The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be dreaming yeah
Ain't nothing to see here
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be yeah
Thought you a hunter now you the hunted
Most of these rapper won't keep it a hundred
We in the workshop chilling we blunted
Passing the Henny now all of us buzzing uh
Check my dress code
Long black trench coat
Keep my brim low uh
I fuck with Nekros
Keeping it real though that's my kinfolk uh
We are both great ones
Came for the seance
Life in a nightmare paid off
Pocket watch same hip as the blade on
Who the facade trying to play God uh
This bit of casual chaos
Slaying the demon a day job
We are not cut from the same cloth
You are better run when the shade falls
All of its bone chilling
Spiders fall from the ceiling
Skin crawl from the feeling
We fixing to make a killing
Lord willing I'ma get it
Real name no gimmick
Callon B no beginner
Bloodshed the agenda
You best be attentive
Underworld Lieutenant yeah
We them Scholars
Madman knowledge
Laughing headed towards my coffin
The Za Warudo mansion's haunted
After hours I'm a Monster
I'm a put 'em through the gauntlet
Ayahuasca in my goblet
Stuff my dreads in my toboggan
You know I'm off it
Yeah sip accursed brew in a church pew
Evil outside there's curfew
Outta my mind an my virtues
Feel like the last one
You wouldn't even believe what had happened
You couldn't even begin to imagine
Yeah I see the world how it really is
I hear the voices I think I'm delirious
I walk a path so perilous
Yeah wage war with the heretics
Know I speak from experience
All rise the Imperium
Hive Mind is more of a myriad
All my dreams they in sight
All I need this insite
Pull up and this shit on sight
Blood moon in the sky
You can run but you can't hide
Lit the lantern
Hit a lick and then I vanish
Hunter's mark I got it branded
Carol runes for the advantage
Blood let em' left him rancid
I reside in healing churches
Oh but I ain't here to worship
I'm exterminating vermin
Bitch I'm in beast mode
Pop one ain't no placebo
Pop off hop back and reload
All of em bleed slow
If you knew the things that we know
Things that I seen through the key hole
This shit a call beyond
I just wanna find where I belong
Death and despair what an ambiance
If I come up short it was all for naught
You can get bitch slapped with a augur arm
Whew whew whew whew yeah
Keep talking that shit at the Comic Con
Blow phantom shells at your entourage
An I know you can't even fuck with my folk
Scarecrow out in the field with my woes
Werewolf howl and the fangs they might show
Bat shit baby you already know
Yeah I see the world how it really is
I hear the voices I think I'm delirious
I walk a path so perilous
Yeah wage war with the heretics
Know I speak from experience
All rise the Imperium
Hive Mind is more of a myriad
All my dreams they in sight
All I need this insite
Pull up and this shit on sight
Blood moon in the sky
You can run but you can't hide
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be dreaming yeah
Ain't nothing to see here
I got to be
I got to be
I got to be yeah
Thought you a hunter now you the hunted
Most of these rapper won't keep it a hundred
We in the workshop chilling we blunted
Passing the Henny now all of us buzzing uh
Check my dress code
Long black trench coat
Keep my brim low uh
I fuck with Nekros
Keeping it real though that's my kinfolk uh
We are both great ones
Came for the seance
Life in a nightmare paid off
Pocket watch same hip as the blade on
Who the facade trying to play God uh
This bit of casual chaos
Slaying the demon a day job
We are not cut from the same cloth
You are better run when the shade falls
All of its bone chilling
Spiders fall from the ceiling
Skin crawl from the feeling
We fixing to make a killing
Lord willing I'ma get it
Real name no gimmick
Callon B no beginner
Bloodshed the agenda
You best be attentive
Underworld Lieutenant yeah
We them Scholars
Madman knowledge
Laughing headed towards my coffin
The Za Warudo mansion's haunted
After hours I'm a Monster
I'm a put 'em through the gauntlet
Ayahuasca in my goblet
Stuff my dreads in my toboggan
You know I'm off it
Yeah sip accursed brew in a church pew
Evil outside there's curfew
Outta my mind an my virtues
Feel like the last one
You wouldn't even believe what had happened
You couldn't even begin to imagine
Yeah I see the world how it really is
I hear the voices I think I'm delirious
I walk a path so perilous
Yeah wage war with the heretics
Know I speak from experience
All rise the Imperium
Hive Mind is more of a myriad
All my dreams they in sight
All I need this insite
Pull up and this shit on sight
Blood moon in the sky
You can run but you can't hide
Lit the lantern
Hit a lick and then I vanish
Hunter's mark I got it branded
Carol runes for the advantage
Blood let em' left him rancid
I reside in healing churches
Oh but I ain't here to worship
I'm exterminating vermin
Bitch I'm in beast mode
Pop one ain't no placebo
Pop off hop back and reload
All of em bleed slow
If you knew the things that we know
Things that I seen through the key hole
This shit a call beyond
I just wanna find where I belong
Death and despair what an ambiance
If I come up short it was all for naught
You can get bitch slapped with a augur arm
Whew whew whew whew yeah
Keep talking that shit at the Comic Con
Blow phantom shells at your entourage
An I know you can't even fuck with my folk
Scarecrow out in the field with my woes
Werewolf howl and the fangs they might show
Bat shit baby you already know
Yeah I see the world how it really is
I hear the voices I think I'm delirious
I walk a path so perilous
Yeah wage war with the heretics
Know I speak from experience
All rise the Imperium
Hive Mind is more of a myriad
All my dreams they in sight
All I need this insite
Pull up and this shit on sight
Blood moon in the sky
You can run but you can't hide
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Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Punchline
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
I think the essence of it must be about turning into something you don't want yourself to be, but I guess it to some degree, if not completely, also is a song about how people of authority like e.g. police misuse their power and become lured into becoming the criminals themselves.
Personally I think it might be about american international politics and how The US has misused their power for own gain and how the people (and politicians) get tricked into believeing what they are doing is right due to that they are getting rid of a possible threat (socialism, islam etc.) without realizing tht nothing is completely white or black, both socialism and islam can be completely harmless, and in the contrary quite a positive thing under the right conditions, but due to the power one posses one can become blinded and restrict others right in order to feel "safe" themselves.