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He grew up with the Squarian gang. The people who started XV’s movement:

When an L and a 7 are put together they form a square (a common insult), thus this is his reference to the Square-ian gang. L7 is a reference in many ways to the popular movie quote from The Sandlot:

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Everyone assumed that Spose was a joke rapper like Lonely Island when he first got big because “I’m Awesome,” his first hit, was a funny song.

However, Spose is clarifying that he is nothing to laugh about as he is a real MC.

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Spose made I’m Awesome as he wanted to be ironic and make fun of all of the arrogant rappers.

This caused his rise to fame as it was very well recieved.

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Spose walks around looking like a mess with his untailored suit that doesn’t fit right. Meanwhile his ringtone is Taylor Swift to show that he is more interested in a catchy song than one with substance.

This is meant to represent the current state of rap music.

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The song came out around the time of the 2008 presidential election. The lyric is a joke, as John McCain was considerably less attractive than his opponent, Barack Obama.

Despite McCain’s old age and being a politician and Spose being the only well known rapper from the state, girls would still rather wake up the next morning with McCain than Spose.

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The instrumental of this song is that of the popular party anthem of 2013, “The Harmlem Shake.”

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The name of this song, ‘Seizure Boy’, derives from George Watsky’s nickname in middle school. This song is deeply personal to Watsky as it as about the struggles of being an epileptic.

The moral of this song is that one should take their weaknesses and flip them to be their strengths.

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Watsky makes fun of the “fruity” car he drives,although he is proud enough of it to feature it in his music videos

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Mod is not concerned about collecting currency. He would rather be able to collect smiles than cash as they have more value to Mod.

Mod is encouraging the listener to worry less about their bank account, and more about how happy they are!

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Watsky will not deny that he has a dirty mind. Doctors could even agree as this dirty mind is certified.

It is not uncommon for rappers to have dirty minds, but Watsky’s is different as it is because he is immature at times that he has a dirty mind.

Watsky would not view this image as “two ears”:

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