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I'm always confusing
Love with lust
Forgetting bitches just can't be trusted Bryson Tiller – Set You Free

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Love is an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person. On the other hand, lust is a strong desire of a sexual nature. Bryson has a habit of confusing the two and often gives his heart to the wrong girls.

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Nails done, hair done, everything did Fetty Wap (Ft. Monty) – Whateva

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A reference to the chorus of Drakes’s song “Fancy”:

Oh, you fancy huh? Oh, you fancy huh?
Oh, you fancy huh? Oh, you fancy huh?
Nails done, hair done, everything did
Nails done, hair done, everything did

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I'm not from Houston, no, I'm not from 'round the six Bryson Tiller – 502 Come Up

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Many people have compared the style of Bryson Tiller to that of Drake. Drake often reps “The 6” and is known to openly talk about the city of Houston. Although Drake and Tiller have no beef, Tiller wants to be looked at as his own person.

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6 years

i believe that houston is referring to travis scott

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7 years

Houston could be refering to Travis

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7 years

The Toronto blue Jays and Huston Astros were the top 2 teams for home runs the past 2 seasons.

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He is obviously talking about drake but when he talks about Huston is he referring to Travis Scott because drake may rep H town but is not “from” there. Or he may just be talking about fans confusion towards where he is from as some thought he was from Huston.

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8 years

May be a huge coincidence, or this could be unbelievable word play. In the MLB, the 2 front runners for the AL Cy Young Award (Best Pitcher) was Dallas Keuchel (Houston Astros) and David Price (Toronto Blue Jays). Coincidence? Doubt it. Bryson crazy for this one!

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He is throwing shade at Drake since Drake is from the six and always reps Houston

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8 years

The other rapper is clearly Drake, I don’t know why the annotation shy’s away from that fact

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Fans also assumed Tiller was from Houston because of the “H-Town so throwed” line in “Don’t.” But that line was performed by King Vory, a collaborator who is from Houston.

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Bryson is addressing comments and comparisons that people often make about him and another rapper who is from the 6 and known to openly rep Houston.

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For years and years we waited on this, living in a place folks didn't know exist
Surprise motherfucker, we up in this bitch
I said I'm back and I'm so much better
I'm so, so much better and I won't stop (Louis)
I can't stop, not now (Louis) not ever (Louis, Louis) Bryson Tiller – 502 Come Up

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Most people throughout the country can’t point out Kentucky on map – let alone the city of Louisville. However, with the recent success of Devante Parker, D'Angelo Russell, and Bryson Tiller, the city is on the come up. Surprise!

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Slint and My Morning Jacket are both pretty influential musical acts and they’re from Louisville, long before these people.

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Back and better as said in ‘Dont’

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He’s also referring to his song “Don’t” by saying “I’m back and I’m so much better”

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This also contains the heavily popular meme: “Surprise Motherfucker” from the TV Show Dexter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bSEfx6D8mA

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[Chorus: Jay Rock] Jay Rock (Ft. Busta Rhymes & Macy Gray) – Fly on the Wall

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When this song was released on Spotify, the hook featured Macy Gray. However, the official iTunes version does not.

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If you buy the song from iTunes, Macy Gray is not featured track, but when you listen to it on Spotify, she sings between Jay Rock’s lines on the hook.
However, when you listen to the track on Spotify NOW (1.oct) you just get the ordinary version, without Macy Gray.

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(Wait, what happened? Uncle Lupe what's going on?)
Go to sleep
(But what happened? I don't understand)
Nope
(Please finish the story please)
Storytime's over
You asked for a story I gave you one
Take it, just take it
(This is the worst bedtime story ever)
Bye Lupe Fiasco – Schemes

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Usually when something like a story or a song – or in this case both – is too complex, people who don’t understand tend to just dislike it. As a result, they end up saying things like: “It sucks”, “It’s bad”, “It’s trash”, etc. However, the truth is that they simply don’t get it.

In this dialogue, some of that is bound to be happening with such a young child, but the fact that Lupe ended the story so abruptly doesn’t help either.

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Notice how this is a metaphor for Lupe’s last album, where we asked him to return to his old shit, and he did, and then people didn’t like it because it was too complex for them.

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Trap$oul on the motherfuckin' way... Bryson Tiller – Dont Worry / Molly

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A reference to Tiller’s debut album, T R A P S O U L. At the time of this song’s release, the album had not yet been released.

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Well wishes like a quarter thrown, even if it's sorta wrong Saba (Ft. LEGIT) – Comfort Food

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Saba plays on the double meaning behind wishing well. You throw coins into a wishing well when you want to make a wish. In this case, Saba is literally wishing someone well, but alludes to the quarter to make it a comparison to an actual wishing well.

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She drop down to her knees she ain't proposing Belly – Come Down is Real

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When proposing to someone, it is accustom for one must drop down on one knee and offer a ring. However, the girl Belly is referring to isn’t getting on her knees to propose. Instead, she is getting on her knees to offer Belly oral sex.

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War gives value to life by showing it can be taken away Lupe Fiasco – Atomic Misphilosophy

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Since the Revolutionary War, nearly 1.5 million people from the United States have been reported dead as a result of war. Nevertheless, the United States have had a hand in killing many millions more from other countries.

What doesn’t get taken away gets taken for granted. Consequently, when all of this human life is taken away right in front of our eyes, a new value for life suddenly emerges. This new value for life applies to the people of those countries that are being invaded and intruded in as well as all of the soldiers involved. Knowing that death can come at any instant, we value it more than any other material possession there is.

Very similar to a famous Wallace Steven’s quote:

Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.”

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Since the Revolutionary War, [nearly 1.5 million people](http://www.militaryfactory.com/american_war_deaths.asp) from the United States have been reported dead as a result of war. Nevertheless, the United States have had a hand in killing [many millions more](http://www.sott.net/article/273517-Study-US-regime-has-killed-20-30-million-people-since-World-War-Two) from other countries.

What doesn't get taken away gets taken for granted. Consequently, when all of this human life is taken away right in front of our eyes, a new value for life suddenly emerges. This new value for life applies to the people of those countries that are being invaded and intruded in as well as all of the soldiers involved.  Knowing that death can come at any instant, we value it more than any other material possession there is.

Very similar to a famous [Wallace Steven's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Stevens) quote:
>Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.”

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