Than receive, believe what I say when I tell you LL COOL J (Ft. Canibus, DMX, Method Man & Redman) – 4,3,2,1
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A reference both to Christmas stockings that you hang up as a child and get filled with candy and loads of goodies
As well as how many people hide money in their shoes in case they get robbed or lose their wallet.
And like they say around Christmas time… Its always better to give then to receive! So you should just give away your money when hes robbing you.
If You wanna know about me Look me up on the search toolbar/ Bing, Y
A words won't eva stick to me/cling,
Ya Might be goliath But that means im david/ heh, heh Sling,
My name ain't tyler but im still a creator,
Quit actin' like ya got control over me/ Administrator,
You Try to bake on me by sayin' im ratchet,
But ill take ya life and snatch it,
Take it and put it in a box Yea/ Lock it,
Not the necklace, Come to my party without an invintation
And Ya Names not on my list its my life quit tryna control it/
It Doesn't Phase me So ya standin' there lookin' kinda Foolish
My face ain't even close to bein dullish
Get outta my face With this stuipid Bullish,
Bra im Done With you so Get in the whip and pull out my Drive/
Before I take ya mind by suprise Oh One More thing/ Goodbye YOUNG CALI Young Cali – My life
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And maybe hip-hop'll save you from the pit-stop Aesop Rock – Save Yourself
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Aesop makes note of the insurgence of rappers who say that they are saving hip-hop through their music. He sees this has a ridiculous statement because of the depth to the art form that’s reliant on our own culture.
Instead of saving hip-hop you should save your community and yourself which is the true process to saving the genre. Instead rappers just try and play the hero rather then actually commit any heroics. If you save the community the community will repay the favor.
I can walk with a limp and make your step feel incomplete Aesop Rock – The Tugboat Complex Pt. 3
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A number undermining how they duck and dive different
And I was waiting for an hour and I merely saw six
Some thought it was a bust, I thought it was the shit The Uncluded – Bats
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This is a very specific reference to the Bats of Austin TX, a city he name checks in the previous verse.
There are 1.5 million living under one bridge in Austin, all of which come out together each dusk. The bats are a metaphor for humans, there are so many to see and they all do things slightly differently, Aesop Rock has always been interested in watching people so he spent his time watching how those “bats” were individual. However because of the low turn out, everyone else was disappointed but Aesop wasn’t at all because of what little he could see amazed him. Most people want the grand show of thousands of bats flying in unison but Aesop' interest has a more personal approach.
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