Genius Meanings
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Ice Cube – Arrest The President
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As a former member of N.W.A., Ice Cube is no stranger to politically charged lyrics. The West Coast rapper pushed the envelope with records that addressed issues in America such as
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Ice Cube Blasts Prescription Drug Abuse With “On Them Pills”
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“F*ck that chronic smoke, they want them chemicals.”
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Ice Cube – Super OG (Intro)
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The intro of Everythangs Corrupt is dark and serious and sets the tone for the rest of the album.
It also shows the listener that Ice Cube will talk about social and political
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For The Record: Ice Cube Talks ‘Everythang’s Corrupt,’ Rules For Diss Tracks, & Real Life Inspiration For ‘Friday’
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“You can’t be a safe rapper. You’ve got to tell it like it is.”
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N.W.A – Fuck tha Police
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“Fuck tha Police” takes the form of a trial against the LAPD, with Dr. Dre, MC Ren, and Ice Cube as judge, court officer, and witness.
Dr. Dre explained the song was created after
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Ice Cube – Chase Down The Bully
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In “Chase Down The Bully,” Ice Cube attacks white supremacists, racists, and Trump supporters.
He also critiques the lack of resistance in the black community against racism and
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Ice Cube – Everythang's Corrupt
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From the album “Everything’s Corrupt”.
In this song, Ice Cube raps about the politic system, government, clearly gets frustrated as usual.
In HHDX interview, Cube claimed he raps
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Ice Cube – Bad Dope
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[Chorus] / Bad dope (Bad dope, bad dope) / I'm like a bad drug / I'm a bad drug about to fuck you up / Bad dope (Bad dope, bad dope) / (There's no prescription to this addiction
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Ice Cube – Still In The Kitchen
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[Intro] / The almighty E-A-Ski track / Cook it up / Yeah / [Verse 1] / Raised a man, bake a man, roll that dough / Smokin' on a Swisha, bloody as a butcher / Cut you in two with
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Ice Cube – Non Believers
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[Intro] / To all the non-believers (Non-believers, non-believers, non-believers) / (Non-believers, non-believers, non-believers, non-believers) / [Verse 1] / I make a non-believer
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Ice Cube (Ft. DOM KENNEDY) – That New Funkadelic
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The song shows that it’s like Funkadelic’s music, only more modern. This makes sense as the song contains a sample of Funkadelic themselves.
The song is third on Ice Cube’s tenth
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Ice Cube – Fire Water
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[Intro] / A lot of people wonder how they gon' die / How'm I gon' die? / Will it be a bullet wound? / Will they die at the hands of the police? / Here's how I think I'ma go / [
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Ice Cube – One For The Money
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[Intro] / They ask me why I'm still in the game / Is it for the love or for the money? / And if everybody gettin' paid in love, I'm in it for the love / But if everybody gettin
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KRS-One – Sound of da Police
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“Sound of da Police” is the second single from KRS-One’s first solo album, Return of the Boom Bap. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a police siren (the “sound
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Ice Cube (Ft. Hallway Productionz) – Can You Dig It?
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[Intro: Airplane (1980)] / Randy: Can I get you something? / Second Jive Dude: 'S'mofo butter layin' me to da' bone. Jackin' me up, tight me / Randy: I'm sorry, I don't understand
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Ice Cube (Ft. Shameia Crawford) – Streets Shed Tears
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh, ooh / When the cold wind blows in the heart of the city and I'm gone / I know the streets will shed tears for me / When my story is over and my song is done / I
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Ice Cube – Don't Bring Me No Bag
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[Intro] / Hey man, get the door / These mother fuckers think it's CVS around this bitch / Tell him we ain't 'bout that shit / [Interlude: Menace II Society (1993): Chauncy & Nick
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Ice Cube – On Them Pills
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[Intro] / Now who is the public enemy? / He should be too embarrassed to even walk back through this motherfucker again / When he-when he comes down, somebody's gonna say some shit
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Genius’ Top Scholars of 2018
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Who earned the most IQ this year?
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Ice Cube (Ft. Too $hort) – Ain't Got No Haters
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[Chorus: Ice Cube] / Sorry, y'all, I ain't got no haters / All I got is motherfuckin' players / We get money in motherfuckin' layers / Sorry, y'all, I ain't got no haters / Sorry
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Immortal Technique (Ft. C-Rayz Walz, Diabolic, LouCipher, Poison Pen, Pumpkinhead & Tonedeff) – Peruvian Cocaine
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On what’s surely ranked as one of the best posse cuts of all time, Immortal Technique (who is partly of Peruvian heritage and was born there) and guests break down all the
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J. Cole – LAnd of the Snakes
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“LAnd of the Snakes” depicts Cole’s promiscuous affairs with women, something he enjoys in the choruses but regrets in the third verse, when he runs into a woman he once had a one
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Donda West – 17th Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference – Keynote Address: Dr. Donda West (On "Raising Kanye")
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In late October 2007, Donda West was an honored guest at a prominent poetry conference hosted by her alma mater, the Chicago State University.
In the speech, Dr West speaks on the
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Paris (Rap) – Baby Man Hands
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[Verse 1] / Born and raised where the faces are pasty / In a place where your race is the best cheek / Got his first taste believin’ it greatly / But was laced out the gate with
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Dayton Family – Stick N Move
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(Talking) / {Bootleg}I got some bad news for you Tony / {Tony}Whut choo got? / {Bootleg}We lost the whole shipment / {Tony}Whut you mean, we lost the whole shipment / {Bootleg}The
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Don't Flop (Ft. Eurgh & John John Da Don) – Eurgh vs John John da Don
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[John John da Don] / Sent you a long, long ways from home, mate / I wish your plane collapsed / But for the paper, Imma show you around / But I ain't make a map / This llama could
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Juice WRLD – Tim Westwood Freestyle
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On June 29, 2018, Juice WRLD appeared on Tim Westwood’s segment on British hip-hop radio station, Capital XTRA. He freestyled for an hour over more than a dozen existing beats
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@productofrakim17 – Foh
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Disclaimer: For all Bar for Bar threads, we are ignoring all politics and focusing only on how they rap. Influence, discographies, sales, beats, etc. should be ignored. We’re
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Frank McCourt – Angela's Ashes
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Angela's Ashes / A Memoir of a Childhood / By Frank McCourt / This book is dedicated to my brothers, Malachy, Michael, Alphonsus. I learn from you, I admire you and I love you
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King of the Dot (Ft. Arsonal & Dizaster) – Dizaster vs Arsonal (2013)
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[Round 1: Arsonal] / I said, Toronto! What's up? It feels good to be back here / I had to make my return after killing Patrick last year / Now Bachir what I gotta bash here? / Y'
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Marcel Proust – Names of People (Chapter 1)
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CHAPTER ONE / NAMES OF PEOPLE: THE DUCHESSE DE GUERMANTES — SAINT-LOUP AT DONCIÈRES — MME. DE VILLEPARISIS AT HOME — MY GRANDMOTHER’S
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Marcel Proust – A Visit from Albertine (Chapter 2)
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CHAPTER TWO / A VISIT FROM ALBERTINE — PROSPECT OF RICH BRIDES FOR CERTAIN FRIENDS OF SAINT-LOUP — THE WIT OF THE GUERMANTES, AS DISPLAYED
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