# Chorus Covers all the bases for a rap/hip-hop single ## Drugs "Push the fucking pack off of the porch or break a pound down" - deliver packs of cocaine or break down a pound of cocaine ## Guns "Get this strap, if it happen to blow, it make surround sounds" - strap = gun - he's aware of its power - "some round sounds" double entendre ## Sex "Pussycat on my lap, push it back and go to town down" - blowjob - flip of downtown - play on "going to town" ## Money (almost??) "Puttin rap on my back and I'm black and snatchin' crowns" - more about his critical success rather than commerical success ## Overall Crazy flip on the Aretha Franklin sample - Homage to Ms. Fat Booty by Mos Def - featured on Stars Varied delivery - changes pitch, voice inflection - length of syllables Followed the beat this time... - syllables land on the hi-hats # First verse (JID) Homecoming. talking his shit > I done came back around like a n----- sellin' crack in pounds > I got a bag now but it's nothing to brag 'bout - Pounds as weight, or currency - insane amount of money - his music *is* the crack? - Bag = money - he doesn't care about it? - busy with making more - he expected it? - not that big? but telling us he lives in the *hood* > Gun blast in the background > I'm a black man with the bloodhounds > MAC-10, making love sounds Transitions into sex > To a bad chick, she from Uptown > I'm from down South, not a loudmouth > We can fuck around (Woah, shit, woah) > Hit the music, baby, cut it down (Woah, shit, woah) > Hit a doobie while you do me indubitably > I feel like I'ma bust now (Woah, woah, shit, woah) - bad = hot - Uptown - built on a hill, associated with richer neighbourhoods - South - two most violent neighborhoods in ATL are in the South - Oakland City - Lakewood Heights - not a loudmouth - he's not violent - introversion - indubitably *technically* makes sense as a sentence, seems to be done for the rhyme rather than deeper meaning Does a play on the last line to transition to success again > I feel like a bust down when I shine bright > Blind n----s is up now (Woah, shit, woah, shit) - bust down - watch taken apart to inset jewels - shines so bright > In the cut, big black truck, pack sacked up > You can pick it up now, n-----, fuck it" - Also a reference to an unreleased JID song called "Big Black Truck" Doesn't feel like a typical JID verse - usually has more to say on a deeper level - still - talking his shit - crazy wordplay - flow switches # Second verse (21) Money theme # Third verse (JID) Beat switch, slowing it down More talking his shit, more JID-y First line: > Sorry in advance for my bros Talking to his fellow rappers "sorry guys, I'm about to end your careers" I don't think he was satisfied with his first verse Mike Alstott - wore 40, fullback - one of the last full-time fullbacks - preceded by Alzheimer's - CTE, fullbacks take heavy hits ## Motifs ### Monopoly > We on the block, we own they block > It's Monopoly games, we stole they properties - Monopoly - board game involving buying and sellling blocks of property - you move your piece on squares (blocks) - IRL they are taking over people's property - JID is taking over the rap game ### Billiards > The same lil' n----s small pond, but a pool shark > I aim, big stick, knock, chalk off cue balls - A shark in a small pond - Pool shark (hustler) - someone who runs the tables purely to earn money - Big stick - gun - Teddy Roosevelt reference - "Speak softly, and carry a big stick" - trust buster, goes back to Monopoly motif