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I got banks though like Azealia VIC MENSA – When A Fire Starts To Burn (Freestyle)
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The area code of Chicago, where Vic is from, is 312.
Azealia Banks is a rapper/singer from NYC whose breakout song was titled 212. Vic’s simply alluding to Azelia’s song because the area codes are so close. Also, the way Vic say’s “And I run the 312” is rhythmically identical to the way Azelia says I was in the 212 in her song.
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“Extra Extra read all about it” was a popular phrase used by newspaper sellers in the early to mid 20th century. Usually adolescent boys, or paper boys, they would use the phrase to hype up front page stories and sell more copies.
Vic’s referring to himself as a paper boy because of all that guap he’s been making from his touring.
Where trees drop leaves of love letters written to girls Cayea – Blue 52
Cayea takes a sudden turn with his content, explaining a bit of his past love life in a metaphorical manner. The wilderness world in which he found himself lost in (via love pursuit) is representative of his mind state. Basically:
In this not-so appealing wilderness, the trees' leaves are actually love letters he has written to some bids. The metaphor of these dropping letters means that he has had relationships that have all fallen through, or fallen apart. Because he said “girls” (plural) and not just “a girl” solidifies that it was multiple failed relationships that resulted in his time spent in this shitty state/world.
Opium is the plant that Heroin and many pharmaceutical drugs are made from.
Dope is a slang term for drugs, most commonly heroin, which is widely viewed as the most addictive drug there is. A “hit” is a single use of the drug, e.g. inhale, inject, etc…
Therefor:
Cayea could be referring to two things:
- Opium, smoked in it’s pure form. In China, opium use can be traced all the way back to the country’s birth.
Or
- Heroin.
Either way, he’s saying that honesty and equality are cool.
Before mp3s and CDs, music and sound was recorded on cassette tapes.
Before that, they were recorded on vinyl records.
In the early 90s when Hip Hop started gaining in popularity, producers began using old vinyl records to sample songs. He’s saying he wants that old school sound and style to come back.
Also, his rhymes are so old school, girls are saying Oh, my, my in response to them.
