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And it gets stronger, in every way
And it gets deeper, let me say
And it gets higher, day by day Tina Turner (Ft. Ike Turner) – River Deep - Mountain High
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These lyrics are very unusual, given that the song was written by the husband-and-wife team Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who were in the middle of getting divorced while writing the tune
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A song Phil Spector regarded as his greatest work (though everyone else involved hated it), this Ike & Tina epic was famously a flop when it was first released. It was credited to Ike and Tina, though by all accounts Ike wasn’t involved in the song’s recording
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Gucci’s trap house is as popular with crack fiends as Bloomingale’s is with blonde white females. And he would know – his local Bloomies is the one at Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall
Not the trap, but close
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Statik continues being “the unofficial Make-A-Wish foundation for dream rap collaborations” with this song from his upcoming album What Goes Around
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“Steppin Razor” is a classic song by reggae icon Peter Tosh. In Tosh’s song, he compares himself to the weapon.
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Kwamé was a Golden Age rapper who was famous for wearing polka dots. Biggie basically killed his career with one line. We can’t front, though – his first album is hella dope.
Here, Thought’s “polka dot” is actually an infrared scope.
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Using Southern slang like “shawty” comes naturally to Shmurda. He told Complex that he split time growing up between East Flatbush, Brooklyn and down South, where his father was locked up and where a lot of his family lived.
Ball out basically means to flex in or to wear expensive stuff, what he is saying is that the female likes the way he dresses
Ball out?