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Drake stays perpetuating the stereotypes of his Jewish brethren.
In all seriousness Drizzy is doing the smart thing by being frugal with his money around these gold-digging women.
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Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in the 4 major U.S. sports to openly come out, was invited to the State of the Union Address as a guest by the First Lady, Michelle Obama.
Jason at the State of the Union Address.
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I'm pa-rum-pa-pum-pumin' all on your stomach Beyoncé (Ft. JAY-Z & Kanye West) – Drunk in Love (Remix)
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Sounds like Drake should have listened to The Book of Ecclesiastes on this subject
Drake admits that he didn’t take the time to think about what he was going to say before he tweeted it out. It’s kind of ironic that Drake called out Macklemore for rashly posting something on Instagram when he essentially did the same thing.
However, he owns up to his mistake and vows to not make that mistake again. Let us remember that everyone has a bad day, but it is how we rebound that shows our true character as a person. Big ups to Drake for admitting he made a mistake and trying to learn from it.
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Life hacks are tricks or tips that are intended to improve a a person’s productivity. With all the things Donald has going on right now, it is no surprise that he would try to implement these types of helpful tips.
Donald also uses the word “hack” to set up the idea of a “hacking cough”, often associated with sufferers of lung cancer who are sometimes considered to be “terminal” patients, or patients who have something that is almost sure to cause their death.
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This composition was written in 1874. It is based on an allegorical story which portrays the Danse Macabre (literally Dance of Death in English). In the story Death summons dead spirits and unites them for one moment in time where they have their “final dance”
Saint-Saens' version goes hand in hand with a poem by Henri Cazalis. Cazalis' poem points out some major points of the composition. The iconic introductory violin solo correlates with Death raising the dead from their graves as represented in the poem by
Tap, tap, tap – Death rhythmically
Taps a tomb with his heel
Death at midnight plays a gigue
Tap, tap, tap, on his violin
The xylophone motif, which would later be reused by Saint-Saens in the Fossils movement of The Carnival of the Animals, represents the bones of the dancers knocking together.
Tap, tap, tap, everyone’s astir
You hear the bones of the dancers knock
A lustful couple sits down on the moss
As if to savour past delights
Finally, the final oboe theme represents the cock crowing and all the skeletons returning to their final resting place.
But shh! Suddenly the dance is
They jostle and take flight – the cock has crowed;
Ah! Nocturnal beauty shines on the poor!
And long live death and equality!
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Original Instrumentation is as follows:
Woodwinds: Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 2 Bassoons
Brass: 4 Horns in G and D, 2 Trumpets in D, 3 Trombones, Tuba
Percussion: Timpani, Xylophone, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle
Strings: Harp, Violins I, II, Violas, Violoncellos, Double Basses
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The Eiffel Tower is a very tall building (measuring at over 1,000 feet)
Montana has stacks that are just as high. Montana then uses wordplay with the word “cock” to refer to both his rifle and his nether regions.
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A succubus in folklore is a female demon who seduces men in their dreams through sexual activity. In the hip-hop world succubi have often been used to describe gold diggers or hoes like this example from the Slum Village track CB4
Homunculus literally translates to “Little Man” from Latin, referring to Bino’s “member”, and Bino plays with the concept of the giraffe’s long “neck” to set up the idea of oral sex. To sum up everything that is going on in this one line:
#Bino is getting head from this devilish, trifling woman.
why giraffe though?