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Showing posts with label Lyric Limelight. Show all posts
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Monday, July 8, 2013

[Lyric Limelight] Big Sean - I Do It - Finally Famous

Oh, that's your girl  
Well I don't give a Massachusetts
Okay I'm westside, westside till I'm died and underneath them tulips

In these bars, Sean starts out with his signature line, "Oh that's you girl."  When he says that he doesn't give a Massachusetts it sounds like "mass of two shits" as if he doesn't care.  However, this is a double entendre because it also means that he is not east side, where the state of Massachusetts is located.  In the next line, he says he's westside (the part of Detroit that he is from) until he dies.  This is a unique double entendre that is often missed in the song unless the listener is open to the word play and meaning of the second line.




Sunday, July 7, 2013

[Lyric Limelight] J. Cole - Born Sinner - LAnd of The Snakes

"Now if you only had one wish is it devious?
Cause you already know who your genie is

Can't get a cover now your mag on my penis
Like damn he turned out to be a genius"


"LAnd of the Snakes," the 3rd Track on J. Cole's "Born Sinner" is about him experiencing the celebrity life in LA and encountering people with bad intentions.  It goes along with his self exploration of being a sinner by the story of running into a girl that he played in college.  The above bars stand out to me not only on this track, but also on the entire album because the rhyming scheme is ingenious and really shows his lyrical and delivery skills.