Black men seem to need to berate the sister on a national level. Women play men and men play women in all races. Moni from Los Angeles, CaThe last comment is stupid.A barrel in a cup full or only the love a mother can give her son. Illuminati Spam from Kentucky, Kywhen you try to speak out you get swallowed and shyted out.Kanye started off with his head on his shoulder but the devil broke him down.I'll never forget seeing the Beasties for a hot second in the 80s movies "Krush Groove" and then that album about a year later, "Licensed to Ill", true pioneers. I like the Beasties and Enimen also, for how they didn't try to be or act "urban" and they too rap about a variety of topics. That's why I like(d) Pac, Ice Cube, KRS, Rakim, MC Lyte, Geto Boys, Goodie Mob, Outkast, Kanye.they rap about a lot more than material things and instant gratification. I don't really need them praising the creator as much as I wish they didn't rap about: $$$, Clothes, and O's, as if they WERE their G-ods. j, Norfolk VA, perhaps more should but if it doesn't sound authentic (like this song SURELY does) it won't come across well and it would soon dilute the Not to list them all but RunDMC did similar and it sold quite well, not on Kanye's Level in sales or lyrics directly referencing but the song was called, "Down With the King". Jessica, though the song is excellent and Ground-Breaking, there have been other Rappers Rap about Spirituality, some positive and some not so positive. "Guns, sex, lies, videotape" is a reference to the 1989 cult film Sex Lies and Videotape directed by Steven Soderbergh. "The way Kathy Lee needed Regis" refers to Kathy Lee Gifford, an American TV personality whose career suffered when she left the show she hosted with Regis Philbin. "Wanna see thee more clearly" is taken from "Day By Day," a song sung to Jesus in Godspell, the 1971 pop musical based on the Gospel of St. Eminem used the phrase in his song " Lose Yourself" He always uttered this phrase in exaggerated fear when preparing to run from danger. Like the character of Chan himself, Brown was a racial stereotype. The expression was originally the catchphrase of Birmingham Brown (played by Manton Moreland), the manservant of Charlie Chan in 1930s detectives movies. Jenner wore the message on a sweat shirt and went on to win the Decathlon. "My feet don't fail me now" is a runner's slogan popularized by track and field star Bruce Jenner in the 1976 Olympics. "But I'll be gone till November" is a reference to 1997 song of the same name by Wyclef Jean. "I walk through the valley where the shadow of death is" is taken from the 23rd psalm in the Bible ("Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.") I'm grateful."Ī breakdown of some of the lyrical references in this song: I look at it like this: that was not my record and not Kanye's record that was a record from the creator to his creations. Kanye will remember each way we flipped it he has an ability to memorize. When we write together we'll listen to a beat and I'll come up with a line and he'll flip it around into something else, then I'll add more lines and before you know it we got a song. We got the 'Niggas' sound from a Curtis Mayfield song. If you make the verses about Jesus it takes away the power of the chorus, so the verses were the sinner speaking. We jacked the whole song but it came to life when Kanye added the army sounds and made it like God's soldiers. Even though I'm not a Christian it moved me and the beat was kinda like a rap groove. I found a gospel song by a choir of reformed drug addicts in New York. In the FebruGuardian newspaper, he said: "Kanye and I grew up together. Rapper Che Smith, who goes by the stage name Rhymefest, wrote this song with West.
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