If everybody’s a rapper these days
Than whatdoya' need me for Eggshell – Wordsmith

Eggshell is referring to the recent local hip-hop craze where everybody believes they are rappers.

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Unless your a virgin on a ship
Then you see more
Seamen
Than one eyed sailors named Seymour Eggshell – Wordsmith

TRIPLE-MEANING: A virgin on a ship sees a lot of sea-men, as in sailors, but being a virgin, doesn’t see any semen. One eyed sailors (Seymore is a generic seadog name) can only see out of one eye so they don’t see much of anything. But when you’re on a ship for months on end with other lusty men, things can get freaky.

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Than Shelly who's sellin' seashells by the seashore Eggshell – Wordsmith

Another tongue twister. He makes more money than Shelly selling seashells.

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I make more dimes off a good rhyme Eggshell – Wordsmith

DOUBLE-MEANINGS: He means dimes in the monetary sense but also, the phrase “dropping dimes” means to talk trash. So if he’s making dimes, he’s attracting trash talk for his good rhymes.

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I'm sharper than the black on a piano keyboard Eggshell – Wordsmith

The black keys on a piano keyboard are sharp/flat keys and sharp is a synonym for clever. So he is as clever as keys are sharp.

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You radicals need to appease more
Than just a right wing liberally leftist Eggshell – Wordsmith

Eggshell expresses his disdain for the trivial politics that get into hip-hop.

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I have how many platinum records
That would be three more
Than three less than
A negative under a radical Eggshell – Wordsmith

Do the math: √-1 + 3 — 3 = An unreal number
Eggshell has no platinum records; they don’t exist.

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If what I'm sayin makes no sense
You should probably read more Eggshell – Wordsmith

As stated in earlier lines, he hates when people don’t understand his literary references.

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People are just a pain in my ass
Like Eeyore Eggshell – Wordsmith

People tend to piss Eggshell off, like the Whinny the Pooh character Eeyore, a paradox to his earlier lines stating he is optimistic.

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Think you can whip up some whites
You can’t win
Small bite
Your no Egg-beater Eggshell – Wordsmith

More wordplay: Possible reference to cooking techniques of whipping egg whites to make a meringue. Opponents can’t beat Eggshell therefore they are no eggbeaters.

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