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.
(That-that-that-that-that be Maaly Raw)
(Flat, yeah, I'm from the Flat)
Whole lotta bags, whole lotta cash (whole lotta flex, slatt)
Whole lotta hoes, whole lotta ass (slatt, slatt)
Young nigga got swag, hold up (got swag)
Gotta wave my flag, hold up (wave my flag)
Got a bitch in the back, yeah (bitch in the back)
Play with them racks, yeah (slatt)
Iced-out plaque, yeah (slatt)
Heart attack, yeah, yeah (heart attack)
Clapped his bitch, hold up, uh (hold up)
AP wrist, hold up, uh (hold up)
Too much gas, hold up, uh
Take this pic, yeah (take this pic)
Swag for days, hold up (days, ayy)
Plays on plays, hold up, uh (yeah)
Jays on jays, hold up (ayy, ayy)
Bag full of haze, hold up (blatt, blatt)
In the back with your bitch, hold up (back with your bitch)
In a drop-top Benz, hold up (skrrt)
You gotta let shawty in (slatt, slatt)
Make shawty top ten, hold up (top ten)
I made a bitch count ten, hold up (what?)
I met a bitch through a DM (slatt, slatt)
On the block with the D on (D on, D on)
Hellcat look neon (Hellcat)
Tryna see what we on (hold up, yeah)
Told that bitch to put the V on (put the V on)
Dripped down, got the flee on (got the flee on)
I got these hoes on VLONE (VLONE, slatt)
Got a girl with the neon, huh (VLONE, tech)
Everything all neon (yeah, yeah)
And she rockin' all neon (slatt, slatt)
And she wearin' all neon (slatt)
Run it up like Deion
Sippin' Tech, eat key lime (Tech, Tech)
And my swag so beyond
Put the bag on a peon (slatt, slime)
(Flat, yeah, I'm from the Flat)
Whole lotta bags, whole lotta cash (whole lotta flex, slatt)
Whole lotta hoes, whole lotta ass (slatt, slatt)
Young nigga got swag, hold up (got swag)
Gotta wave my flag, hold up (wave my flag)
Got a bitch in the back, yeah (bitch in the back)
Play with them racks, yeah (yeah)
Iced-out plaque, yeah (slatt)
Heart attack, yeah, yeah (heart attack)
Clapped his bitch, hold up, uh (hold up)
AP wrist, hold up, uh
Too much gas, hold up, uh
Take this pic, yeah (take this pic)
(Flat, yeah, I'm from the Flat)
Whole lotta bags, whole lotta cash (whole lotta flex, slatt)
Whole lotta hoes, whole lotta ass (slatt, slatt)
Young nigga got swag, hold up (got swag)
Gotta wave my flag, hold up (wave my flag)
Got a bitch in the back, yeah (bitch in the back)
Play with them racks, yeah (slatt)
Iced-out plaque, yeah (slatt)
Heart attack, yeah, yeah (heart attack)
Clapped his bitch, hold up, uh (hold up)
AP wrist, hold up, uh (hold up)
Too much gas, hold up, uh
Take this pic, yeah (take this pic)
Swag for days, hold up (days, ayy)
Plays on plays, hold up, uh (yeah)
Jays on jays, hold up (ayy, ayy)
Bag full of haze, hold up (blatt, blatt)
In the back with your bitch, hold up (back with your bitch)
In a drop-top Benz, hold up (skrrt)
You gotta let shawty in (slatt, slatt)
Make shawty top ten, hold up (top ten)
I made a bitch count ten, hold up (what?)
I met a bitch through a DM (slatt, slatt)
On the block with the D on (D on, D on)
Hellcat look neon (Hellcat)
Tryna see what we on (hold up, yeah)
Told that bitch to put the V on (put the V on)
Dripped down, got the flee on (got the flee on)
I got these hoes on VLONE (VLONE, slatt)
Got a girl with the neon, huh (VLONE, tech)
Everything all neon (yeah, yeah)
And she rockin' all neon (slatt, slatt)
And she wearin' all neon (slatt)
Run it up like Deion
Sippin' Tech, eat key lime (Tech, Tech)
And my swag so beyond
Put the bag on a peon (slatt, slime)
(Flat, yeah, I'm from the Flat)
Whole lotta bags, whole lotta cash (whole lotta flex, slatt)
Whole lotta hoes, whole lotta ass (slatt, slatt)
Young nigga got swag, hold up (got swag)
Gotta wave my flag, hold up (wave my flag)
Got a bitch in the back, yeah (bitch in the back)
Play with them racks, yeah (yeah)
Iced-out plaque, yeah (slatt)
Heart attack, yeah, yeah (heart attack)
Clapped his bitch, hold up, uh (hold up)
AP wrist, hold up, uh
Too much gas, hold up, uh
Take this pic, yeah (take this pic)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
New N3on Lyrics as written by Jordan Terrell Carter Jamaal Talib Henry
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