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Relating to the earlier line, the other rappers on the track wanted a hook before and after ICON’s verse. ICON jokingly says that this is because they know his verse will be so great that they’d just get outshined by being “close at him” on the track.

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Mocking the “rappers-spelling-their-names”-trend and his caucasian skin color in the same line, following it up with a nonsensical – yet rhyming – line, further mocking the meaningless nature of most posse cut-lyrics.

While most rappers in a posse cut would follow such bullshit lines up with a punchline, Kno just makes fun of them and points out the obvious nature of all these tracks.

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Mecca (jokingly) states that he doesn’t even want to do this verse and appear on this rhyme orgy, but Tone threatened him with stopping the release and further work on Mecca’s album if he didn’t just comply and spit a sick 8 bars.

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Mocking the hilarious nature of this track, boasting 14 different rappers, taking posse cuts to the next level.

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The line he starts spitting at first is the intro line from Cunninlynguists‘ 2001 616 Rewind.

Yo, first I sprinkle the verse
By addin' words, rhymes
Flippin ‘em in a verse with lines
Then I'mma hit 'em disperse rhyme

That track was also a posse cut. Tone is tired of appearing on posse cuts, where he eventually ends up saying 20 seconds of none-substance bragging-rap.

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Alcohol is not just a drink to him – it’s necessary. He needs it to keep him from depression.

Alcohol is often used to drown your sorrows, however such use of it nearly always end up in alcoholism, which can have fatal effects on your health.

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A very clear sign of alcohol abuse – even though he has a preference, it actually doesn’t matter to him if he drinks whiskey or gin. He just needs alcohol to get drunk and forget.
Juxtaposing medicine and alcohol indicates an addiction. He feels as if the alcohol is good for him and it’s something he’s dependent on.

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Seattle has a beautiful skyline, with the Space Needle having a very powerful presence in it.

Knopfler describes the situation as something very romantic. Her putting her arms around his neck is a very clear sign of affection and trust from both sides – something they used to share.

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Hvert vers i sangen fortæller hver sin historie om en person med succes på ét point, men ikke på et andet, og hvordan frustrationerne over de ting de ikke havde i sidste ende får dem til at flippe ud.

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Meget lig de tidligere omkvæd – endnu engang. Denne lighed skaber en stærk rød tråd igennem sangen, imens den stadig sørger for diversitet og holder sangen frisk at lytte til.

Omkvædet opsummerer i bund og grund blot verset – en populær kunstners frustration over bagsiden af berømtheds-medaljen.

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