yah its easy to listen to this song hey. very chill, smoke herb.
that word is spelled copascetic, but not so important.
keep your eye on the prize.
but i train my mic.
anyway, the song's about the phrase 'for real' as used by rappers and the culture around it. the films are probably referring to the white-promoted blaxploitation films of the 70s that started black youth on the road to gangsta subcultures, but might be just blockbuster action films in general. the whole song is trying to minimise the gravity ganstaz give their lifestyle and hip hop, by presenting them as being caught up in their image, which isn't 'real'. 'It's my turn to talk' is the negation of hip hop hype, because all hip hop is is people talking with emphasis.
'the coloured girls sing' comes from Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. that's why the song is probably about self-racism, because by making gangsta rap as black as the night, it segregates itself into a corner. anonymous coloured girls singing backup.
problem is, tricky does the same image thing as the culture he's dissin. this is how i use my mic. and his voice is saturated with the feeling of wanting to be heard, give people an image, this is tricky smirking. you look wise on the video.
yah its easy to listen to this song hey. very chill, smoke herb.
that word is spelled copascetic, but not so important. keep your eye on the prize. but i train my mic.
anyway, the song's about the phrase 'for real' as used by rappers and the culture around it. the films are probably referring to the white-promoted blaxploitation films of the 70s that started black youth on the road to gangsta subcultures, but might be just blockbuster action films in general. the whole song is trying to minimise the gravity ganstaz give their lifestyle and hip hop, by presenting them as being caught up in their image, which isn't 'real'. 'It's my turn to talk' is the negation of hip hop hype, because all hip hop is is people talking with emphasis.
'the coloured girls sing' comes from Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. that's why the song is probably about self-racism, because by making gangsta rap as black as the night, it segregates itself into a corner. anonymous coloured girls singing backup.
problem is, tricky does the same image thing as the culture he's dissin. this is how i use my mic. and his voice is saturated with the feeling of wanting to be heard, give people an image, this is tricky smirking. you look wise on the video.