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The sixth track of Boogie Down Productions' 1990 album Edutainment, produced by KRS-One. KRS-One raps about some problems he sees with other rappers.
Now his soft Uncle Tom crew is in check
Ego wrecked and rhymes corrected Boogie Down Productions – House Nigga's
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My rhythmatic regiment navigates melodic notes for your soul and your mental Kanye West (Ft. JAY-Z & J. Ivy) – Never Let Me Down
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The second track of Mos Def’s classic album Black on Both Sides.
To think that KRS-One has surely been erased Boogie Down Productions – House Nigga's
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But I'll grab the tail of the house nigga
Pull the trigger and his head I'll deliver Boogie Down Productions – House Nigga's
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He’ll try to escape but KRS won’t allow him to. He compares the ‘house nigga’ to a snake by using the words “slither” and “tail”. This emphasizes the description of the ‘house nigga’ as a snitch.
So to massa, he'll look bigger Boogie Down Productions – House Nigga's
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It's the concept of the house nigga, field nigga Boogie Down Productions – House Nigga's
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Judas is best known as the man who betrayed Jesus at the Crucifixion. KRS-One uses Judas as an analogy to a ‘house nigga,’ a A derogatory term that refers to blacks who behave in a servile manner towards whites. In slavery times, it was used to refer to slaves who worked inside, serving the slave master with anything he desired.
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He always has to watch out for someone seeking revenge against him.
By some accounts, this is exactly how he died (except substitute years for hours).
It’s “punk” that I roughed up way back, correct, @owen Gerig
could it be “some punk” instead of “some buck”?
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This line also ties in perfectly with the true meaning of this song being the plight of African American’s. Out of all the issues 2Pac mentioned that black people deal with, they also have to deal with other black people looking to harm them.
The second to last line should read, “some "BUFF” that I roughed up way back" (Not “Buck”). I agree that buck does fit there and it kinda sounds like he says it, but the line is buff. Buck meaning young buck would be almost just as good of a lyric, but I know the lyric is “Buff.” That’s just how Pac would have written the song. Buff rhymes with Rough.
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A sad irony as Pac killed in type of"Payback", showing that he spoke the truth and his personal struggles with oppression in society.
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Even after making all this money you can’t relax, because the things you did in the past to get to where you are now will come back and haunt you, as people want revenge. Pac is lamenting the cycle of violence that plagues the ghettos.