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[Intro: Nina Simone]
Skin is, skin, is
Skin black, my skin is black
My, black, my skin is yellow
[Chorus]
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
I like that second one
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude]
O.J. like, "I'm not black, I'm O.J." …okay
[Verse 1]
House nigga, don't fuck with me
I'm a field nigga, go shine cutlery
Go play the quarters where the butlers be
I'mma play the corners where the hustlers be
I told him, "Please don't die over the neighborhood
That your mama rentin'
Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood
That's how you rinse it"
I bought every V12 engine
Wish I could take it back to the beginnin'
I coulda bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo
For like 2 million
That same building today is worth 25 million
Guess how I'm feelin'? Dumbo
[Chorus]
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
[Interlude]
You wanna know what's more important than throwin' away money at a strip club? Credit
You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it
[Verse 2]
Financial freedom my only hope
Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke
I bought some artwork for 1 million
2 years later, that shit worth 2 million
Few years later, that shit worth 8 million
I can't wait to give this shit to my children
Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine
But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99
I turned that 2 to a 4, 4 to an 8
I turned my life into a nice first week release date
Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?
Me and my niggas takin' real chances, uh
Y'all on the 'Gram holdin' money to your ear
There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah
[Chorus]
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
Skin is, skin, is
Skin black, my skin is black
My, black, my skin is yellow
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
I like that second one
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
O.J. like, "I'm not black, I'm O.J." …okay
House nigga, don't fuck with me
I'm a field nigga, go shine cutlery
Go play the quarters where the butlers be
I'mma play the corners where the hustlers be
I told him, "Please don't die over the neighborhood
That your mama rentin'
Take your drug money and buy the neighborhood
That's how you rinse it"
I bought every V12 engine
Wish I could take it back to the beginnin'
I coulda bought a place in Dumbo before it was Dumbo
For like 2 million
That same building today is worth 25 million
Guess how I'm feelin'? Dumbo
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
You wanna know what's more important than throwin' away money at a strip club? Credit
You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it
Financial freedom my only hope
Fuck livin' rich and dyin' broke
I bought some artwork for 1 million
2 years later, that shit worth 2 million
Few years later, that shit worth 8 million
I can't wait to give this shit to my children
Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine
But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for $9.99
I turned that 2 to a 4, 4 to an 8
I turned my life into a nice first week release date
Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?
Me and my niggas takin' real chances, uh
Y'all on the 'Gram holdin' money to your ear
There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
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It's about free market capitalism. A lot of it's hiding behind racial dynamics, but that's no justification. Check it:
That's about the housing market. Property ownership is one of the main things that separates the haves from the have-nots.
This is a somewhat benevolently antisemitic comment regarding the theory that jews are seedy merchant people, and thus "made it" in america under a capitalist system, espousing the idea that if you do what you need to do and "work hard" you can make it too. This, of course, is bullshit.
Promoting the free market
I bought some artwork for 1 million 2 years later, that shit worth 2 million Few years later, that shit worth 8 million I can't wait to give this shit to my children
Inheritance is mainly what determines one's place in the class system.
Here, "bougie" is shorthand for "bourgeoisie", the oppressor class in Marxist theory, as opposed to the working "prole" or "proletariat". Jay Z is a card carrying bourgeois oppressor, and no, that shit isn't fine.
@secondtooth Dude. You missed, or either don't get, half of what he's saying. Furthermore, he states that that many of the Jewish people in America built credit and wealth, so that they could own a large chunk of the real estate market. How is that anti-Semitic?
@secondtooth Dude. You missed, or either don't get, half of what he's saying. Furthermore, he states that that many of the Jewish people in America built credit and wealth, so that they could own a large chunk of the real estate market. How is that anti-Semitic?
