Hold your head and keep rockin'
Pants sag, fuck a cop swag, keep Pac'n
It's a new world doctrine, oppression is not an option Jay Electronica – Act II (Rough Demo)
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Jay alludes to racial profiling, both by civilians and by police. When he says “keep Pac'n,” Jay wants you to “Keep Your Head Up,” pretty much not giving a fuck about the judgments that dumb-ass people, like cops and racist civilians have about you.
Jay is ushering in a new era, where these sorts of things will be cut out. Another comparison to messianic figures, most specifically, Jesus (read the end of Revelation). And Jay is no stranger to Revelation.
Whether good or bad
The world need to see the black man push a 'Lac down Pennsylvania Ave Jay Electronica – Act II (Rough Demo)
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Whether you believe in Barack or not, Jay Electronica wants you to support him and vote him back in office next year, because he sets such an inspiring example. It’s similar to his buy black order in the line above, especially since he urges you keep your “stock” of faith in Barack.
On Inauguration Day:
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Jay wants us to buy black (Sean John and Ciroc Vodka are owned by Diddy).
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Mannequins are used to show off the latest clothes, and not even they can out-swag Jay-E!
Relates back to him talking about how he dresses and then later when he talks about a “dummy”
I kept it movin' Jay Electronica – Act II (Rough Demo)
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I remember my dad, but I was always a stepson
You know how the story go Jay Electronica – Act II (Rough Demo)
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Jay’s last name is Thedford but his mom is named Marilyn D. Flowers. Other people in his house must have had that same last name, since his house was “full of flowers”. Jay was born out of wedlock and his dad walked out on him, i.e. treated him harshly, like “a stepson”.
Unfortunately, it’s common among many urban black males, as Jay points out, “You know how the story go”. It’s been heard, and lived, many times.
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Abracadabra is often said by stage magicians, and by Jay Electronica. He even named a song after it.
To Jay, the rap game is monotonous; he’s seen all of the “magic tricks,” and that somebody (Jay Electronica) needs to reinvent the genre. He’s also thinks that a lot of rappers are getting corny, or “abracadabralous,” like the generic magicians, which they are.
Alternatively, the line could be read as “Abracadabra-less,” meaning they don’t have any real ability or depth to their lyrics. Either way, to Jay, most mainstream rappers lack authenticity.
Jay is also expressing godlike power, because the “abracadabra” means “I create as I say,” which God often did when he made the Earth in Genesis. The word is from Aramaic, a Semitic language similar to Arabic and Hebrew, which was probably the language Jesus spoke most often, this being another way that Jay connects himself to God.
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Jay and his grandmother have put in too much time and effort to have him crash. Also connects to what he says two lines above: “I’m fresher than a mannequin,” since crash test dummies are just high-tech mannequins.
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Being “The Chosen One” would mean that a bunch of people place their hopes on your shoulders. Jay, once again, compares himself to a messiah figure.
I'm slow dancing a song off
Romancing her thong off and taking her with me Jay Electronica – Act II (Rough Demo)
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