Cause I’m an alpha, bet it’s hard to stay with me Jean Grae – U&Me&EveryoneWeKnow
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Jean extends the “A to Z” idea by punning on the alphabet while talking about her alpha personality.
She see’s herself as an Alpha personality when it comes to relationships, and “bet it’s” is a play on words for Beta, so she is basically saying if a guy is more of a beta personality, it’s going to be hard for them to stay together.
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Another musical pun here. The morbid Biblical connotations of the “turns to dust” phrase – Genesis 3:19 says “Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return” – are somewhat lightened by her namedropping of noted production duo the Dust Brothers – who, it should be noted, produced the soundtrack to Jean’s favorite movie, Fight Club
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The song’s title is slightly adapted from writer and director Miranda July’s 2005 film Me and You and Everyone We Know
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Method Man, ‘95
Rap references because you get em all
You even get that I should have said that it was ’94 (’93) Jean Grae – U&Me&EveryoneWeKnow
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Jean continues with the “out the window” puns here. In 2001, rapper and producer Erick Sermon was hospitalized after what police claimed was a fall from a third story window that was likely a suicide attempt
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From Amy Winehouse to my man Heavy D Skillz – 2011 Rap Up
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Two of the most notable music celebrity deaths in 2011 were that of Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse, who passed in July, and rapper/producer/actor Dwight “Heavy D” Myers, who left us in November
