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Cam is stating that he is the best new school rapper as to show how highly he views himself as a rapper and how much talent he believes that he has.
This is a title constantly being fought over nowadays as different rappers believe that they are the best (for example, Kendrick Lamar often times calls himself the king of new school rappers) but Cam believes that he has the skill to be recognized as the true best.
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A solar eclipse is when the moon covers the sun, leaving it black.
OD Yung is black
Do you see the connection?
Mesmerizing beauty surrounds this planet that’s taken for granted Macklemore – The Almighty Kingdom
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We live in a beautiful world, yet often times those fortunate enough to live and breathe on this earth do not appreciate this. Here, Macklemore encourages us to appreciate the world as if you don’t life is going to be hard and miserable. Everything is magical including us and we should recognize this.
He’s right, stop complaining and be happy!
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In a great play on words, KRIT is implying that he will do anything to prove that all of these “villains” are wrong and that he is truly great.
He is willing to even die just to show the world that he is right and that he can succeed. In this sense, not even death can stop him from doing as he pleases and as he wants to do to prove those who don’t believe in him wrong. Maybe now they’ll believe in him!
Money, power and respect: alpha male Kenneth Whalum (Ft. Big K.R.I.T.) – Away
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KRIT is right. It’s a shame that we all look out for ourselves rather than the good of others.
He’s acknowledging that people are so concerned about making money, having power, and being respected, that they don’t look out for those who are in need of help. People selfishly want to establish themselves as alpha-males and in so focus on themselves rather than the greater good of all of mankind.
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He’s dedicating this song to those who are in terrible places in their lives, the worst that they have ever been in.
These people have therefore lost everything that once mattered to them. He wants them to have this song as they currently have nothing and deserve something.
You bet ill never forget im forever indebted Watsky (Ft. Watsky) – Watsky Raps Even Faster
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Reddit propelled Watsky’s career by making his Pale Kid Raps Fast video blow up! After that, websites such as Buzzfeed picked up the video in all it’s hype. Since then, Watsky has grown a much larger fanbase and changed the title of the video to “Watsky Raps Fast.”
The song inspired many responses, most notably Mac Lethal’s “Pale Kid Raps Faster”. Mac’s response was inevitably followed by Watsky’s “Watsky Raps Faster”. He even performed “Pale Kid Raps Fast” live on Ellen to prove that the song was not merely a sped up recording.
Watsky really owes Reddit as if it were not for them he probably wouldn’t be as well known as he is today.
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When is is making a track, he is crafting the song carefully as a doctor would.
This line is a play on words off of the popular phrase “going into the lab” signifying the process of making a song.
So I gotta make that change
And just, just tell them how I feel YONAS – Die Young
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Yonas comes from a rough area of New York City where the mentality is survival of the fittest. Yonas however, is not a fan of this mentality and preaches against it here.
Now that Yonas has an audience, he feels as though he can make a difference and possibly persuade the people of his neighborhood to put their guns down.
Hit me in the leg and put a peg in it instead
And then I bet that it'll benefit my cali swag Watsky (Ft. Watsky) – Watsky Raps Even Faster
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It’s basically all just word play off of being a little kid and playing games like pretending you’re a pirate. Pirates are “scallywags” and he’s saying that he’s gonna play until he’s been playing so long that he is actually a pirate.
This feeds to the idea that Watsky often times uses of having fun in life and not worrying about what others think. This is a great life lesson hidden into a simple fun little line!
At the same time, the line is a joke about Cali Swag District’s well known hit, Teach me How To Dougie. Watksy is stating that if he had a pegleg and a funny walk, he could probably pass it as “swag” these days. This is funny as when one is “dougie-ing” they look as though they are being hit in the leg.
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