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Topaz will fight for what he believes in at the same level as the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali fought.
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Topaz is titanic, which means to be of exceptional strength, size, or power, his competitors are just passengers on his ship and we all know what happened to most passengers on the ship Titanic when it sunk on it’s maiden voyage..
Get to me still end up with mo' stress
And no rest, tryna progress oh yes Topaz Jones – Coping Mechanism
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Even if the negativity from his enemies and doubters did not reach him he would still end up stressed from trying to progress his music career without rest.
Mechanism to cope with a system that's hopeless Topaz Jones – Coping Mechanism
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Topaz uses his music/rhymes as his coping mechanism for dealing with what he sees as a hopeless society, or perhaps just his own life is what he sees as hopeless.
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Following on from the previous line about the train to fame, this is saying get on that train to fame because you’re about to blow up.
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This is of course, Earth.
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As said in the line, Isaiah doesn’t want to even think of suicide which is a topic touched on earlier in this project on the track, “West Savannah”:
At least we fell in love with something greater than debating suicide
In a recent interview with Noisey, a branch of Vice Magazine, Isaiah spoke on the constant mention of suicide within his music:
Slava Pastuk: You talk about suicide in some of the songs on Cilvia Demo.
Isaiah: I thought about killing myself a lot when I was 19. I even gave it a shot a few times, but I chickened out. It’s not really something I put emphasis on because it’s not important, it’s just a brief mention, just another thing that happened in my life.
Cuh, nigga shaded
With my Nia Long
I sing her a song, she masturbatin' Isaiah Rashad – Modest
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Nia Long is an American actress known for her roles in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Third Watch, Too Deep, Boyz n the Hood, Friday, Boiler Room, Soul Food, Love Jones, The Best Man & Big Momma’s House.
In this case, her name is used as a substitute for beautiful woman.
Lil' bro, can you fuck with me (Yeah, yeah)
Came through at the last minute, ugh (Yeah, yeah) Isaiah Rashad – Banana
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Referring to the continued bombing of Vietnam by the Americans during the Vietnam War the operation was named Operation Rolling Thunder which was ruthless and without warning just like Isaiah Rashads attitude when it comes to the rap game.
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