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I just might OD
Overly dedicated, just like my homie Ab-Soul (Ft. Zacari) – RAW (Backwards)

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That was a direct example of how it is. I always say these my boys. I’ve slept on the floor with them for this shit. We’ve slept on the floor and loaned each other our last dollar for this shit. So, when I say “Overly Dedicated just like my homie” Kendrick. His project. I’ll go on to say I’m second to none in the first place. I need a trophy. So just as he may be this in your list, I need to be this in your list. You know what I’m saying? That’s the best way I could put that.

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act like you know me
Wicked as Aleister Crowley, Ab-Soul (Ft. Zacari) – RAW (Backwards)

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Aleister Crowley is the wickedest man alive. Self proclaimed. Well, he’s dead now. He’s just a very interesting dude if you’re into like journalism and history. Poetry. His influence runs deep throughout music culture and entertainment culture. Ideology. These type of things. He was obviously no stranger to drugs, right? Hence the OD part, but it was more so in terms of going hard. That’s how I used that metaphor. So I had to mediately switch over to “Overly Dedicated.”

He wrote The Book of the Law. That’s where that quote “Do what thou wilt” comes from. Love is the law. Love is the only law. Interesting book. It’s wild. It’s old, but if you’re into that. If you’re optimistic. If you’re into different ideas. I gotta give it to the man. And he’s not a black man. He actually went to Cairo and did his research on Egyptian philosophy and came back and reiterated it in his own rite. I gotta respect the man that’s willing to go and get to the root of things, regardless if I agree with a lot of the things that he does or believes. I admire his bravery.

He was not a Satanist. He just identified with that, because of the ill shit. He didn’t warship anything.

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Aleister Crowley is the wickedest man alive. Self proclaimed. Well, he's dead now. He's just a very interesting dude if you're into like journalism and history. Poetry. His influence runs deep throughout music culture and entertainment culture. Ideology. These type of things. He was obviously no stranger to drugs, right? Hence the OD part, but it was more so in terms of going hard. That's how I used that metaphor. So I had to mediately switch over to "Overly Dedicated."

He wrote *The Book of the Law*. That's where that quote "Do what thou wilt" comes from. Love is the law. Love is the only law. Interesting book. It's wild. It's old, but if you're into that. If you're optimistic. If you're into different ideas. I gotta give it to the man. And he's not a black man. He actually went to Cairo and did his research on Egyptian philosophy and came back and reiterated it in his own rite. I gotta respect the man that's willing to go and get to the root of things, regardless if I agree with a lot of the things that he does or believes. I admire his bravery.

He was not a Satanist. He just identified with that, because of the ill shit. He didn't warship anything.

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I'm mashin' across the masses, my movement massive Ab-Soul (Ft. Zacari) – RAW (Backwards)

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The M’s. You know mass, also being a church term. Just great play on words. Great word association. That’s my thing.

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7 years

you seeing me then you seeing three

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What’s happenin'? Another baptism by Pastor Black Lip Ab-Soul (Ft. Zacari) – RAW (Backwards)

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That’s me. Black Lip Pastor, you feel me. I’m all church. I’ve been teased about my black lips, since it happened. As far back as I could remember.

When I caught my virus when I was a child, it changed the pigment of my lip skin. And my eyes are extremely light sensitive. My cornea is too scarred, but when I was still wearing prescription glasses, I looked like I was high. Before I even smoked weed or anything. I didn’t even start smoking weed until after high school. But people just teased me for having black lips and looking high. “He high all the time!” So that was my way of taking that and flipping that.

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6 years

What virus?

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I'ma act an ass and have a donkey to pin it on
I'm winnin' no matter what the decision's dependin' on
I'm sinister, picture a tickin' bomb in the Pentagon
The typical shit I've been on, remember the pen is gone
Your pinnacle's penny-pinchin'
I'm gettin' nickels for my thoughts Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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This is like me saying respect my pen. That was all pens.

It isn’t just alliteration with P words, I carried the word “pen” all the way down throughout this scheme if you really listen closely.

Bars

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7 years

BARS!! FUCKING BARS!!

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kevin

7 years

This is also in an Eminem – style flow, to the point that it ties in with the next line

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7 years

Soul is thee rap god

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332

7 years

Yup! I see how you used nickels instead of “PENny” in the last line for the idiom “penny for your thought” … it’s conceals the continued “pen” alliteration so as to avoid repetition from the previous line; penny-pinchin' 🙌🏾

Suggests your thoughts are more expensive than the average mind as nickel >penny

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7 years

holeeee shitttttt this is bars

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Me and the Ichiban Don got itchy palms Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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That’s just my man. When I think about it, when you look at me and Willie B’s catalog I usually black out.

I did “Black Lip Bastard” with Willie B, I’m just making a statement. We’re coming for a little bit more this time.

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332

7 years

Plus having “itchy palms” is a superstition that generally means getting money. Which cements the line before it;

“But this time it’s for the money, my nigga”

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I hope I'm in Obama's iPod Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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I’m trying to figure out what it takes to get on Obama’s iPod. I’m with all the hope and the progress; I’m for the cause.

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5,501

7 years

It’d be kinda hard, since you called Barrack a puppet on Terrorist Threats. Just sayin'. (Huge fan.)

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7 years

@ThaHipHopHead He was being sarcastic.

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7 years

He wasn’t ly-iii-ng bruh….

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Yeah, 'fore I had a desktop
Was lookin' for a shortcut to be an icon Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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This is Genius shit. This is just a great play on words.

Before I had a desktop computer I was looking for a shortcut to be an icon. You got shortcuts on your desktop, which are icons.

Everyone wants to be iconic, great play on words.

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7 years

marry me

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7 years

This is Genius shit.

Further wordplay, I see..

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7 years

lol humility

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202

6 years

like, before you had a desktop on which to record your shit? this is how i imagined it.

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165

3 years

This also builds on the previous line, being featured on Obama’s playlist’s is a shortcut to quick success in the music industry

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I'ma black out, black out, black out, black out
You tellin' white lies while I black out
Black out, black out, black out, black out
Pale white horse when I black out
Black out, black out, black out, black out
Spark the white lighter, then I black out Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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The pale white horse, it’s like the end of times, an armageddon.

That was the analogy. It’s devastating.

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4 years

Yes, it definitely sounds like it’s referencing the Four Horsemen in the Book of Revelation. He seems to be conflating the “white horse” of the first rider with the final “pale horse” of Death.

White Horse:
‘Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.’
— Revelation 6:1–2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Compare with:
‘When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen* horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.’

— Revelation 6:7–8 NASB

*I’ve often seen this translated as “pale green horse” or simply “pale horse.”

Yes, it definitely sounds like it's referencing the Four Horsemen in the Book of Revelation. He seems to be conflating the "white horse" of the first rider with the final "pale horse" of Death.

White Horse:
'Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come." I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.'
— Revelation 6:1–2 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Compare with:
'When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, an ashen* horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.'

— Revelation 6:7–8 NASB

*I've often seen this translated as "pale green horse" or simply "pale horse."

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Remind 'em of Han Solo on the battlefront Ab-Soul (Ft. Da$H) – Huey Knew THEN

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I always call myself Han Solo and that was funny.

So I seen that he was in the game “Star Wars: Battle Front” and that caught my eye and that helped me keep the Star Wars/Star Trek theme going.

I’m staying up in the sky with it.

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