nas's line "true to the game long as the blood is blue in my veins" is actually a better/more clever line to me even though its scientifically inaccurate
its more about creating effective imagery to me more than making simple puns
edit - like talib's line "niggas getting capped like an nba salary" off the black star tape
thats just a **** line to me lol
the pun makes sense, but other than being technically accurate its just an utterly silly/useless pop culture reference to how a word can mean 2 different things that are unrelated
where as mos def was dropping pure poetry on the same song with lines like "So much on my mind that I can't recline / Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine / Breathe in, inhale vapors from bright stars that shine / Breathe out, weed smoke retrace the skyline" that paints a real picture... conveys an artistic vision. a lot more quality than some random silly **** about nba salaries or polar bears lol
dont get me wrong outkast has plenty of quality lyrics, just those ones i listed i'm not that into. just my taste i guess
this is more what im inclined to from them:
Quote:
Yeah, it won't be over, check this out
Can you see what I be hearing talking to spirits when I sleep
Peep this out real quick Slick, we gets on this beat and speak
About that pimp ****, that walk with dat limp ****, that hemp ****
Looking up in your face I see a coward and a dimwit
Looking to run up in my private home just like you was the folks
Serving a warrant to a baby daddy, who didn't come to court
On a Tuesday, April Fool's Day, don't get caught slipping
Leaving the keys off in the ignition, making me guilty by suspicion
Penny pinchers trying to stack for ninety-six
Buying another Fleetwood, Diamond took it, so know we's in the mix
I need to take my ass to the crib and drop the baby off
Cause them niggas at the corner sto' been looking at me for too long
Staring like accidents on highways, high days are better than sober ones
Don't be biased, but I know it has to come
So I put two in the sky to let them know I'm babysitting
Y'all don't know nothing bout Big Boi cause that nigga steady dipping
It ain't over (why that, why that) till the bitch open her mouth up
And sang...
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