Ghostface, that's an interesting take on the song, but I think it's wrong.
It's easy to see that he's talking about a gun simply by listening to the last line of the hook-- "I gave you power, I made you buck wild." You can see that the hook is told in first person, the gun as the narrator.
To me, it's a song about a gun with feelings, and it is genius, not because he's just using personification, it's what he's trying to say.
I think Nas is flipping is giving the gun the point of view because so many people use guns, but, God, imagine how a gun would feel about its usage and you can see how horrific and senseless some acts commited by people that use guns can be.
Ghostface, that's an interesting take on the song, but I think it's wrong.
It's easy to see that he's talking about a gun simply by listening to the last line of the hook-- "I gave you power, I made you buck wild." You can see that the hook is told in first person, the gun as the narrator.
To me, it's a song about a gun with feelings, and it is genius, not because he's just using personification, it's what he's trying to say.
I think Nas is flipping is giving the gun the point of view because so many people use guns, but, God, imagine how a gun would feel about its usage and you can see how horrific and senseless some acts commited by people that use guns can be.
It's just a way to show how insane it all can be.