But I was out in Europe doing bigger things, huh AKA – Composure
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When the beef first started, Riky Rick kept in the middle, as well as many other rappers and affiliates of the two parties involved. Until Cassper was involved in a conflict at the SABC 1 studios that involved a gun being pointed at him. Cassper accused AKA’s friend, Prince Costinyo, of pulling the gun on him.
Prince denied the claims, and the altercation resulted in a series of tweets and online fights between Cassper’s squad, and AKA’s squad. You can view those, here.
This prompted Riky Rick to tweet this…
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This is a shoutout to Cashtime Life, a collective of artists who push the “Skhanda Rap” genre. Dust refers to their style, the name refers to the dust road in the ghetto. The Sheen Team is a reference to AKA’s squad.
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AKA is shouting out Sbuda Roc, Da L.E.S’s manager. He is AKA’s former road manager. This isn’t the first time he’s made the mentions…
https://twitter.com/scoopmakhathini/status/641591679716323332?s=09
AKA is rather familiar with West Africa doe…
He even has strong relationships with artists such as Burna Boy and Ice Prince, creating music with both artists and many more.
Bhudda is also a strain of weed.
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The Zodiac Barracuda is a line of pool cleaners, mainly Kreepy Kraulies. As you know, those things stay in the water at all times.
In the same way, AKA has women frequenting the pool just like a Kreepy Kraulie. Note: He may also be hinting at eleviating their thirst by keeping them in the water.
Maybe the vibe was like this…
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Corporate companies need to wake up and realise that there are opportunities to expand their brands through him or rather, through hip hop.
Note how he plays with the phrase “sleeping on me”. When the corporates finally “set alarm clocks”, they would have realised what they have been missing.
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Nearly a year after Cassper Nyovest’s controversial diss track, “Beef” dropped, AKA drops an official response to the song and all the happenings around the beef. Even though this song is a response to Cassper, AKA also reflects on his relationships with Riky Rick, DJ Zinhle, his family and the media. All of these things have taken a toll on him, resulting in this song, a reminder that one needs to keep their composure at all times or they’ll eat you alive.
Cassper Nyovest released a response to this song entitled “Dust 2 Dust.”
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The “semi-tan complexion” refers to people of mixed origin who possess ancestry from Europe, Asia, and various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa. Khoisans or “Coloured Race” roots are predominantly embedded in the dry regions of Southern Africa. Kendrick seemingly visited Western Cape. Nelson Mandela’s former prison cell is based off the western shore of Cape Town.
While ten rand is South African currency roughly equivalent to one dollar, Kendrick stresses the phrase in a way that sounds similar to ‘ten grand,’ implying that the homeless man is asking for too much; in reality, Kendrick has more than enough income to provide such a small amount. “Stressin' about dry land” further implies that the beggar is drowning in poverty, addiction, and falls victim to Africa’s intense climate—both geographically and politically.
The “semi-tan complexion” is foreshadowing the next song Complexion (A Zulu Love). Kendrick has his preconceived notions about this man based on the color of his skin. But, as we find out at the end of the song, “[c]omplexion, don’t mean a thing” because this man is in fact God.
“Khoisans or “Coloured Race” roots are predominantly embedded in the dry regions of Southern Africa. K.Dot seemingly visited Western Cape. Mandela’s former cell is based off shore the Western Cape (Cape Town).”
This whole chunk is ridiculous, and written by someone who clearly hasn’t been to South Africa. Just let someone else write about it, instead of editing my statement and making no sense at the end.
Historically the Khoisan lived in the dry regions of Southern Africa, obviously not anymore, its 2017 they live all across South Africa, just like the guy mentioned in this story, who is a beggar living in Cape Town.
The Western Cape is a province, you dont visit a province dude, you visit a city.
And the island is named Robben Island, it was a prison. Saying his cell is based off shore the western cape, makes no grammatical sense.
Stop messing up the annotations with your incorrect edits.
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In southern africa(africa) people depend in farming. So if someone complains about dry land that means God is not blessing us with enough rain to produce our food
This will better explain the challenges that white, black and ‘coloured’ people have when it comes to land claim.
As noted above, the Khoisans or “Coloured Race” roots are predominantly embedded in the dry regions of Southern Africa and were the first to inhabit the space. They were slowly killed, chased off the land and enslaved by the European settlers.
This is what the ‘man stressing about dry land’ line could be referencing. As you can see, the man in the white shirt (who is coloured) is HIGHLY stressing about the same dry land. This was taken from a South African local talk show discussing race relations post-apartheid era.
Skip to 29:02 to get the full story.
(Also: the coloured lady’s thoughts in 35:36 better embody what Kendrick later realizes and briefly mentions in Complexion (A Zulu Love). )