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Hoodie was born Steven Markowitz in Long Island,New York.
This will build into the next line, as the first professional baseball team Nolan Ryan played with was the New York Mets.
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Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress (known more recently for her Iron Man role as Pepper Potts).
Look, I'm none of that, I'm the whole entire catalogue
From front to back the perfect blend like camouflage
Because I'm still me, even when the camera's off
― “A Million And One Answers” by Machine Gun Kelly
Out of the class cause I couldn't keep from talking Hoodie Allen (Ft. Illustrate) – Passin' Me By
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Now I rap on a stage and I'm used to capital gain
I ain't asking for change, I'm good at coining a phrase 20syl (Ft. Oddisee) – Ongoing Thing
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His profession was once provided free for the people around him. Now it’s his official investment with rhyming now being his career.
Nice money puns here:
Change:
1. Something different.
2. Small amounts or currency (pennies, nickels, dimes, etc)
To “coin a phrase” is an another way of saying to “invent a phrase.”
This could be a reference to politics. ‘For the people’ references a common viewpoint among marxists and even communists. ‘Capital gain’ is a contrasting reference to the capitalistic regimes, wich throughout history have gained a lot more momentum then the communistic ones.
You're simple you are not complex
I'm sorry I am not impressed G-Eazy (Ft. A$AP Ferg & Danny Seth) – Lotta That
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A hot mess, is when someone is unbalanced mentally and/or emotionally but still remains physically attractive. These other rappers may seem like they’re making some serious progress, but they’re really doing nothing new. They’re just now reaching the level G has “been on”.
Throw up in the tub, then I go to sleep Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
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Munchies – eating after you’ve been high for a while. Most people aren’t actually hungry but like they way their food feels in their mouth.
Contrary to popular belief, Tove Lo, isn’t actually talking about the brand Twinkies. She admits to thinking they were a name for cookies and that she liked the word.
After Lo’s night indulging in drinking/smoking, she eats a lot of junk food. The alcohol poisoning and the rejecting stomach takes over and she vomits anything she eats.
Throwing up in the tub is a metaphor for Tove being unable (1) to keep the sweet things in life or (2) cleanse herself of the memories.
Did you mean it? Did you now?
You're biting at the hand that feeds you
Like a stray for some scraps You Me At Six – Tigers And Sharks
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To “bite the hand that feeds you” is an idiom for treating someone trying to help you badly.
Stray animals have to fight just to scavenge some food. Making them vicious whenever it’s in sight.
Just like her words, strays are also dirty.
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How is mercy twice a blessing?
This is the buildup to Portia’s statement about mercy being an attribute of God.
Why the rain metaphor?
Rain from the heavens (as oppose to just the sky) would be considered something holy and cleansing.
Notice the use of “gentle,” indicating that mercy is also forgiving.
The juxtaposition of “place beneath” and “heaven” may also suggest one must have higher status in order to truly be able to show compassion to the lesser.
Similarly, just as you can’t force the rain to fall from the clouds, you can’t force or “strain” mercy – it has to well up and emerge of its own accord, just as the “gentle rain from heaven” does upon the earth.
the juxtaposition is like trying to flatter him