London-born but not that one renowned for the grime scene Shad – Epilogue: Long Jawn
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Both of Shad’s parents are Rwandese and since Rwanda is a pretty small and unpopular country and there are not many celebrities of Rwandan descent, Shad is probably the most listened to rapper of Rwandan descent. And of course “rewind” and “Rwand[ese]” is a nice homonym.
Shad was actually born in Kenya and moved when he was 1 year old to London, Ontario. That’s a different London than the one in England where grime music was created, made popular by the likes of Dizzee Rascal and Wiley.
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Being immature can be cute, but it stops being cute when you eat Cheerios breakfast cereal for dinner.
He says "Whatever, I'm better without a dime"
He tells her "Good thing that I pegged you around the nine" Shad – He Say She Say
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He blames her for leaving him unexpectedly, out of nowhere. However, he keeps lying to her and himself that he is better without a perfect 10 of a woman and that he’s glad she left him while she was still only a 9 out of 10 and not a perfect woman.
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Playing on Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”, where in the hook she sings:
Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
Instead, if you liked her, you should have turned your Blackberry phone ringer on, so she could have called you — basically, you should have payed her attention. This is in reference to the previous line, where girl sing the same old song wrong — they obviously sing Beyonce’s song wrong.
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Girls wanna get picked up by stars and when you’re a star, they wanna shine too, with diamonds (bling).
This is yet another reference to the Star Trek TV show — it’s a play on words with the catchphrase “Beam me up, Scotty” popularised by the show.
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“Guap” is a slang term for “money” and Shad’s girl believed he could be a succesful and rich rapper.
This line is a throwback to the aforementioned Star Trek reference. The Vulcan salute, popularised by the character Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek TV show, quotes the phrase “Live long and prosper”.
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She always said that Shad would make it to the XXL Top 10 Freshman and be the new celebrity that will tour with the next generation of rappers.
Shad makes an allusion to the 2009 sci-fi movie Star Trek, which sets the theme of this movie that runs throughout the whole verse.
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Shad’s girlfriend would always say that he would be featured in The Source’s Unsigned Hype column which focuses on promising rappers who have no major label deals.
But she's mad at her lack of a ring
She says "It better get bought Shad – He Say She Say
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His girlfriend supports his dream of being a star but she’s starting to get impatient because he hasn’t made her permanent yet by proposing or hinting at a future together.
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Keeps saying that he’ll eventually make it and he has his team on standby waiting for stardom.
This might as well be a reference to how every college student starts their second term or semester in the spring, since this album dropped in the middle of fall (school semester).
Might be a reach but perhaps “I’m just waiting for my break, got the cast in a sling” is a quip about how he is ready to be hurt.