@allaboutthemusic547 @Terror44 Man, you guys can throw shade but it's all empty. Explain, like what are you even trying to say? I don't get what? That he's implying that riches and fame don't override one's master status, in this case "blackness"? Yeah, I get that, and disagree with it while still acknowledging intersectional theory. Master status override certainly exists, a good example of that would be Stephen Hawking and how his intellect tends to distract from his disability. If I had to guess, I'd say you guys have no clue what you're talking about. I'm talking upper-level sociology and Marxist...
@allaboutthemusic547 @Terror44 Man, you guys can throw shade but it's all empty. Explain, like what are you even trying to say? I don't get what? That he's implying that riches and fame don't override one's master status, in this case "blackness"? Yeah, I get that, and disagree with it while still acknowledging intersectional theory. Master status override certainly exists, a good example of that would be Stephen Hawking and how his intellect tends to distract from his disability. If I had to guess, I'd say you guys have no clue what you're talking about. I'm talking upper-level sociology and Marxist theory, and you're just throwing up criticism that isn't even constructive.
About the anti-semitism, he's (maybe inadvertently) promoting the far-right conspiracy that Jewish people own all the wealth In America which simply isn't true. Furthermore, any sort of wealth that the now-rich had was old money, credit wasn't really "built". If you disagree, explain yourself, cause right now you ain't saying shit.
@secondtooth Ya that is a pretty negative view you have taken on the lyrics.
@secondtooth Ya that is a pretty negative view you have taken on the lyrics.
In my opinion is he praising the strength of personal finance, and the ability of personal savings to continually double in the free market (investing in the stock market). Which is accessible to almost all income ranges, except the very bottom. He is simply commenting that the Jewish people were wise to personal finance, investing their savings, growing their money (whether that be in businesses, or gold, or diamonds, or artwork, etc.) He is talking about building a legacy for his children, which...
In my opinion is he praising the strength of personal finance, and the ability of personal savings to continually double in the free market (investing in the stock market). Which is accessible to almost all income ranges, except the very bottom. He is simply commenting that the Jewish people were wise to personal finance, investing their savings, growing their money (whether that be in businesses, or gold, or diamonds, or artwork, etc.) He is talking about building a legacy for his children, which is unlocked through personal finance; that the root is to save money and invest it and watch it grow, versus buying luxury goods or wearing all your wealth, or spending all your money to look rich, while you die with nothing.
Apologies for my run on sentences.
@secondtooth Ya that is a pretty negative view you have taken on the lyrics.
@secondtooth Ya that is a pretty negative view you have taken on the lyrics.
In my opinion is he praising the strength of personal finance, and the ability of personal savings to continually double in the free market (investing in the stock market). Which is accessible to almost all income ranges, except the very bottom. He is simply commenting that the Jewish people were wise to personal finance, investing their savings, growing their money (whether that be in businesses, or gold, or diamonds, or artwork, etc.) He is talking about building a legacy for his children, which...
In my opinion is he praising the strength of personal finance, and the ability of personal savings to continually double in the free market (investing in the stock market). Which is accessible to almost all income ranges, except the very bottom. He is simply commenting that the Jewish people were wise to personal finance, investing their savings, growing their money (whether that be in businesses, or gold, or diamonds, or artwork, etc.) He is talking about building a legacy for his children, which is unlocked through personal finance; that the root is to save money and invest it and watch it grow, versus buying luxury goods or wearing all your wealth, or spending all your money to look rich, while you die with nothing.
Apologies for my run on sentences.
So is there some underlying message about Orenthal, or is this just a slang term I'm not familiar with?
@ibedave maybe Jay-Z doesn't see him as staying true to his heritage ... money corrupted his skin colour??
@ibedave maybe Jay-Z doesn't see him as staying true to his heritage ... money corrupted his skin colour??
It is incredible how poorly this comes off as printed words unaccompanied by powerful beats.
Same can be said for much pop/rock/rap
"He didn't say nigga" enuf
Dear SecondTooth, I agree with some of what u say. But some of your comments are not true and are self defeating.