| Nas – Made You Look Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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This song always confused me. I think Nas dumbed down his lyrics in the verses for the single, but the production is one of the dirtiest singles to ever hit the charts. The chorus is where I get the main message: "They shootin', Aw made you look You a slave to a page in my rhyme book" - So to me, he's mocking rappers who have be violent in order to be relevant. But also he could be trying to say that at face value, when he brings up violence in his music its to teach a lesson, not just a violent/murder story. i.e "I Gave You Power," or "Rewind" "King of the town, yeah I been that You know I click-clack where you and your mens at?" - This is a jab at Jay-Z and the ROC after probably a top 5 diss track with "Ether." The ROC went to Hot 97 as a unit to diss Nas after "Ether" dropped and NY voted "Ether" over "Supa Ugly" "Knock a pimp's drink down in his pimp cup That's the way you get Timberland'd up" - Little jab here to the southern rappers that were coming up and running the charts around this time. These rappers were minimally lyrical at best, and stuck to a formula that the masses and clubs wanted. But to a 90's lyrical rapper like Nas, some of them were kind of lame aside from Ludacris. This was a street anthem that had an even better remix with Jada and Luda dropping some classic bars on it. Nas come in at the end and shows why he is still has the most lyrical swords in the game. "Yo, I grasp the ratchet, the blicky, the biscuit, the burner The heat, the toaster, they twist you, you meeting your owner The banger, the hammer, the flamers, I aim at the cannons And can you, manhandling you, you'll be famous, I'll cancel you And cut, that's the end of your movie Pretending you actin like you and your mens'll come shoot me" |
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| Nas – Rewind Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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So when I initially listened to the song, I never understood why the message on the phone wasn't in reverse. Also, what always stuck out to me was when he said "Listen up so y'all can figure out the poem real clear." So knowing that its a poem, there's deeper purpose behind it other than the song just being cool for going backwards. So analyzing it further, although at face value the song is about Nas getting a visit from a lady, and leaving to shoot someone with his friends getting, the messages backwards seem to indicate how or why the crew SHOULD NOT kill the person. "Shoot don't please" The song is telling the listening not to shoot, anyone, ever. "Go he there" "Go" meaning leave the situation, "He there" meaning leave him be "Outside right we" Meaning the boys are outside and "right," meaning chill, safe or innocent "No hell" Where Nas is (with his lady friend) is the opposite of hell of being a murderer "Yo, this Nas, leave it. Peace" This the last line and the man message behind the sonf, which is let it be, or let him live, so we can be at peace. "The clock went back from three, to two, to one And that's about the time the story begun" No real message here for the concept but rather his nod to Slick Rick Epic song with so many layers, at least in my opinion. |
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| Jay-Z – Blueprint 2 Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[Clarkey1882:45193] Wait, so Jay loses according to a listener vote from NY between "Supaugly" and "Ether," then he apologizes,for what he says on "Supaugly," writes a song called "People Talking," using Nas's lyrics about arms being too short to box with god, THEN he makes this song as an answer to what? Looks like someone can't get over what the listeners said. | |
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