The app is called ‘Song Meanings’ not ‘Artist Flattery.’ ;)
It’d be really cool to see some interpretations on this one cuz I’ve been uber curious about some of the more cryptic verses especially towards the end.
Back in high school when the song first came out, we used to skip class to smoke copious amounts of cheeba and posit our theories on this an other various and sundry songs we’d listen to.
One of my friends put forward the idea that the song is about tripping on acid (hence ‘drrrroOP!’)
This blew my mind and the more I listened to it the more I was impressionably convinced he was onto something.
Knowing the Pharcyde to be drug culturistes it seemed plausible and given some of the abstract imagery in Slim Kid Tré’s verse plus the ad-libbing at the end— reminiscent of a comedown after a long trip, I’d like to make a case for an acid trip double entendre spliced with the more obvious themes of genre domination by the pharcyde in the token fashion of said genre.
Haven’t heard the song in awhile so perhaps I’ll go back now and investigate the verses again for credence to this theory and post some examples.
In the meantime, I hope I just blew some of your minds in the same awed fashion mine was by this potentially stunning revelation.
The app is called ‘Song Meanings’ not ‘Artist Flattery.’ ;)
It’d be really cool to see some interpretations on this one cuz I’ve been uber curious about some of the more cryptic verses especially towards the end.
Back in high school when the song first came out, we used to skip class to smoke copious amounts of cheeba and posit our theories on this an other various and sundry songs we’d listen to.
One of my friends put forward the idea that the song is about tripping on acid (hence ‘drrrroOP!’) This blew my mind and the more I listened to it the more I was impressionably convinced he was onto something.
Knowing the Pharcyde to be drug culturistes it seemed plausible and given some of the abstract imagery in Slim Kid Tré’s verse plus the ad-libbing at the end— reminiscent of a comedown after a long trip, I’d like to make a case for an acid trip double entendre spliced with the more obvious themes of genre domination by the pharcyde in the token fashion of said genre.
Haven’t heard the song in awhile so perhaps I’ll go back now and investigate the verses again for credence to this theory and post some examples.
In the meantime, I hope I just blew some of your minds in the same awed fashion mine was by this potentially stunning revelation.
Cheers!