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Chiddy Bang is a duo. Chidera “Chiddy” and Noah “Xaphoon.” Chiddy raps and Xaphoon produces.
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Comes with a price tag, baby, face it Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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Pusha plays with the literal and figurative meaning of a price tag. Bags, blouses and bracelets are expensive: they literally come with a price tag. But taken metaphorically, all these finer things come with a price too, which are both his infidelity and the loss of self. In their relationship, Pusha buys so many expensive things for his girl that the possession may take the place of intimacy. Money changes people.
Also notice the alliteration:
Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet
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Continuing to describe the stereotype of the previous line, Pusha feels for his “gold diggers”. When girls who grew up under poor conditions have had a taste of all types of luxuries, they will never want to go back to their old life.
Kanye most likely was the inspiration for this bar. During the summer of 2009, when the creative process of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy took place, all G.O.O.D music artists were trapped with Ye in his mansion/studio in Hawaii for 2-3 months. ‘Ye blogged and tweeted about Versace furniture couple times during that period. Let’s just say he got Pusha hyped up about it.
And still be addicted to them hoodrats Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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Kanye’s ex-fiancé Alexis Phifer was a classy woman, but the pair broke up after Donda West died. Yeezy then started his infamous relationship with former stripper Amber Rose (who later married Wiz Khalifa).
I sent this bitch a picture of my dick
I don't know what it is with females
But I'm not too good at that shit Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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After having multiple failed relationships (he was engaged 18 months to Alexis Phifer before the relationships came to an end, and dated Amber Rose for two years) – not to mention sending pictures of his dick to some girl, which appeared on the internet in 2010 – Kanye comes to the conclusion that he’s not good when it comes to love, and doesn’t really know why he always screws up.
He confirmed the veracity of the pic by referring to this line a in Hot 97 interview, saying “Have you heard the first line of ‘Runaway’? I only rap reality!”
Haha, knock it off, Neimans, shop it off
Let's talk over mai tais, waitress, top it off Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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Pusha already knows what option his girl is going to pick: she will “live with it”. He already knows she can’t live without the luxury Pusha is providing her, and if she leaves him she will be broke and go back to the knock-off brands they used to wear.
After laughing in a condescending way, he tells her to cancel the noise and shop-off her frustration at Neiman’s, and to just take another mai tai – an alcoholic cocktail she probably wouldn’t be able to afford herself.
Fun fact: this verse was written in Hawaii, so he probably didn’t choose the mai tai by random.
Actually, Pusha did choose the mai tai by random.
Now pick your next move, you could leave or live with it Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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Kanye is a pessimist and perfectionist: he focuses on the negative as opposed to the positive, never feeling something is good enough – including this girl.
Recognizing he’s not perfect (his arrogance has always been present), Kanye’s aware that his obnoxiousness was never viewed as “menacing” until he snatched the microphone from America’s Sweetheart, Taylor Swift. While “Runaway” is a public apology for Kanye’s personality, the song further implies that he can’t change the way he is – the world will have to learn to live with Kanye, or run away.
This more backhanded toast is in contrast to a celebratory toast on “Last Call,” earlier in Ye’s career.
Kanye has been open in the past about his fondness for the music of Fiona Apple, and it is very possible that Runaway is inspired by her song,“Fast As You Can,” the chorus of which reads:
“Fast as you can, baby
Run, free yourself of me
Fast as you can”
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Reminds me of MF DOOM’S THAT’S THAT
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In the chorus Kanye is doing some self reflection from a third person perspective. He’s talking about himself when he says “douche bag” and “asshole.”
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He’s also saying that he’s neglected his loved ones for the work he put into his craft. It’s something a lot of workoholics go through, but he’s toasting to those people, the ones that work hard and makes things happen because he recognizes the sacrifices hardworking “douchebag” make.