‘Cause when I’m faded I just wanna
See her naked Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Smoke DZA) – Death of YOLO
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‘White girl wasted’ is a term created by the stereotype of young white girls either: getting way too drunk, or infamously being lightweights. His girl despises him when he’s intoxicated, because it induces an insatiable sex drive.
Some niggas can't get no love
Some of 'em can't get no bucks
So tell me what do a nigga do if he can't get a job?
My brother got him an interview, but he can't get a ride J. Cole – The Last Stretch
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Wonder why we inhale, ‘cause we in Hell already J. Cole (Ft. TLC) – Crooked Smile
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‘The race’ is referring to blacks in America. In terms of race and ethnicity, blacks have the highest incarceration rates in the US. There are various theories as to why this is – for example police discrimination, marginalisation and relative deprivation.
The second line could possibly be people [in a better position] wondering why the poor bother breathing (inhale), because they are in hellish surroundings already, they might as-well die.
Alternatively, the line could be a sort of question/answer.
The ‘question’ would be people wondering why the sin of abusing drugs is so prevalent in impoverished areas [which J.Cole refers to as ‘hell’] – In particular, the drugs you ‘inhale’ – so possibly either marijuana or crack cocaine.
The ‘answer’ is that they commit such sins because they feel they are already in hell, so have nothing to fear in the after-life, as hell is all too familiar to them.
A similar themed multi-layered word-play displayed here with ‘inhale/in hell’ has been used previously by J.Cole in 2011’s ‘Before I’m Gone’ with the following line:
Breathing slow man, I’m in hell
And has also been used by friend Kendrick, in the line from H.O.C.:
I’ll let you inhale, like an atheist
And perhaps first used in the underground classic “Below the Heavens” by Blu & Exile
Somebody once told me that I’m already in hell
Freedoms a state a mind
And just the heart of me’s in hell
I free my slave mind so a part of me’s in hell
And when it’s hard to breathe, a part of me inhale
Won't spot me in no closet
I ain't like Kels and them
Her closet full of arm limbs and a skeleton Joey Bada$$ – Word Is Bond
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‘She’s getting too cocky’ is a reference to her being in a relationship whilst fucking with Joey, which in this case it would be ‘’two cocky'‘ or alternatively, a girl getting big headed because Joey (who is now in the limelight of the rap game) is showing her a little attention.
Being ‘'in the closet’‘ is slang for the state of being homosexual, but either being suspected and denying it, or living without declaring ones sexual orientation. You won’t spot Joey in a closet however, he’s straight as an arrow.
The ‘Kels and them’ line is a reference to R. Kelly, who did a song series entitled ‘Trapped in the Closet’ [though contrary to the title, it had few homoerotic undertones or story lines]. Kels was in the closet, hiding from the girl’s man with whom he was having an affair with. It is also possibly a reference to various the allegations/rumours about some other artists being gay, and R.Kelly being a closet bisexual – which he disowned his brother over in 2006.
Instead of being in the closet per say, Joey has a closet full of skeletons. Possibly of all the rappers he’s ‘killed’ metaphorically?
All I want is that smoke, give me all of that smoke The Weeknd – Kiss Land
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This line which is used to express a lack of self control originally comes from Juicy J (who is referred to in the song throughout), who first used it in ‘Zip and a Double Cup’ and then later made a hook with it on the song ‘Juicy J can’t’.
Instead of D.A.R.E – Drug Abuse Resistance Education,
Ricky Hil advocates S.Y.L.D.D – Support You Local Drug Dealer:
And I guess he lives by that slogan by not refusing drugs which are offered to him!
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He’s got dudes bugging him and putting pressure on him [on his nuts]. The ‘on some rainbow shit’ is a reference to the rainbow flag, representing gay pride.
Mine is all up in my gums, minus all that shit it's lined with Chance the Rapper (Ft. Noname) – Lost
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Chance advises her to forget the negative aspects of her life by consuming drugs and getting high together.
They are taking a drug which comes in either tablet or powder form which can both be snorted and rubbed on gums. This could be anything from acid, also known as LSD, to cocaine. He could be talking about ecstasy, which can come in powder form and it’s also referred to as the “love drug.”
If he ever met me, if he ever met you Chance the Rapper (Ft. Noname) – Lost
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This girl’s mother really doesn’t like Chance, probably because he sees him as a bad influence for her daughter. Her father would also disapprove of him… if he only knew about him in the first place.
Fathers are notoriously protective over who their daughters date and like to have a say in the kind of partner, so many would prohibit their daughter from dating a guy like Chance. Fortunately for him, her father is so absent from her life that he doesn’t really know the kind of girl she is when she’s out of the house.
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In Fuck your ethnicity
Barbed Wire
Sex with society:
Push Thru
Michael Jordan
On “father time” ft sampha
If he give up now, that’s gon' cost him, life’s a bitch