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Cuz you know that them rhymes is as wack as sin Shad – Out of Love Pt. 2
Because your lyrics are sooo bad, Shad thinks that even you would realize it and even begin to laugh at how bad they are.
I thought you got your flow back, what happened man Shad – Out of Love Pt. 2
Playing again to the fairytale theme of the album, Shad sniffs a rose and suddenly gets his former self back. This can be a possible reference to “Beauty and the Beast”, where the rose is a symbol for the search for love.
Shad has seen many of his buddies fall victim to beautiful women, and does not want to be one of them, even though he still is searching for love.
Lying on the ground in defeat, too let down to even sit up. He even began singing!
Referring back to “flux” in the title and the treatment of objects to turn into liquid, or to “flow”. This is a metaphor rhetorically asking how you come back from the negative moments in life, how much you can withstand without breaking.
Epilepsy with that Etch-A Sketch scenes
Then remake em Lights (Ft. Shad) – Flux and Flow
Epilepsy is a disorder which causes shaking and seizures. An Etch-A Sketch is a child’s toy in which you control two dials to create a picture, then shake it to erase the image.
Asking how you “shake ‘em” is another way of saying “how you relax” or “how you kick it”. Shad finishes the thought by talking about the rough scenes that you may go through (Etch-A Sketch scenes), but you must force yourself to erase them and move on.
Shad stays put at home like a rock, similar to the American hard-rock band Megadeth.
A rat race is a way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power. Shad details the metaphorical rat race by using terms throughout that have to do with literal races.
Shad’s punchlines will make you laugh like the title of Juvenile’s 1998 single “Ha!”, off his biggest album 400 Degreez.
“Halftime” is Nas' breakout 1992 single from his monumental album Illmatic. Janet Jackson performed at Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show, where she had an infamous “clothing malfunction”.
This could also be a subtle jab at rapper 2 Chainz, who is known for his materialistic lyrics which Lecrae doesn’t agree with. Last year, under his new moniker 2 Chainz, he released a mixtape entitled T.R.U. Realigion, where he is wearing all denim. This could in fact be a triple entendre.
Someone out their is idolizing these rappers, wishing they can move from their poor, impoverished life into the life of luxury that is associated with rappers.
Also, the beat of this song is Rick Ross' “Tears of Joy” off his Teflon Don album.
“In that SL” refers to the Mercedes SL, a high end coupe.
Getting deeper in the subject of race, Ghost is saying black people don’t understand what they’re doing and make bad choices; eating fried chicken and abusing over-the-counter drugs.
A play of words, referencing Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Put Em On The Glass while talking about a girl getting wild when drugs and alcohol are mixed.
Also, cadence is another word for “flow”. Nickel it thanking God for gifting him with his flow.
Jakk Frost is also a rapper who was known to body beats, Royce respects.
Also, in this interview, DOOM states that when he’s rhyming in his King Geedorah moniker, he tends to rhyme things that have to do with 3s, the same amount of heads that the original godzilla villain of the same name has.
No, if anything, he’s punning Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s name, who Wu'Tang had a beef with around this time (mostly GZA). He’s associating 50’s name with the cops.