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He’s about to cry because he misses Earl Sweatshirt so much. He’s admitted on Twitter that he can barely go through a listening session of EARL (if it’s really true, who knows)

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TYLER IS A HOMOSEXUAL

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Only benefits the homosexual allegations Tyler’s been receiving this year. It wasn’t Earl. Probably a partner of some love affair.

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give me head like I'm on her mind Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Hodgy) – Analog
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The straight-forward conclusion would be the suggestion that she is giving him oral sex, but she doesn’t necessarily care for him. There’s also the head/mind pun

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Don't look at me, I'm 6'5", about to fucking cry Tyler, The Creator – Nightmare
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He’s actually 6'2'‘:

http://twitter.com/#!/fucktyler/status/67234408599519232
http://twitter.com/#!/fucktyler/status/67235804061249536

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He’s saying this because as you heard in the earlier line he has gotten taller since Thebe has seen him

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dead parents everywhere, it's smelling like teen spirit Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Hodgy & Mike G) – Window
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Reference to the Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Also at Top of the Pops show, Nirvana performed this song. They altered the lyrics, most notable and related to the ending of this song was: “Load up on drugs, kill your friends”; instead of the album version: “Load up on guns, bring your friends”

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smells like teen spirit also opens with Kurt singing “load up on guns, bring your friends” which could relate to Tyler shooting his friends at the end of this song

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When Tyler raps “dead parents everywhere” and “it’s smelling like team spirit”, he’s referring to the event that lead to Kurt Cobain (singer of “Smells Like Team Spirit”) leaving his child behind from a suicide back in the 90’s. A very rude yet very smart lyric.

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Summer of Dreams Kanye West – Summer of Dreams
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Reference track, in the same nature as Never See Me Again and the unreleased version of Hell of a Life. It’s just for the melodies

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And getting legal, so I gotta watch the shit that I blurt out (As you should, that shit's outrageous) Tyler, The Creator – Golden
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Tyler is signed under a distribution rights only label.. he has full creative input, basically he can do whatever the fuck he wants. Smart move (see B.o.B, Lupe Fiasco, Wiz).

I suggest that he says this because he is becoming older and more people are paying attention. This is why he put a disclaimer in a track on the latest album.

Tyler is now becoming recognized on a much larger scale. Some of his lyrics are seen as insulting and possibly illegal so he has to limit some of his verses to avoid possible penalty.

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this is like a throw at tron cat lloll

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Try Harder Drake – Try Harder
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Short song at the end of Room For Improvement. Drake talks about his struggles with people always telling him what to do in the first verse (aka about Degrassi). Then in the second one he talks about him coming up in the rap game.

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Molliwopped Earl Sweatshirt – Molliwopped
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A track from Earl’s (then known as Sly Tendencies) 2009 unreleased EP Kitchen Cutlery

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A Night Off Drake (Ft. Lloyd) – A Night Off
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‘A Night Off’ is my favorite song on the mixtape. It came from just … the song right before it is ‘Ignant Sh–’ with Wayne. It was such an exhausting song, rap-wise. We rapped for so long, it was so much to digest. I was like, ‘Man, after you hear that song, it would be so ill to just go into a slow jam.’ At the time it was some girl probably had hit me up like, ‘You never have any time. All I need is for you to take a night off.’ I saw that written on my phone. I was like, ‘A night off. That’s a crazy concept.’ Especially for anybody that works. You could be doing [any job] — to take a night off for somebody means the world. It was sexy and it made women feel special. That’s what I like to do. Lloyd with his higher voice showcased two types of tones. I love that song and girls really like it, which is the best thing in the world.
- Drake on ‘A Night Off’

Mac Miller sampled this song on his track Good Evening.

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Let's Call It Off Drake (Ft. Peter Bjorn and John) – Let's Call It Off
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In the previous song (Succesful) off of SFG, Drake says “There are so many things I want to say but I just don’t know how to say it to you”. Here he’s talking to a girl. This song is Drake saying that it’s time he moves on. “The breakup.”

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