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A monsoon is a seasonal shift in the wind direction, that usually brings a different kind of weather. It almost always refers to the Asian monsoon, a large region extending from India to Southeast Asia where monsoon conditions prevail.
Hurricanes change the weather much like a monsoon does. OC is also comparing the sound of the wind to howling dogs.
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MIDI, stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface which is an electronic musical instrument that enables a wide variety of digital musical instruments, computers and other related devices to connect and communicate with one another.
OC continues to rap from the perspective of a hurricane, which doesn’t show pity for anyone, just like him.
If I drew a horn in cuneiform it wouldn't mean a thing CunninLynguists (Ft. Geologic, Grieves & Macklemore) – Close Your Eyes
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The place Deacon imagines is where people and their basic human form, including the uniforms they wear such as suits and dresses aren’t real, they’re fantasy hence
are unicorn it seems
A unicorn of course being a creature of fantasy, which is a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.
A place where writing doesn’t exist either.
If I drew a horn in cuneiform it wouldn’t mean a thing
If Deacon drew a horn of a unicorn in cuneiform; which is the earliest known form of writing, it wouldn’t mean a thing to anyone. Also pointing out that most people wouldn’t be able to recognize cuneiform writing in real life either.
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When he knocks you out, all you’ll see is stars.
Not to be confused with the popular television series “Dancing with the Stars”, which is a dance competition show airing on ABC in the United States, in which the contestant pairs consist of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer.
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Natti compares his relationship with his woman to a ‘Stairway to heaven’ meaning when they were together it felt close to paradise, until something went wrong between them hence
til' I fell down the steps
Also a reference to the famous Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven”.
She says she's never been in love before
She takes time to define what we'll never get
We're turning into enemies with benefits
Enemies with benefits CunninLynguists (Ft. Tonedeff) – Enemies With Benefits
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This song is a spin on the phrase ‘Friends with benefits’ which is when two friends have a sexual relationship with each other, without being emotionally involved. ‘Friends with benefits’ never works because emotions will arise and one of the friends involved (Usually the woman) will become attached to the other and will then try to define the relationship, while the other person (Usually the man) just wants to continue having sex like they agreed to in the first place. This results in them slowly becoming enemies towards one another, who may or may not have occasional sex, hence ‘Enemies with benefits’.
QN5 ain’t playing tonight
We ain’t playin tonight
QN5 ain’t playing tonight
We ain’t playin tonight
Tonedeff, he ain’t playing tonight
We ain’t playin tonight
QN5 ain’t playing tonight Tonedeff – Bang
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QN5 Music is an independent Hip-Hop label Tonedeff founded in 1997. The QN5 roster currently includes himself, CunninLynguists, Substantial, PackFM, Kokayi, and Extended Famm as well as a production roster that includes himself, Kno, Domingo, Deacon The Villain and Kokayi.
…and they fo' sho' ain’t playing tonight!
I’ll prolly rewrite this song in 20 years, and dedicate it to myself
I guess the jist of it is, that when you’re big, you’ll just miss how you lived
And when you’re a kid, you’ll just wish you were big
So for now Tonedeff (Ft. Anetra) – Children
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People who ‘stay inside their shell’ are shy and don’t want to be seen in public, much like a turtle does. Tone is saying as those people grow up, they get too big for their shell both literally and figuratively.
This song is a reflection of Tone’s childhood and how when he was a child he wished he was an adult, but as an adult now he wishes he could be a kid again.
Just kids that want to be first in the center
With no work ethic – to earn their own personal shelter
Bursting with pent up aggression, these are the things you observe as an elder Tonedeff (Ft. Anetra) – Children
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Many kids grow up wanting to be the center of attention
But these kids don’t understand that they have to work in life to get what they want, they don’t learn any values. When they get older they’ll soon realize this and will have a lot of resentment towards themselves.
Media Brainwashed, buying a new trend every 3 weeks Tonedeff (Ft. Anetra) – Children
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People just copy/buy what they see in the media.
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