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Some very nice wordplay from Shad:
The part “I don’t put on airs” serves as a double entendre:
- Shad is referencing the Nike Air Force One, which is a very important shoe in recent culture, (see “Nikes On My Feet” by Mac Miller). Shad isn’t the stereotypical Nike Air wearing rapper and isn’t woven in the mainstream culture of Hip Hop.
- Shad is also referencing the idiom “put on airs” as in to act better than you really are or pretend to be good or to be superior.
Shad plays on the word air with the continuation of the line:
I’m conditioned to blow
This line references an air conditioner. But, Shad being “conditioned to blow” refers to how he is determined to become famous in his own way — he doesn’t have to stick to the stereotypes or even try to act better than he is in order become famous.
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Michigan is a rather cold state with the highest snowfall of all 50. Shad is from Canada, which is just south/north of Michigan depending on where you’re crossing the border.
That I might climb and now it’s like I
Just may be Jay Z in my lifetime Shad (Ft. Ian Kamau, k-os & Lisa Lobsinger) – Intro: Lost
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Shad never thought that when he starting writing rap that it would become more than a hobby for him and people would enjoy it so much that he is favorite emcee for some people. As he says on Lushlife’s track “Gymnopedie 1.2”:
Growing upwards
I was just another young brother in the suburbs,
I discovered that I love words
He’s just become that good that he now compares himself to legendary rapper Jay Z, while referencing Jay’s second album In My Lifetime Vol. 1.
Til I come back and build it back after countless others prepared to tear it down YC the Cynic – HVNLY
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See those tears stream down your eyes, stream down your eyes YC the Cynic – World of Giants
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YC is also apathetic to the persons feelings, and would enjoy seeing the tears come down from their eyes.
Even if that means that I burn in hell myself YC the Cynic – World of Giants
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The first line of GNK sets up the rest of the album and the themes that come along with it.
Who ever the line is directed to, YC hope thats he/she will burn in hell, or just die in general. Religiously, it’s a sin to wish that upon someone, but YC hates this person so much that the eternal suffering for himself as well, is worth it.
Initiate the levitate
We slowly start to drift off Fucked Up – Black Albino Bones
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Inhaling the smoke will allow more THC to be absorbed, and by doing that, you will get higher.
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This next escape is about smoking marijuana for an escape or to alleviate stress.
We well up, and then we explode! Fucked Up – Black Albino Bones
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Until we both ejaculate ride the wave Fucked Up – Black Albino Bones
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The second verse is about sex. It is not necessarily addressed as an addiction, but rather an escape.
