| The Roots – Silent Treatment Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i find this song so ironic now...when i first saw it was on some show about the good stuff from the 90's this song being one of them. the song is total poetry in motion-but the predicament is quite interesting. even though, as the hook comes in, you'd think oh the girl is just simply holding off (no pun intended). but then you realise that Black Thought is actually speaking of his sexual desires towards the girl. he loves her, truly, you can tell by the speech ('Knew Shorty could work it since before I ever kissed her') but when he wants to go to bed with her-she refuses. that's all in the first verse. the second verse is about the torment he went through because of it. He remains faithful even though oppurtunity arises ('Temptation played the vandal, freakin my brain, my mind'). in the final verse he speaks more of his feelings-how totally real they are ('Ain't no need to pretend, cause shit is real til the end ')...and all in all the song's telling the story of a man who has to deal with a woman who gives him the silent treatment...because she's better than having sex with him-and that's not what she wants. him asking for it is what turns her off in the first place. -i would love more females like this to exist, can i tell ya? |
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| Lupe Fiasco – I Don't Feel So Good Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| love the Blues feel to this song first of all. I agree with TB31's Reply to an extent-I dont think this song is about Michael Young or the story of the Cool in particular. The main reason why people say that is because of the hook ('I asked my baby if she loved me etc). I do however think this is a story of one of many unknowns that the Streets and the Game have brought down. The first verse seems like one story-a man, similar to Michael Young who has let the Game-greed and other wordly things-lead to his death. One part of it gets a bit mixed though-at the lines of 'when his momma closed his eyes' then to 'when she couldnt take the pain and then the story of this her-I'm not sure whether its referring to his mother or his wife. But then again this is Lupe-he doesn't have to make perfect sense. The second verse is just about general things lupe probably wonders about. All, in all, this to me is a story of how dehumanised people may become because of worldly things-the constant repetition of the question 'did he/she feel it' would explain that. To try to fit it into the Cool's story is still an interesting interpretation though. | |
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