Yeah, his "jeans" are his raps and his "sewing machine" is his record label/production company. So he creates unique raps with 1st & 15 and adds all his inspirations (biggie and pac). The prince pants represent popular media friendly, mainstream music. He refuses to do the norm. His mission is to educate those of us willing to listen. "Old jeans covered in blue dye" represents the fact that nothing is necessarily "new" his craft is rap which is old but the blue dye is his style.
"Give em the gam that's like giving chocolate to the fat, how u think I got here? That's the same game that came thru where I lived as a kid in the 'bad luck truck' and threw boxes off the back. This verse reperesents the drug game. Giving chocolate to the fat only makes a fatter person, so giving ppl drugs to sell only worsens the situation of the community. Then he cleverly refrains from actually sayin its about truck by saying"that's the same game that came thru where I lived as a kid..." Meaning the hood. The boxes in the bad luck truck were drugs.
Then he says he delivers like a river. A river flows, he talking about his flow. But even tho he flows like a river the content in his rap is a lil thicker and slicker like oil... "And then they said oil and water don't mix. "
I cud go on describing all the lyrics in this song but there are so many to go thru lol. Lupe is hot. His lyrical content is from a attentive perspective. He isn't just speaking on his life, rather he gives glimpses into the lives of others and also into things that affect us all like environmental issues and terrorism. And as far ashis lyrical stylings (metaphors, similies, and the such) he is at the top of my list.
Yeah, his "jeans" are his raps and his "sewing machine" is his record label/production company. So he creates unique raps with 1st & 15 and adds all his inspirations (biggie and pac). The prince pants represent popular media friendly, mainstream music. He refuses to do the norm. His mission is to educate those of us willing to listen. "Old jeans covered in blue dye" represents the fact that nothing is necessarily "new" his craft is rap which is old but the blue dye is his style.
"Give em the gam that's like giving chocolate to the fat, how u think I got here? That's the same game that came thru where I lived as a kid in the 'bad luck truck' and threw boxes off the back. This verse reperesents the drug game. Giving chocolate to the fat only makes a fatter person, so giving ppl drugs to sell only worsens the situation of the community. Then he cleverly refrains from actually sayin its about truck by saying"that's the same game that came thru where I lived as a kid..." Meaning the hood. The boxes in the bad luck truck were drugs.
Then he says he delivers like a river. A river flows, he talking about his flow. But even tho he flows like a river the content in his rap is a lil thicker and slicker like oil... "And then they said oil and water don't mix. "
I cud go on describing all the lyrics in this song but there are so many to go thru lol. Lupe is hot. His lyrical content is from a attentive perspective. He isn't just speaking on his life, rather he gives glimpses into the lives of others and also into things that affect us all like environmental issues and terrorism. And as far ashis lyrical stylings (metaphors, similies, and the such) he is at the top of my list.