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Here, Watsky is describing the first feeling that one has when one suffers from a seizure.

He is setting the scene for the subject of this song.

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Reference to classical music – Violin Concerto in A minor.
That’s not what his city is about.

He is saying that he is not going to worry about small things and feel bad about himself over not much at all.

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Yonas is referencing two famous Eminem songs: Till I Collapse and Sing for the Moment.

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Watsky isn’t materialistic. So he doesn’t care about having expensive things.

He doesn’t need to spend the big money for a nice watch, but instead just wants to have what he needs to to tell the time. Simplicity is bliss.

He thinks that watches are way too over rated these days, as he can tell the time perfectly fine without one and lots of artists brag about the prices of their watches.

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Hitting Hitler in the “fruits” or testicles. Also “Fruit of the Loom” is a brand of underwear, further proving the idea that he is giving Hitler a nutshot for being a dick for so many years.

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In a play on words, Spose is saying that he is not “Too Short” because Too $hort is from Oakland while Spose is not. Also, Oak is a kind of tree. So he’s defending his lack of height by saying he’s not from Oak-land.

Instead of being from Oakland, Spose is The King of Maine

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Reference to how rappers have moved from angry gangster rap to more upbeat attitudes.

Rappers generally get along much better nowadays versus in the past when rappers were being gunned down.

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Record labels always want you to be like someone else. They are too afraid to take a chance on someone.

This is why they never released The Audacity!

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He is saying that his dick is so big, it is the size of 2 ½ men’s junk.

This is a play of words off of the hit TV Show “Two and a Half Men” in which Charlie Sheen stared.

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His real name is “Ryan Peters”.

Before he was famous, no one called him Spose. When he was still going by Ryan he used to dream about this day.

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