Ends, some people will rob their mother
For the ends, rats snitch on one another
For the ends, sometimes kids get murdered
For the ends, so before we go any further
I want my ends
He was Harvard material, Ivy League scholar
Had a Ph.D., had an M.B.A.
But now he's waiting tables cause their's rent to pay
Companies downsizing, inflation's rising
Can't find a job, he's feeling kind of stressed
Doesn't even feel the effects when he says
Forgot to count how many times he been blessed
So he falls off track, starts smoking the crack
And once it hits his brain, starts a chain react
Sells the shirt off his back, shoes off his feet
He's losing all his teeth, now he's out in the street
And all of sudden he's like, Jesse James
Trying to stick up kids for their watches and chains
But he's from business school, and he's nervous with the tool
So he ends up on his back in a bloody pool
Everywhere I went, she was up in the cut
Swinging that butt, like place your ad here
Only rapped the benz, and rocked the fly gear
Brand name wearing, champagne waving
Jewels around the neck, live style she's craving
Ain't no saving, she's all the spending
If you do the lending, she'll do the bending
Straight machine vending, it's money for take
Shopping sprees get her on her knees
And if you hit her with keys of your crib, you acting funny
Come home one day, find her counting out your money
>From the Wetlands, all the way to the Apollo
If you're broke she'll spit, and if you're rich she might swallow
Making money on the block, kids was on the job
They was tougher than leather like Reverend Run
DMC, they was toting guns
And holdin' weight, goin' out of state
Stackin' mad chips, and pushin' phat whips
Fly jewels and clothes, and got no job
And then one disappears, and one got robbed
Anyway, I didn't intend to come to this page to rant. lol. I just HAD to post my last post, after seeing so many oblivious people thiniking "it means drugs".
My main intention when I came to this song's page was that I thought I might be able to add a little clarification, and explain a line, that perhaps many people wouldn't get the reference to. My favorite line in the whole tune, too. lol
"From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo If you broke she's spittin' If you're rich she might swallow"
Anyway, for anyone who isn't familiar with New York City (where I'm born and raised and lived all my life), I thought that maybe there would be people out there who wouldn't get that very clever NYC reference. The Apollo, I'm sure everyone knows, since it had the famous show "Showtime at the Apollo". It is a very famous theater for musicians and comedians, here in NYC. It's in Harlem, which is WAY uptown in the north part of Manhattan, on 125th street. The Wetlands is also a famous music club in NYC, which sadly closed a few years ago. The Wetlands was on Hudson Street, WAY downtown in the south part of Manhattan.
The link below explains a little about The Wetlands... http://www.nyrock.com/worldbeat/07_2001/073001b.asp
So basiclly, he's using the two clubs to say that she sells her goods ALL over Manhattan. Everywhere. She really gets around. You can't really get any other two famous clubs that are any farther away from each other, to use as points of reference. It would be like saying "from New York all the way to Los Angeles", to mean "all over the country".
Anyway, I hope that helped, if there are any non-NYCers out there who love this tune but always wondered "What's that line mean? What is/are the Wetlands, and what do they have to do with the Apollo?".
:)
where I'm from, "ends" is money that's specifically intended to be used for drugs or to get drunk. we would say, "got any ends" as in "I got 5 on it, how about you?"
i wish i knew
its all about the Drugs.
its about what people do for money....not drugs
drugs, money, same thing
Ends could be drugs, it could be money...
Ends is what you think will end your problems, it's what you'd risk your life for, for some of us its money, for others its drugs.
That's what I get from the song at least... It's a good one too
you cant toke a gun... i think he says Totin'
And I think he says "...before we go any further I WANT MY ends".
And listen to the gap after the last but one repetition of the chorus (4.10 min) carefully. Doesn't he say somethin bout "through (??) the money"?! (I'm not quite sure. English ain't my mother tongue so I might be wrong...)
haha.. it's not your mother tongue but you picked up the word "ain't" ... nice....
haha.. it's not your mother tongue but you picked up the word "ain't" ... nice....
It's a good word. Some people think it's not real, but it is. :)
It's a good word. Some people think it's not real, but it is. :)
Oh, this song. I never knew that slang and I was like, "Ends? What are these ends of which you speak?" I don't understand why money would go by that name. Oh well. Thank you, people of the internet who are much hipper than I am. Thank you for saying what this song is about. =D
Oh, this song. I never knew that slang and I was like, "Ends? What are these ends of which you speak?" I don't understand why money would go by that name. Oh well. Thank you, people of the internet who are much hipper than I am. Thank you for saying what this song is about. =D
And I think he says "...before we go any further, I WANT MY ends".
And listen to the gap after the last but one repetition of the chorus: Doesn't that guy in the backround say "through (??) the MONEY"...?! (I'm not quite sure though... English ain't my mother tongue, so I might be wrong cause I hear what I want to hear..!?)