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This line, when looked at from a metaphorical sense of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has two meanings. Either the artist has so vividly portrayed the emotions and events on that day that it appears to be a “freeze frame” of the events, or It’s possibly referring to one of the most famous photos of world war II- the bombing of Hiroshima.
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Two meanings, depending on how you interpret the overall theme of the song. Clearly this piece of graffiti has a red dragon, to continue the Japanese theme present in the art in bar two, “Of Japanese Baby Shadows”.
Alternatively, if you pick up on the underlying themes and imagery throughout the song, you may have noticed an abstract resemblance to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This line, if looked at in this context, represents the dim explosions someone would have seen in the distance resulting from the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, etc.
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MURRY CHRISTMAS FROM COMMON AND DYAZ
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I'm underaged tho, so don't let Chris Hansen know Bosco_The_Bear – The Sun's Shining
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Showing distaste for former president George W. Bush has become a sort of running joke within the hip-hop community; Sean plays into this here by referencing said distaste by stating how he didn’t vote for Bush either in 2000 or 2004.
This clarifies that he wasn’t being conservative by not voting for Obama – he just doesn’t give a fuck
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The bombings of Hiroshima have been referred to as “10,000” feet high in a few interviews and quotes after world war II. Peep this eerie, harrowing description of Hiroshima from a survivor of the bombings..
the “cynical laugh” may be a reference to America’s joy over the ending of World War II, and how so many people defended the bombings of Hiroshima as a “swift way to end the war without more U.S. casualties”.
The couplet should be paired as “Cynical laugh — must’ve had mad reach”. This is a response to the rhetorical question of how the artist captured such fine detail from a viewpoint so high. Because it’s a rhetorical question, and because of the serious subject matter, there’s a cynical laugh before dropping the punny answer about the artist probably having “mad reach”, or long arms.