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Some crazy metaphoric wordplay being displayed by Lupe here:
- Referring to the previous line, his passed down heirlooms are his incredible rapping ability.
- While your hair is passed down through your genetics, and they don’t care to you. (You’re wack son!)
- Also some further wordplay, translating hair/air. Lupe’s basically saying he’s above you (Like your hair), as well as all you hear, all you see and what you breath. Oh ya, and Lupe’s dope.
- Lastly referencing the line ahead of this, stating Lu was destined to inherit the throne.
#KING WASALU
There is a way
No matter what they say (X4)
Don't give up, don't give in (X8) Yasiin Bey – There Is a Way
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Yasiin is simply telling you this:
Regardless of what life throws at you.
Regardless of the time your in.
Regardless of the situation.
Regardless of the place.
There is always a brighter day among the darkness.
There is always a solution to a problem.
That good will always triumph over evil.
Nobody should feel left out
Join in, this is the song people need to be singing right about now
When they tell you you can't, you shouldn't, you won't Yasiin Bey – There Is a Way
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Masha'Allah is an Arabic phrase, which translated in English means: God has willed it.
It’s used when admiring or praising something or someone, in recognition that all good things come from Allah and our blessings from Him.
Medical, yeah nigga, I'm tellin' you Wale (Ft. Lupe Fiasco & Rick Ross) – Poor Decisions
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This is a continuation of the previous lines. Now that children develop their bad eating habits; their blood pressure reaches astounding height’s that otherwise would never be reached or at least at a much later age.
Kind of ironic with Rick Ross on the track huh?
Lupe, however, is in his early 30’s (as of 2013 he is 31), but he is still in a good physical shape and has good health. He’s a contradiction to the typical person who normally isn’t in good health by this age.
All of this is basically plays into the good/poor decisions thing. Lupe makes the right choices. Even with food.
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Here Lupe states maybe he could make a part 2 that would state a more postive outcome for the people who make decisions, the people who make decisions that get them ahead in life.
But considering this is Lupe….he might be stating here that he’s throwing out the idea of actually continuing Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt.1 and could make Pt.2.
Of course as you remember he canceled it, and considering Lupe with his statement’s (ahem retiring cough) I doubt it could mean much.
That sound like bullshit from out a bull mouth Wale (Ft. Lupe Fiasco & Rick Ross) – Poor Decisions
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In a game of cards each person is dealt a specific collection of cards, called “hand”. Here the hand is being compared to the talents and abilities that you inherit at birth.
Some people use their surroundings as an excuse not to make something out of their lives. They focus the negative without realizing that they too have abilities (whole hand) that they could be utilized to make a better life.
Going back to the previous lines, the “bull” could also be the system, that puts down the people and denies them a well suited job even if they have the adequate skills (the whole hand).
In a clever line using both the literal and figurative meanings of bullshit, Lupe argues that this is straight up bs, coming directly from the source.
Also, bullshit is the name of a card game, where every time someone suspects you of bluffing your cards, they say “bullshit.” Lupe is really going crazy with these card references.
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More of the cards metaphor. In poker folding is giving up the game prematurely.
Lupe is saying that if you hold strong with what you have you’ll never be brought down.
Also, Lupe pronounces “close” like “clothes”, which is a play on the word “fold”, and ties into the previous line about keeping out the cold, since clothes keep us warm.
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AK’s saying that your hating because he has your girl copying his every whim on beat like a metronome.
A metronome is a device that produces regular, metrical ticks(beats, clicks) — settable in beats per minute. These ticks represent a fixed, regular aural pulse; some metronomes also include synchronized visual motion.
Metronome
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