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A Molotov cocktail is a generic nickname for a type of liquid bombs. It’s usually used by amateurs, such as protestors. It is also known as the petrol bomb or the poor man’s bomb.
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The lifestyle he’s living is very much perfect, it’s like cornucopia. Cornucopia is a goat with horns of flowers and fruits. It symbolizes wealth and content, and sums up pretty much how rich he is.
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He hopes to keep taking in huge amounts of Opium, a drug that resulted in battles between Britain and China before the first World War. The drug comes from a variety of flowers. Opium is highly addictive, and is usually used for medical purposes.
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Zenobia was an ancient Arabic queen in Syria. She led a revolt against the Roman empire. She invaded the empire with aims of expansion, and eventually colonized Egypt.
So here, Talib explains he is revolting against the music industry, for example by releasing the album directly though his website instead of through more traditional means, and compares the industry to the roman empire.
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Even all of those baller type of guys are humans too. They get insecure, worried, and anxious over things. That doesn’t make them any different than anybody else. Behind their masks of valor and… Playin', they’re real as well.
My complexion had me stuck in an emotional rut Saul Williams (Ft. Nas) – Black Stacey (Remix)
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He depicts the commonalities of his life (next line), and how tough his life was, sleeping in a rented parked car. The fact that the car is rented symbolizes the fact that he knew that his poor situation was temporary, and that he knew that he would make it to the top someday.
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He’s talking about the prostitutes exiting the parking lot after a night of pleasing clients. It is ironic how they attack him the next line, knowing that they’re doing the wrong thing, yet they have hope of someday being on the top.
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He’s an automatic gun. Other rappers better watch out, because he will take them out with his rhymes. It’s just an instantaneous reflex.
So I'm straight spilling every feeling in this booth Anilyst – Struggle
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He puts himself out there to connect to his audience, today’s youth. The booth becomes a place where he is able to release his emotions. It becomes from a simple box to his voice box, with the mic as his voice.
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