singer or not. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a good dancer or not. It shouldn’t be looked upon as taboo to do these things when you’re not a professional. Music and dancing have always been a big part of human expression and therefore we need to keep that tradition alive. If you take out your talents without caring about what haters think, maybe you’ll make it someday because hard work always pays off. And if you’re not doing it for fame or official thing, just do it for fun and have fun

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This song is split into three verses about three forms of love. The first one is about the power of love and what it means to act from love:

You know, what it means to experience love. What it means to operate from the premise of love. The power of love as a force in the world.
Brother Ali

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