I saw the pic you posted with your little video the last time
Mugging like you blast nines Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 2: vs. Antoine Johnson
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A white Nas in his prime
You're just that Black Girl Lost, from the rhyme Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 2: vs. Antoine Johnson
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efemjay says he’s like Nas, who is nicknamed “God’s Son.” efemjay is a “white Nas,” whereas Antoine Johnson is that “Black Girl Lost” from the Nas song of the same name.
They raping everybody but me Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 2: vs. Antoine Johnson
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But staying hungry like Katniss Everdeen Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 1: vs. Alex Ruffin
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efemjay says he’s delivering “fatness” – quality rap music; “never lean,” meaning he’s always fat. And yet he’s staying “hungry” (despite being fat and never lean) – metaphorically hungry.
He compares this “hunger” to that of the protagonist of The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen.
Fuck Obama, George Zimmerman for Pres Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 1: vs. Alex Ruffin
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As an alternative to making him fight in Kony’s army, efemjay says he might drop his opponent in the hood with a sign that not only says “Fuck Obama!” but “George Zimmerman for President.”
Obama is popular in the hood. George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon Martin, is not. It would probably not be a good idea to actively campaign against Obama and for Zimmerman in the hood.
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This sets up the rest of the verse. It is intended to infantilize Ruffin; casting efemjay in the role of wise teacher and Ruffin in that of pupil.
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Here, efemjay is making an allusion to Alex Ruffin’s youth. He says that he’ll kidnap young Ruffin and force him to fight in the African Warlord Kony’s child army.
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The Rza pays me to rap on his tracks, and that's fact Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 1: vs. Alex Ruffin
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This verse is part of the RapGenius.com battle-rap tournament. At one point, it was rumored that the grand prize would be a new beat produced by Wu-Tang Clan beat-maker the Rza. Here, efemjay says he doesn’t need the grand prize, because “brass tacks” the Rza pays him to rap on his beats. This is a boast. It is not actually “fact.”
Later it was revealed that the actual grand prize is a pair of Rza headphones.
Of Sean Price, take a knife put it to your wrist
And slice Efemjay – RapGenius Battle, Round 1: vs. Alex Ruffin
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