On A Common Misunderstanding of the Lyrics of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind"
Mr. Cho,
First of all. THANK YOU for clearing up a dispute between my boyfriend and i regarding these lyrics! We had a brief presentation of sides...with the boyfriend believing that there was some secret/ slient partner named "Jesus" (or Latin Jesus) in the NBA owner ranks.
I thought that Jigga was somehow suggesting that he was of diety status (i.e.--Jovah/Hov/etc etc) and that jesus would get lebron and he'd take the next best.
The boyfriend concluded that Jigga was not that smart/clever. We agreed to disagree and moved on.
Now you've not only proved us both wrong with our analysis, you've confirmed MY belief that Jay-Z IS just that witty/clever. It often disappoints me that he uses this gift to make correlations or coded entendres about nonsense...how great if his wordplay led us to some sort of profound information and not the cost of drugs...
I digress.
THANK YOU.
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On A Common Misunderstanding of the Lyrics of Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind"
One more thing. I need your expert lyrical knowledge for an art project I'm working on. I'm looking for clever rap double entendres and/or metaphors that make reference to sexual prowess or conquests of women...or could be just plain sexist. Anything on the spectrum. The referent lyric (to give you a sense of the level of skill I'm seeking) is Biggie's "Girls pee-pee when they see me, Navajos (Nava-hos) Creep Me In They TeePees."
Biggie had a unique gift for setting up vivid and fantastical imagery...the lyric is brilliant and insulting on multiple levels (Navajos live in Hogans)...the image of Biggie crawling into a TeePee, TeePee as a metaphor for women's genatalia, Navajo/Nava-ho, etc. etc.
Anyway, any songs (past/present) that match this level of witty wordplay involving women and male prowess would be much appreciated.