So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Ayy, yo
Look like I'm goin' for a swim
Dunked on 'em, now I'm swingin' off the rim
Bitch ain't comin' off the bench
While I'm comin' off the court fully drenched
Here go some haterade, get your thirst quenched
Style'd on 'em in this Burberry trench
These birds copy every word, every inch
But gang-gang got the hammer and the wrench (brrt)
I pull up in that quarter milli' off the lot
Oh, now she tryna be friends like I forgot
Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc
Ain't pushin' out his babies 'til he buy the rock
Ayy, yo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki, like the Prince song
I-I-I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayy, yo, I been North, Laura been Croft
Plates say Chun-Li, drop the Benz off, uh
Oh, I get it
They paintin' me out to be the bad guy
Well, it's the last time you're gonna see a bad guy do the rap game like me
I went and copped the chopsticks
Put it in my bun just to pop shit
I'm always in the top shit
Box seats, bitch, fuck the gossip
How many of them could've did it with finesse?
Now everybody like, "She really is the best"
You play checkers, couldn't beat me playin' chess
Now I'm about to turn around and beat my chest
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, it's King Kong
Bitch, it's King Kong, this is Kin' Kong
Chinese ink on, Siamese links on
Call me 2 Chainz, name go ding-dong
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, I'm King Kong
This is King Kong? Yes, Miss King Kong
In my kingdom with my Timbs on
(How many championships?) What? Six rings on
They need rappers like me
They need rappers like me
So they can get on their fuckin' keyboards and make me, the bad guy
Chun-li
Ayy, yo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki, like the Prince song
I-i-i been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayy, yo, I been North, Laura been Croft
Plates say 'Chun-Li' drop the Benz off, uh
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs
It's my lifestyle
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs
It's my lifestyle
I need a Mai Tai, so fuckin' sci-fi
Give me the password, to the fuckin' WiFi
Look like I'm goin' for a swim
Dunked on 'em, now I'm swingin' off the rim
Bitch ain't comin' off the bench
While I'm comin' off the court fully drenched
Here go some haterade, get your thirst quenched
Style'd on 'em in this Burberry trench
These birds copy every word, every inch
But gang-gang got the hammer and the wrench (brrt)
I pull up in that quarter milli' off the lot
Oh, now she tryna be friends like I forgot
Show off my diamonds like I'm signed by the Roc
Ain't pushin' out his babies 'til he buy the rock
Ayy, yo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki, like the Prince song
I-I-I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayy, yo, I been North, Laura been Croft
Plates say Chun-Li, drop the Benz off, uh
Oh, I get it
They paintin' me out to be the bad guy
Well, it's the last time you're gonna see a bad guy do the rap game like me
I went and copped the chopsticks
Put it in my bun just to pop shit
I'm always in the top shit
Box seats, bitch, fuck the gossip
How many of them could've did it with finesse?
Now everybody like, "She really is the best"
You play checkers, couldn't beat me playin' chess
Now I'm about to turn around and beat my chest
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, it's King Kong
Bitch, it's King Kong, this is Kin' Kong
Chinese ink on, Siamese links on
Call me 2 Chainz, name go ding-dong
Bitch, it's King Kong, yes, I'm King Kong
This is King Kong? Yes, Miss King Kong
In my kingdom with my Timbs on
(How many championships?) What? Six rings on
They need rappers like me
They need rappers like me
So they can get on their fuckin' keyboards and make me, the bad guy
Chun-li
Ayy, yo, I been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
I mean I been Storm, X-Men been formed
He keep on dialin' Nicki, like the Prince song
I-i-i been on, bitch, you been corn
Bentley tints on, Fendi prints on
Ayy, yo, I been North, Laura been Croft
Plates say 'Chun-Li' drop the Benz off, uh
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs
It's my lifestyle
I come alive, I, I'm always sky high
Designer thigh highs
It's my lifestyle
I need a Mai Tai, so fuckin' sci-fi
Give me the password, to the fuckin' WiFi
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Chun-Li Lyrics as written by Onika Tanya Maraj Jeremy Edward Reid
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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