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How you mention dimes and nickles Bishop Nehru – Flow 1
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Double Entendre

  • All they’re talking about is their small money; dimes and nickels.
  • Implying either that they talk too much about weed, or more likely (considering Bishop smokes himself) that they sell weed to support themselves. Marijuana is commonly sold in dime or nickel bags.

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Got Mono from a stereotypical way Slum Village (Ft. De La Soul) – Turnin' Me Off
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Fancy-Ass Double Entendre/Pun Shit From Pos

First Meaning

Mono – Short for infectious mononucleosis. A disease you get from making out with someone.
It would be stereotypical for a girl that sleeps around a lot to get it.

Second Meaning

Mono – Short for monophonic sound reproduction. Basically when there is only one channel of sound
compared to
Stereo (from stereotypical) – Short for stereophonic sound. When there is two channels of sound (one left side and one right)

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nice enough to be a nigga rude gal Dessy Hinds – Mo'Wetter Blues
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If she’s “rude” that means she’s bad; as in attractive or “nice”.

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FaceTime Dessy Hinds – Mo'Wetter Blues
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Thanks Apple!

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That bottom line can make you slap her bottom all the time Dessy Hinds – Mo'Wetter Blues
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“The bottom line” means how much money you have. When your girl is spending all your money, that’ll give you an excuse to slap dat ass.

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Nightmare, hear screams recorded
Say that it sounds distorted but they know who it was
That was me yelling for help when he drowned in his blood Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 3 (Grammy Performance)
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During the trial of George Zimmerman experts who said they could hear Trayvon Martin screaming for help on a 911 call were not allowed to testify.

One expert ruled out Zimmerman as the screamer and another said it was Martin. A defense expert argued there was not enough audio to determine who the screams are coming from. Zimmerman’s attorneys also argued that the state experts' analysis is flawed.

Kendrick’s screams were documented during the gradually unfurling spoken word piece he placed on To Pimp A Butterfly.

Resentment that turned into a deep depression
Found myself screaming in the hotel room
I didn’t wanna self destruct
The evils of Lucy was all around me
So I went running for answers

It may also reference Mike Brown, whose body was left to bleed out in the street after he was shot.

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By saying “that was me yelling for help”, Kendrick means that the sound of screams on the recording were the screams of himself and all black people in America; and those screams represent all that they are trying to stand up for. They were screaming in agony at Zimmerman, police brutality in America, and racism as a whole. And by saying that “Say that it sounds distorted but they know who it was”, Kendrick means that white America is trying to hide the screams, meaning the racism, of the black community by pretending that the screams, again meaning the racism in America, isn’t serious enough or real enough to be heard.

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If Kendrick is speaking from Zimmerman’s point of view. Since there was no clarity brought to who was actually screaming for help during the case, it is assumed that Kendrick is labelling Zimmerman as the screamer in order to tell this story. This story illustrates the complex feelings that can come after killing another human being. He is faced with regret a week after the murder takes place. “Why didn’t he defend himself? Why couldn’t he throw a punch?”

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Kendrick is also calling for help, just as Trayvon did. He likens the death of Martin to his own death and says that he and the rest of the black community shares in the pain of Trayvon, as neither of which received justice.

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It was more than soft porn for the K-Man Kanye West (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – No More Parties in LA
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“Soft core porn” is typically found in print and film media. It’s less explicit than movies you’ll find on internet sites who serve visitors hardcore porn. Kendrick (the K-man) had intimate, crazy sex with this girl.

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bro i thought that too

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Why did I think Kendrick said “it was more than self porn for the gay man”

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K-Man can also refer to Kanye, and it actually makes sense with what Kanye just says a line before this, cool transition though.

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Verse 2: Pro Era – F a Rap Critic
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Originally from the freestyle sesh Joey, CJ and Kirk did with Peter Rosenberg. These bars were spat over the beat from “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)”.

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[Verse 1: CJ Fly] Pro Era – Last Cypher
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Originally from the freestyle sesh Joey, CJ and Kirk did with Peter Rosenberg. These bars were spat over the beat from “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)”.

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And how she don't ever really smoke but how nice my pearls are Mick Jenkins (Ft. Jean Deaux) – Healer
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This girl doesn’t even smoke, but she can still appreciate how nice Mick’s joints (“pearls”) are.

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Pearls of wisdom from the truth just metaphors on metaphors

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This could actually be a triple entendre.

  1. rolling pearls (blunts)
  2. pearly white teeth
  3. pearls as in gems (Mick drops gems when he raps)
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I think Mick was going for a double entendre here. Smoking is known to give people yellow teeth so he’s also saying that even though he smokes and his girl doesn’t, she still thinks his teeth (pearls) are really nice

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