Everything you do from your SHADES to your shoes
From your chains to your coupe came from the TUBE
Trust me I would know, I was raised on it TOO
... B.o.B (no period at the end)
And now all the rappers gotta STRUGGLE to give you
So first B.o.B talks about how everything you do came from the TV (the tube) and comments on society in general. He transitions when he says:
"I'ma turn the tables so you don't get defensive
I'ma put my bullshit aside for a second
'Cause I can't be fake, cause god won't let me"
There's this idealized persona that B.o.B and many others just don't fit into - ("What else was there to do besides look like a thug?"). He changed his name and changed his appearance to fit into that stereotype, but it wasn't working for him so he will "keep it real til the day I fall".
I love what he says about the rap industry. In eight lines, he sums it up better than anyone else I've heard. We've created a beast, made rap into pop, but B.o.B's got our backs.
Corrections:
Everything you do from your SHADES to your shoes From your chains to your coupe came from the TUBE Trust me I would know, I was raised on it TOO
... B.o.B (no period at the end)
And now all the rappers gotta STRUGGLE to give you
So first B.o.B talks about how everything you do came from the TV (the tube) and comments on society in general. He transitions when he says:
"I'ma turn the tables so you don't get defensive I'ma put my bullshit aside for a second 'Cause I can't be fake, cause god won't let me"
There's this idealized persona that B.o.B and many others just don't fit into - ("What else was there to do besides look like a thug?"). He changed his name and changed his appearance to fit into that stereotype, but it wasn't working for him so he will "keep it real til the day I fall".
I love what he says about the rap industry. In eight lines, he sums it up better than anyone else I've heard. We've created a beast, made rap into pop, but B.o.B's got our backs.
This song is too dope.