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He’s referring to people treasuring even the signature of some celebrity with closed lips for no reason, they haven’t found their own path.

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She’ll tag (or graffiti) your man’s penis, coloring it black

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Several people put the blame on adolescents/younger adults for being troublemakers and thinking they’re “above the law”; hence he says, “everyone’s ashamed of the youth”.

However, as a young adult himself, he believes that “everyone” is to blame for not creating a good environment and a positive community for them and the youth. Tupac is saying our parents and grandparents shaped the world we are born into, they created the troubled youth.

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He wants to distribute his music for free, and at the same time have his music shared with many people.

Also he spits it in the same way as the Red Hot Chilli Peppers song “Give it Away”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8&noredirect=1

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“Sound of da Police” is the second single from KRS-One’s first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the “sound of the police”); this recurs several times throughout the song.

The lyrics refer to police, in places like the Bronx: they’re a protest against institutionalized racism, oppression and violence against the black community. In this respect, it resembles NWA’s “Fuck tha Police”, released 5 years earlier.

The instrumental was given to KRS by Freddie Foxxx who is known also as Bumpy Knuckles". It also appears in Freddie’s song “8 Bars To Catch A Body”.

According to WhoSampled.com, this tune is sampled in over 100 songs.

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The listener still believes that what they’re hearing is the real thing, even though it is just a fast-food version of hip-hop.

Additionally, there’s something that can be said here about the connection between the previous line, “with the crunchy, crunchy carrots”, and this one. The speaker is confusing carrots with chicken, showing how people today will take something without truly knowing what it is.

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“Mish” means “not” in Arabic. Somethings fresh and somethings not

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He’s so baked that his feet are at the level of your head

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The Dean’s List have a song called “La Vie” and there is a bit of French in it so they are referring to that

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Turn the light off to go to bed. Turn her on means in his head. He’s saying he goes to bed just to dream of her.

Or – Turn the lights off to set the mood and get his girl in the mood to do the dirty

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