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And then I'd hang with Bart's guys Chance the Rapper – Nostalgia
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This shows Chance’s progression as a child, moving on from Spongebob to a sort of adult centered show like The Simpsons. In that show, Bart Simpson is one of the main characters, and he is only in the fifth grade in it.

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But I'ma throw a tantrum 'til I'm on every Samsung
Sanyo and handheld and handgun Chance the Rapper – Brain Cells
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He’s gonna go in until he’s on every TV and MP3 player, (Samsung makes DVD/CD players, Phones and TVs). Another type of phone that Chance will be on is a Sanyo. Chance wants to be on everyone’s ipods/mp3’s/zunes, but he also wants to be heard by the thugs, hence being on every handgun.

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I’m not quite sure, but I think he’s referring to Television brands. Sanyo is known more for their Televisions, and Samsung is also pretty well-known for being a TV brand.

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I rap my songs in Spanglish, I wrap my weed in blunt wraps Chance the Rapper – Prom Night
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Spanglish is when a person mixes English and Spanish words together, and Chano can do that all too well. Not to mention all that “rap / wrap” wordplay with spitting, folding, and paper wraps.

#CHANO!!! CHANO!!! CHANO!!!

Fun Fact: It is recognized as it’s own language by the Mexican Government.

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Also, Chance is saying the line before “Chano y tequila” in Spanglish by saying ‘and’ in Spanish.

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Notice that Chance also in the hook pronounces “we’re with homies” “we’re wih omies” and this, although an English word, is a Spanish pronounciation (no hard “h”)

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Spanglish Mexican Kitchen is a restaurant in Chicago, where Chance used to rap.

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I used to go to school with Anna Fedele & Danny Whorf Chance the Rapper – Brain Cells
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Chance used to go to high school with these kids, who were also his friends. Danny Whorf was one of the track team members while Anna Fedele was a volleyball player.

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Papers USHER – Papers
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While this song is believed to be about Usher filing divorce papers, the song’s writer Sean Garrett actually wrote it before he was aware of Usher’s marriage troubles, as Zaytoven happened to mention to MTV:

Sean Garrett called me to the studio. He called like, ‘You’ve got to come hear this song. I’ve got a hit.’ This was awhile ago, this is before there were any reports about Usher’s marriage in the news. So I was thinking to myself, ‘Is he trying to say something?’ I don’t know what Usher is going through, but Sean Garrett made a song about filling out papers, divorce papers. The beat, it’s got a bounce to it. It’s outta here.

Sean later mentioned to MTV via text:

Let’s say I wrote a record for Usher three or four months ago where I really didn’t have any idea of what he was going through personally. I work really hard at creating records I feel that’s gonna fit like a glove to an artist. Me and Usher have a close relationship; I tend to sort of assist certain artists in giving them a direction, where I think they need to go in their next move. I felt that was the direction we needed to go. I felt that was the question everyone wanted to know: Was [his relationship] good or was it bad? Was it right? Are you happy or you’re not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B19gToegnHI

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I’m do this for Soul-o Kendrick Lamar – Monster Freestyle
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“Soulo” is short for Ab-Soul, an artist who is Kendrick’s label-mate at TDE, (Top Dawg Entertainment). Two lines later, the label is mentioned again.

Kendrick and Ab-Soul

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Staircases take me high (High)
Escalators take me high (High)
Ladders take me high (High)
Elevators take me high (High)
Staircases take me high (High)
Escalators take me high (High)
Ladders take me high (High)
Elevators take me high (High) Buddy (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Staircases
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All of these things can take you to higher places just like their ambition has taken them to higher places in the music business. The sky is the limit for them with their talent, and no one is gonna stop them from touching the sky.

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Buddy is saying that there are multiple ways to reach the sky, to be successful and each of them can get him there. When Plan A doesn’t work, there is a Plan B, and when Plan B doesn’t work, there’s a Plan C and so forth. There is no one specific way to reach the top and Buddy has an alternative way to each of them.

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Now the kid's addicted and only hit it one time 2Pac (Ft. Amel Larrieux) – Resist the Temptation
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The kid was becoming addicted to the drugs after only trying it once, but the feel that he got from it gave him stress relief and he became addicted to it to get away from his problems.

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Get your intel right, your intelligence is irrelevant Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Capital STEEZ) – Survival Tactics
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Military intel is used to direct and exploit the best possible tactics to be successful in certain missions in the army, navy, etc. Joey is so advanced that even if you were to battle him with intel directing you, you’d still lose.

This might also be a reference to the increased focus on gathering “facts”, (intel), from Internet and whatnot (and especially from biased, manipulative sources) rather than figuring them out by oneself, (intelligence). Stating that “intelligence” is irrelevant, he might be referring to a change in society towards indifference and plain, boring everyday knowledge without any big secrets to be figured out simply because some powerful person has done it for you on beforehand.

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Joey is suggesting his tactics of survival, as the song name, by referring to military intel and stating that what people against him have very little knowledge of what’s really going on and it could allude to Joeys friend, Capital STEEZ belief on higher being and levels.

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The old man then prepares to die regretfully
That old man here is me, yeah Metallica – The Unforgiven
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He dies regretfully knowing that he cannot save himself, but even more because he could not save the children and the future of the society and they have to continue to go through what he had to, knowing that they will never have creativity or originality in their lives. We also know that the story is told by the man as a reflective of his life.

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“The old man here is me” Feels to me like Hetfield is stating that he is the man in the song.

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And, at least to me, it’s clear that the “old man” is regretful because he broke the vow he’s made in his youth – because “they” have taken his will away.

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“but even more because he could not save the children and the future of the society” That’s a bit of a stretch, isn’t it? Up to this point, the song is not about bettering society, but about a lonely fight against society. It’s profoundly egocentrical.

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