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Comparing getting high off weed to the beehives in the trees that bumble bees live in.
This line also makes those who are stoned immediately crave Honey Combs (not to mention Honey Nut Cheerios).
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After killing the first verse, Honey’s getting a bit cocky (cock = penis ) so she needs to vagina down.
ACCEPTED COMMENT: Alternatively “lemme vagina down”, could be satirical: “Oh, sorry I’m making you uncomfortable by being a strong independant woman. Let me act submissive and quiet like you expect from me.”
As a female rapper, she’s competing in an industry that is dominated by men. There’s the assumption that a woman doesn’t have what it takes to be a good rapper. People tell her that she’s getting cocky because she is trying to overstep the bounds of her gendered expectations.
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As stated in the first line in the verse the industry says you need sex appeal to become a successful female rapper. She then calls them jackasses (i.e. the music industry) and tells them to jack off. In other words, she’s not willing to compromise herself for fame and fortune.
The use of jackasses becomes takes on two meanings when coupled with the next bar:
Steve-O lets take the night off
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A reference to Alanis Morissette’s song Ironic.
Alanis Morissette is a signer-songwriter from Canada who first gained mainstream success with her breakout album, Jagged Little Pill in 1995. Her continued success has earned her the nickname “Queen of alt-rock angst”.
Here, he’s saying that he’s spitting a legendary set of bars displaying a level of skill that most mainstream rappers would kill for. It’s kind of ironic that Lil Dicky isn’t a household name though, isn’t it (don’t cha think)?
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