There's nothing left here to lead me but the velvet moon
All my loneliness I have felt today
It's a little more than enough to make a man throw himself away The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Burning of the Midnight Lamp
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Then imagine lyin' dead in the arms of your enemy Scarface – I Seen a Man Die
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‘Face paints some bleak imagery.
Imagine living on top, having everything, the power, the money, the women etc.
Then imagine all that being gone because of your death.
One moment you’re:
And the next:
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Kool Keith describes what his alter-ego looks like.
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A reference to Curtis Mayfield’s song Move On Up from his 1970 album Curtis, which Just Blaze sampled for Kanye West’s 2005 song Touch The Sky off his album Late Registration
I talk to women, I just can't talk for women, that's for you
We need women for that, more women in rap Shad (Ft. Lady Londa) – Keep Shining
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Frankenstein is a classic horror figure created by Mary Shelley, known for sporting turtleneck sweaters.
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But after a while, it sort of starts nagging at you
The crazed infatuation with blackness, the trash that gets viewed
And the fact that the tube only showed blacks acting the fool
And I was watching Shad (Ft. B & F Kabango) – Brother (Watching)
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In the beginning of his career Shad chose not to rap about themes like the way blacks are forced to act in North America, but, evidently, he couldn’t resist anymore because the ignorance that black people portray gets viewed more in the media than the knowledge that they could show. They are always portrayed in a negative way in the media.
Swing in the L, I'm ready to go Ultramagnetic MC's – Critical Beatdown
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Just spelling out his name, another way to interpret this is he’s give out losses to other MC’s, get it?
“Swinging the L”
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Summer begins in late June and ends in September, right around the time school starts, the loss of innocence could imply that the fun for children is over and they have to go back to school, Billie’s father died as the summer ended.
In terms of the seasons of life, the end of summer represents the end of the warmer parts of life as it leads into the falls and winters – usually associated with later or dwindling life. So, as the summer comes and goes, that innocence of childhood and everything else comes to an end. The unfortunate passing of his father compounds that loss of innocence.
I interpret the line “The innocent can never last” as everyone feels pain and loss at some point in their life. In that way no one stays ‘innocent’ forever . Everyone learns what the real world is like and what it means to be alive and yourself. This includes the feeling of sadness from loss.