So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
soulja boy:
arab man i just came back from the mall man guess what i got?
arab:
man what you get soulja boy?
soulja boy:
man i got me some bathing apes
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
soulja boy:
check out my bathing apes
i'm fresh to def and you like me
don't try to cop my style man stick to them nikes
green white black and side D
super clean bathing apes
my shoes like my chain shine hard they might hurt your face
i'm clean in this thing
b - a - p - e - s up on my feet
fresh fade with them waves
them dirty dirty boys up on my team
you wanna get em (yep!)
but you cant get like me (nope!)
ask a nig soulja boy where you get your shoes (hoe!)
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
arab:
bathing apes on my feet
and you niggas ??? kicks
purple yellow white like my kobe bryant jersey
you ain't never see these shoes
and let me tell you something son
you see how fresh these bitches is?
these are not no fucking ones
step on the stage with my mouth all froze
bathing apes on my feet put the crowd on hold
hatas see em on my feet, i know they get mad a little
arab rocking more colors than a bag of skittles
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
soulja boy:
bathing apes on my feet
so i gotta keep it moving
step up on the scene
tell the hoe to start choosing
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
bathin apes on my feet
so i gotta keep it moving
step up on the scene
tell da hoe to start choosing
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe! yaah!)
chorus: (until fade)
i got me some bathing apes
arab man i just came back from the mall man guess what i got?
arab:
man what you get soulja boy?
soulja boy:
man i got me some bathing apes
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
soulja boy:
check out my bathing apes
i'm fresh to def and you like me
don't try to cop my style man stick to them nikes
green white black and side D
super clean bathing apes
my shoes like my chain shine hard they might hurt your face
i'm clean in this thing
b - a - p - e - s up on my feet
fresh fade with them waves
them dirty dirty boys up on my team
you wanna get em (yep!)
but you cant get like me (nope!)
ask a nig soulja boy where you get your shoes (hoe!)
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
arab:
bathing apes on my feet
and you niggas ??? kicks
purple yellow white like my kobe bryant jersey
you ain't never see these shoes
and let me tell you something son
you see how fresh these bitches is?
these are not no fucking ones
step on the stage with my mouth all froze
bathing apes on my feet put the crowd on hold
hatas see em on my feet, i know they get mad a little
arab rocking more colors than a bag of skittles
chorus:
i got me some bathing apes
soulja boy:
bathing apes on my feet
so i gotta keep it moving
step up on the scene
tell the hoe to start choosing
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
bathin apes on my feet
so i gotta keep it moving
step up on the scene
tell da hoe to start choosing
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe!)
(start choosing hoe! yaah!)
chorus: (until fade)
i got me some bathing apes
Lyrics submitted by michelle.
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