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Another Chief Keef ad-lib shoutout, with Ab-Soul pronouncing 300 like “3 Hunna”. There are 300 ways you can die, don’t let Soulo be one of them.
P.Y.T. my lady, Michael Jackson in the 80s
Moonwalkin' music legend, curly-headed Jay-Z
Wale, tell these niggas keep it moving Wale (Ft. Ab-Soul & Magazeen) – Keep It Moving (Freestyle)
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Ab-Soul-utely smooth
Whether it’s the bars or the style, Ab’s suaveness and technical delivery coincides with the legendary, King of Pop, Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) and lyric expert, Jay Z.
“P.Y.T.” was Michael Jackson’s abbreviation for a “pretty young thing” – young and beautiful lady. The song was released on his critically acclaimed album, Thriller, in 1982. The Moonwalk is the advance form of the backslide and Michael’s signature move. Ab’s girlfriend, Yaris Sanchez is young and pretty.
(Doh-doh-doh, doh-doh-doh, doh-doh)
Lemme tell y'all a lil' something
Uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up
(Doh-doh-doh, doh-doh-doh, doh-doh)
Uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up, uh
(Doh-doh-doh, doh-doh-doh, doh-doh)
I said, uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up, uh
(Doh-doh-doh, doh-doh-doh, doh-doh)
Uptown funk you up, uptown funk you up, come on
(Doh-doh-doh, doh-doh, doh, doh) Mark Ronson (Ft. Bruno Mars) – Uptown Funk
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The cadence here is a clear reference to The Gap Band’s “Oops Upside Your Head”. Also, “Funk You Up” is a 1979 song by early hip-hop band The Sequence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeHDnF7MU90
Don’t forget it’s a pun for a too-familiar obscenity.
Cause we be up all night until the early light
We go deep and we don't get no sleep
Cause we be up all night until the early light
We go deep and we don't get no sleep
Cause we be up all night until the early light
We go deep and we don't get no sleep
Cause we be up all night until the early light Wale – The Girls on Drugs
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If we show up, we gon' show out
Smoother than a fresh jar o' Skippy Mark Ronson (Ft. Bruno Mars) – Uptown Funk
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No matter where Bruno and his band go to perform, they do their thing and bring the house down.
The way in which Bruno Mars sings this line echoes the way Ronnie Hudson sings “pop-locking in Rolls-Royces, Cadillac, Lincoln and Mercedes-Benz” in his 1982 song “West Coast Poplock,“ whose sound is a huge influence on “Uptown Funk.”
https://youtu.be/rPZ5VlsGGo8?t=46
As a kid, I took a perverse pleasure in disturbing the smooth surface of a newly opened peanut butter jar with a knife. These days, it seems all we have is “natural” peanut butters with a thick layer of oil at the top that has to be mixed in and inevitably sloshes out of the jar and stains your clothes. The thrill is gone
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You can be assured that on a Saturday, Bruno, Mark, and The Hooligans will be at the “spot” — another name for a bar, club, etc.
Amusingly, after the song’s popularity boost, it was performed on Saturday Night Live.
I'm Madonna, these hoes know Madonna (Ft. Nicki Minaj) – Bitch I'm Madonna
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The color blue can describing the outside of coating of many different prescription drugs, however wale used to pop blue pills. , but Wale is most likely referencing 30mg Oxycodone pills. These small round pills are notorious for being abused across the country.
In east coast “blues” are talking about Roxicodone which is 30mg oxycodone pills as seen above. Ex. “got blues on deck” . also a/215 dark blue or k/9 markings dark blue color if not with the M 30 light blue
I say he’s talking about generic adderall 10mg instant release, based on the ‘uppers’ drug theme in the chorus and later mention of the drug in the verse. These are blue as blue can be.