When I listen to this song I think you can listen to it on two different levels. If you just look at the lyrics, he sounds happy as he flaunts his wealth to a girl he likes, but if you listen to the beat of the song it's really not happy at all. The beat has a bit of a spiraling effect, starting high and just drifting down. The beat makes his lyrics sound empty, like he really doesn't want this, like he wants love but he's so rich that he knows it's pretty much impossible to find because he really has nothing to look forward to in a relationship, he's already at the peak of everything. When you have so much money like T.I. you get so spoiled that the up's and down's of love don't happen, you just kind of fall into this dull monotony where everything is handed to you so there's no point in really trying to be kind to girls anymore since you have so much money that they'll keep coming back to you even if you're a total jackass.
I think that's really what Eminem went through too with Kim. They couldn't work through their problems because there were so many people willing to cling to them and give them anything they like because they have so much money. It's hard enough to work through the pressures of adultery without groupies left and right throwing themselves at you.
But then again, that's one interpretation. I guess you could just look at this song as "mocking sugar daddies." I see it more as a subtle confession of unhappiness. Brilliant song.
When I listen to this song I think you can listen to it on two different levels. If you just look at the lyrics, he sounds happy as he flaunts his wealth to a girl he likes, but if you listen to the beat of the song it's really not happy at all. The beat has a bit of a spiraling effect, starting high and just drifting down. The beat makes his lyrics sound empty, like he really doesn't want this, like he wants love but he's so rich that he knows it's pretty much impossible to find because he really has nothing to look forward to in a relationship, he's already at the peak of everything. When you have so much money like T.I. you get so spoiled that the up's and down's of love don't happen, you just kind of fall into this dull monotony where everything is handed to you so there's no point in really trying to be kind to girls anymore since you have so much money that they'll keep coming back to you even if you're a total jackass.
I think that's really what Eminem went through too with Kim. They couldn't work through their problems because there were so many people willing to cling to them and give them anything they like because they have so much money. It's hard enough to work through the pressures of adultery without groupies left and right throwing themselves at you.
But then again, that's one interpretation. I guess you could just look at this song as "mocking sugar daddies." I see it more as a subtle confession of unhappiness. Brilliant song.