Shit, I'mma let it find me this time
I'm sick of the games it got me feelin' insane
But still I rise Kembe X (Ft. Isaiah Rashad) – Caged Bird (Jager) [Bonus Track]
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Kembe has acknowledged his insanity before – it’s actually a fairly common theme of his music. He’s tired of trying to make everything make sense, and he’s just going to go with it. He brushes off the problems with a phrase – “still I rise” – that he has also laid on a track in the past
The “games” Kembe is referring to may be the antics of the rap industry. He made a song about the wrongs of hip-hop, titled “Rap Game”
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Village Mates Kembe X and Isaiah Rashad link up again on a beat produced by frequent Rashad collaborator The Antydote. Kembe provides both verses, while Rashad’s hook samples his own track “Hereditary” heavily
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Rap Genius Editors pick their individual top 10 best songs of 2013 lists!
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He scribbled a prescription for some Prozac, he said, "Take that for your mustard
Boy, you must be off your rocker
If you think you'll make it off the strip before they 'Pac ya
Nigga, you gotta be psychotic or mixing something potent with your vodka
It takes a lot to shock us but you being so prosperous is preposterous Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z & The-Dream) – Shiny Suit Theory
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The doctor is incredulous that Jay has such delusions. He tells Jay that he is unrealistically overzealous (“for your mustard”), and prescribes him an anti-depressant, Prozac (a dubious remedy for such a diagnosis, which may attest further to the ineptitude of the “doctor”)
The shrink goes on to offer him some advice: in hip-hop, he says, you’re more likely to end up getting shot up on the Vegas Strip like Tupac than actually being successful. Jay’s presumptions shock even the shrinks, who are used to hearing surprising things, dealing with mental health patients every day
Of course, the shrink is wrong: Jay built his empire and is now worth upwards of $520 million
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