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The way I see it, it's the friend that's either reluctantly or accidentally setting up MYH. In the introduction, he warns MYH that someone's gonna try to kill him. The second verse has THE GAME (Possibly, maybe somoene else who'se in love with THE STREETS) bout what he's going to do when he catches MICHEAL. The reasn I think it's THE GAME is because of the line:
"Enemy to any nigga gettin' money
On my honey..."
The character THE GAME is married to THE STREETS, who's having an affair with MICHEAL YOUNG HISTORY (according to the character bios) Gettin' money on my honey therefore = getting money on THE STREETS. The other reason I feel it's THE GAME comes later in the song.
In the second chorus, you can hear MYH's friend trying to calm him down, just tellin' him to relax.
The entire second verse is a sort of unintenional statement/echo thing.
The friend tells MYH something like 'nobody's out there in theat car out there plannin' to rob someone'
While THE GAME or the shooter mimics it in the affirmative, 'I'm sitting in this car, fixin' to rob someone'
It's most apparent in the last two parts, where the friend lists everything MYH has in his truck that 'they don't know about', and THE GAME/ the shooter lists all those things and knows about them.
The final lines before the friend goes to pee are exactly the same, chaning 'we' to 'they', and 'go and get some grub' to 'catch a few slugs'
Verse Two was the reason I believe that THE GAME was the shooter, and the friend was the one who set MYH up. One of the features of THE GAME is 'wiretaps for ears', through which he can hear everything. The friend tells Michael allt he things he's got in his own car, that THE GAME might not know about, who repeats it to himself, listing it off.
The reason I figure the friend was reluctant about setting micheal up is because even while he was doing it, he was trying to warn MYH, up to the lat line "and if a nigga do KILL YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES..." basically telling MYH what's going on.
To me it also seems like the MYH's friend "totally" set MYH up to get killed, My three points is this:
To me it also seems like the MYH's friend "totally" set MYH up to get killed, My three points is this:
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How did MYH's friend know that the car was stolen? We are told by the friend that the car is stolen before the shooter tells us.
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How did MYH's friend know that the car was stolen? We are told by the friend that the car is stolen before the shooter tells us.
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The shooter knows where MYH's guns are? and how his car windows are bulletproof. How would he know such information, only from someone who was close to MYH would know that.
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The shooter knows where MYH's guns are? and how his car windows are bulletproof. How would he know such information, only from someone who was close to MYH would know that.
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The shooter knows MYH's every move in the club while he's sitting in the car.
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The shooter knows MYH's every move in the club while he's sitting in the car.
MYH's friend instead of peeing...
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MYH's friend instead of peeing in the car, choose to wait until they leave to say that he has is pee. His friend tells him that someone will come shot you in a few minute but MYH doesnt pay him no mind.
It's the same guy. Lupe and Gemini (sp) are rapping from 2 perspectives of the same individual, Michael Young History.
It's the same guy. Lupe and Gemini (sp) are rapping from 2 perspectives of the same individual, Michael Young History.
When Lupe gets out the car to go pee, he's leaving behind his cool young history. Ya unda dig? That's why Gem's half knows where all of the guns etc are in the car...he put em there.
When Lupe gets out the car to go pee, he's leaving behind his cool young history. Ya unda dig? That's why Gem's half knows where all of the guns etc are in the car...he put em there.
This song is about Lupe "killing" or, letting die, a part of his past...The Cool. he gets out the car before Gem's persona kills off what's left of Lupe.
This song is about Lupe "killing" or, letting die, a part of his past...The Cool. he gets out the car before Gem's persona kills off what's left of Lupe.
So many of Lu's ryhmes are two sided. The Pen and...
So many of Lu's ryhmes are two sided. The Pen and the Needles, Switch, Mean and Vicious, Dumb it Down (eyeless, earless, headless). This is just another example of the dude's imagination and word play sucking his listeners in.
Just my 2 cents, but it sounds to me like Lupe is placing himself in the shoes of his most popular character MYH.
