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“Hips don’t lie,” an expression popularized by Shakira.
So be wise and keep on
Reading the sounds of my body
The meaning of the expression associates the ability to dance to rhythms and beats with good sex. He plays on opposites with truths and lies. “The truth” in this sense means she’s proves to be the greatest at whatever she does (ie. dancing and being good in the bed).
Let me paint and hone my craft, it just takes time Jon Bellion (Ft. Mylon Hayde) – Munny Right
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Jon may be part of the Pop culture’s musical environment, but he can create music just as good as Andy Warhol could create Pop Art.
To “hone one’s craft” means they are developing and enhancing their skills/techniques in whatever they do.
Beat pad aka a drum machine is used to create percussion sounds within beats (ex. 808’s) drum patterns within a song. Like so.
Cause I'm dropping out of college
From an album made by Ye
I'm out my mind Jon Bellion (Ft. Mylon Hayde) – Munny Right
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In an interview he did with the Huffington Post, he said the following:
I loved [all types of music], but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me.
College Dropout is Kanye’s debut album and one of the greatest to hit the music scene to date. Kanye has spoken on his situation as a college dropout, but encourages many to take “every advantage they have.”
Ye’s album was made from a collection of old demos and tracks, demos, beats, etc he collected over years. Jon, being a triple threat musician (rap, sing, and produce) was probably inspired by it; helping him chase the melody and become an artist.
He stated in an interview, the real reason he dropped out:
A dream is what made me drop out of college. I literally had a dream that I was supposed to drop out of college. Called my dad, and dropped out of college the next day.
Then you can't tell me nothin', right?
Said wait 'til I get my money right
Then you can't tell me nothin' (Right)
Wait till I get my money right
Then you can't tell me nothin', right?
I said wait 'til I get my money right Jon Bellion (Ft. Mylon Hayde) – Munny Right
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Not a surprising start from Jon, as he references his favorite musician, Kanye West, and uses the chorus from “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”.
The whole song is wrapped around these lines in a sense. Jon made decisions that could have ruined his life, in order to chase his dream of being a musician himself. Now his position will make others bite their tongues.
This is not the first time he’s made a reference to Ye:
The teacher’s said I’m nothing
But Kanye gave me college – “Jim Morrison”He’s convinced that only Kanye knows how to make it in America – “LIFE”
Praying they don't see him
Swerve around the drama from my BM mgk – The Finish
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Go from flippin' burgers at the Fuddruckers
Hit up private jets with the Jimmy Iovines
Then flying Coach, back to the drug runners
100 Billard (Ft. mgk) – All Eyez On Me
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Beat it till it's swollen Billard (Ft. mgk) – All Eyez On Me
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(Feelin' like Pac, thug life) picture me rollin'
Duck the police in a pothole (skrrr, Five-O)
Wh-whipping this shit stolen Billard (Ft. mgk) – All Eyez On Me
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Besides the obvious chorus reference to Pac’s “All Eyes On Me”. To Kells, this beat is real thuggish. Pac was known for reppin' Thug Life.
Kells goes on to play on the title of Pac’s song “Picture Me Rollin'” to get the audience to imagine him driving. Five-O is police. So it’s no wonder he’s evading them.
A pothole is a hole in the surface. Must’ve been pretty big to hide Kells. But, realistically a “pothole” is also slang for a place where drug dealers hide marijuana. It can also mean the same thing as a trap house
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The first line of this verse, agrees with the first line of the first line of the first verse. The narrator concludes that someone has overindulged, possibly on life itself; or rather has taken it for granted.
A “turning tide” is an idiom/phrase that explains something going in the complete opposite direction. Life doesn’t have one. We are born, we live, then we die.
“Cnut set his throne by the sea shore and commanded the incoming tide to halt and not wet his feet and robes. Yet continuing to rise as usual [the tide] dashed over his feet and legs without respect to his royal person. Then the king leapt backwards, saying: ‘Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_waves