Another gem from Section.80, with these lines coming from Ab-Soul’s Outro. Will you live passively, on your knees and at the mercy of others, or on your feet, taking risks and facing the dangers they entail?

One of the best ways to provoke thought is to corrupt a figure people revere and remind us that they were human too. Would Einstein survive in this era? Regardless, if he did what people do now he’d be Soulo, a.k.a Soul Brother #2, right after Pete Rock.

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Notice he said “call his ass Soul Brother #2”? To take a number two is to take a shit, and that’s exactly what Ab used track two to do on the competition. It’s the shit, i.e., really good.

Ab’s never been sentenced to go to prison, but he’s got plenty of sentences to his name in any case. Much like you’d get locked up if he police caught you with a weapon, they’d lock up Soul if they realised what he was really saying.

Merciless spill in aisle two. Granite’s what many counter tops and floors are made from, and things spill on them in day-to-day life. Much like you’d wipe that stuff up, to be mopped up in this case means taken care of. i.e., ran over lyrically. Fear the bluff.

Also a reference to 100 Yard Dash from the first Long Term, in which in rapped:

Don’t jeopardize your life with a nigga, hard body made of cement
Plus I’m loaded like this clip, offered the C grams
Lay you on the floor like granite, granted
Your granny watching, I’m grinning like I ain’t just hit ‘em

Ab begins by shouting out some people, namely rapper BO, his friend E3 (who he promises to get to start smoking or using Backwood wraps) and the producer of this beast, Tae Beast. What follows is an adaptation of his contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s “Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)” which went:

Oh, shit nigga, something ‘bout to happen, nigga, this shit..
Nigga this sound like 30 ki’s under the Compton court building
Hope the dogs don’t smell it

In short, the beat’s dope as fuck.

An adaptation of Dr. Dre’s line from “What’s the Difference” In that case it went:

You see the truth is
Everybody wanna know how close me and Snoop is
And who I’m still cool with

Nowadays, people want to know how close he is to the West Coast legends, if he’s the next 2Pac and maybe if they can off him in his prime, like they did the latter. Kendrick’s not concerned with the expectations though, or the critics. He’s more concerned with helping out people and family, like his mom.

Continuing with references to the Jiggaman and other greats, Soulo draws this line from Dead Presidents II.

TDE and its affiliates have been shining through their quality, with Ab-Soul using Control System in part to enlighten fans about the ills of society and the government, as well as oft-neglected concepts and ideologies, such as The Ten Sephirot which grace the album’s cover and the pineal gland’s exotic functions. However, unlike Jigga who bought up jewelery thanks his music, Soul just wants to shine through his wisdom and impact.

In reference to Ab-Soul’s knowledge of the Third Eye, it’s also known that the Third Eye’s element is light, and when one opens awakens this chakra, he or she is known to see God and illuminates higher knowledge to everyone around them. So for those who have been enlightened and awakened the Third Eye, they are contributing to the whole universe or “show” in this case.

Some folks would love to see Soul take a similar route as 2 Chainz and tailor himself to that image. He won’t knock that (he’s actually a 2 Chainz fan), but taking the materialistic, Polo-filled route for instance isn’t his cup of tea. He’s fine being himself, and believes that will make him stand-out.

As pointed out by SwishaTwista, this clever line keeps to the cartoon theme, going with a reference to an obscure character from the Superman cartoon, known as Livewire. She could control electricity and took over the telephones, televisions and billboards — effectively most of the of media. He’s a ghost in the machine. Also alludes to the speed at which information travels today.

Interpretable as:

• Fresh Heirs, as in the name of King Mez’s crew
• Fresh Airs, as in this crew being fresh in their later mentioned Air Jordans
• Fresh Air, as in being a breath of fresh air to Hip-Hop

In any case it’s a crew of kings, that provide Mez’s (fresh?) ears with good beats.