[Character names will be all caps] The way I see it, it's the friend that's either reluctantly or accidentally setting up MYH. In the introduction, he warns MYH that someone's gonna try to kill him. The second verse has THE GAME (Possibly, maybe somoene else who'se in love with THE STREETS) bout what he's going to do when he catches MICHEAL. The reasn I think it's THE GAME is because of the line: "Enemy to any nigga gettin' money On my honey..."
The character THE GAME is married to THE STREETS, who's having an affair with MICHEAL YOUNG HISTORY (according to the character bios) Gettin' money on my honey therefore = getting money on THE STREETS. The other reason I feel it's THE GAME comes later in the song.
In the second chorus, you can hear MYH's friend trying to calm him down, just tellin' him to relax.
The entire second verse is a sort of unintenional statement/echo thing. The friend tells MYH something like 'nobody's out there in theat car out there plannin' to rob someone' While THE GAME or the shooter mimics it in the affirmative, 'I'm sitting in this car, fixin' to rob someone'
It's most apparent in the last two parts, where the friend lists everything MYH has in his truck that 'they don't know about', and THE GAME/ the shooter lists all those things and knows about them.
The final lines before the friend goes to pee are exactly the same, chaning 'we' to 'they', and 'go and get some grub' to 'catch a few slugs'
Verse Two was the reason I believe that THE GAME was the shooter, and the friend was the one who set MYH up. One of the features of THE GAME is 'wiretaps for ears', through which he can hear everything. The friend tells Michael allt he things he's got in his own car, that THE GAME might not know about, who repeats it to himself, listing it off.
The reason I figure the friend was reluctant about setting micheal up is because even while he was doing it, he was trying to warn MYH, up to the lat line "and if a nigga do KILL YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES..." basically telling MYH what's going on.
To me it also seems like the MYH's friend "totally" set MYH up to get killed, My three points is this:
To me it also seems like the MYH's friend "totally" set MYH up to get killed, My three points is this:
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How did MYH's friend know that the car was stolen? We are told by the friend that the car is stolen before the shooter tells us.
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How did MYH's friend know that the car was stolen? We are told by the friend that the car is stolen before the shooter tells us.
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The shooter knows where MYH's guns are? and how his car windows are bulletproof. How would he know such information, only from someone who was close to MYH would know that.
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The shooter knows where MYH's guns are? and how his car windows are bulletproof. How would he know such information, only from someone who was close to MYH would know that.
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The shooter knows MYH's every move in the club while he's sitting in the car.
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The shooter knows MYH's every move in the club while he's sitting in the car.
MYH's friend instead of peeing...
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MYH's friend instead of peeing in the car, choose to wait until they leave to say that he has is pee. His friend tells him that someone will come shot you in a few minute but MYH doesnt pay him no mind.
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It's the same guy. Lupe and Gemini (sp) are rapping from 2 perspectives of the same individual, Michael Young History.
It's the same guy. Lupe and Gemini (sp) are rapping from 2 perspectives of the same individual, Michael Young History.
When Lupe gets out the car to go pee, he's leaving behind his cool young history. Ya unda dig? That's why Gem's half knows where all of the guns etc are in the car...he put em there.
When Lupe gets out the car to go pee, he's leaving behind his cool young history. Ya unda dig? That's why Gem's half knows where all of the guns etc are in the car...he put em there.
This song is about Lupe "killing" or, letting die, a part of his past...The Cool. he gets out the car before Gem's persona kills off what's left of Lupe.
This song is about Lupe "killing" or, letting die, a part of his past...The Cool. he gets out the car before Gem's persona kills off what's left of Lupe.
So many of Lu's ryhmes are two sided. The Pen and...
So many of Lu's ryhmes are two sided. The Pen and the Needles, Switch, Mean and Vicious, Dumb it Down (eyeless, earless, headless). This is just another example of the dude's imagination and word play sucking his listeners in.
Just my 2 cents, but it sounds to me like Lupe is placing himself in the shoes of his most popular character MYH.