"This is saran wrap and aluminum foil
Some potpourri, a little machine oil
I stack my paper and throw off my cents/scents/sense"
I think there's triple wordplay here. He throws off the scents of the drugs by mixing in other pungent aromas. He throws off his cents because he's stacking his paper (bills) so high that it's not even worth keeping the change; he just throws it away. But the more paper he stacks, the more he changes and becomes obsessed with money, which throws off his sense - money makes you crazy.
I think this might be the most brilliant couple of lines in Lupe's music.
i completely agree with the "scents" and "sense" parts... but the "cents" part would reference not only him throwing away loose change but leads into the next lines:
i completely agree with the "scents" and "sense" parts... but the "cents" part would reference not only him throwing away loose change but leads into the next lines:
"This is top floor better look out below,
Pennies from heaven is the same as a semi from the 7th,
But I reign/rain supreme..."
"This is top floor better look out below,
Pennies from heaven is the same as a semi from the 7th,
But I reign/rain supreme..."
"This is saran wrap and aluminum foil Some potpourri, a little machine oil I stack my paper and throw off my cents/scents/sense"
I think there's triple wordplay here. He throws off the scents of the drugs by mixing in other pungent aromas. He throws off his cents because he's stacking his paper (bills) so high that it's not even worth keeping the change; he just throws it away. But the more paper he stacks, the more he changes and becomes obsessed with money, which throws off his sense - money makes you crazy.
I think this might be the most brilliant couple of lines in Lupe's music.
i completely agree with the "scents" and "sense" parts... but the "cents" part would reference not only him throwing away loose change but leads into the next lines:
i completely agree with the "scents" and "sense" parts... but the "cents" part would reference not only him throwing away loose change but leads into the next lines:
"This is top floor better look out below, Pennies from heaven is the same as a semi from the 7th, But I reign/rain supreme..."
"This is top floor better look out below, Pennies from heaven is the same as a semi from the 7th, But I reign/rain supreme..."