My fav line.
Got a big money scheme
And you ain’t even with it
the sheer audacity of breh not being down for a money caper had Pac
Makaveli
Especially the hesistation on “to the BIG...man on the block”Wayaminnit
"Oh you a Muslim now..."
Why is Pac and Nas on your my rushmore when majority of the time you try to shyt on them?Look, I know I routinely shyt on Pac as an emcee...
But that first verse might be one of the best written set of rap lyrics...ever.
I think in just 16 bars he was able to very vividly describe a very personal relationship and how it changed over a long period of time.
Not a single word in that shyt was wasted. Not one. And it was poetically coherent, potent and moving. In just 16 bars.
If you're into literature, you'll understand why that is mind blowing.
Look, I know I routinely shyt on Pac as an emcee...
But that first verse might be one of the best written set of rap lyrics...ever.
I think in just 16 bars he was able to very vividly describe a very personal relationship and how it changed over a long period of time.
Not a single word in that shyt was wasted. Not one. And it was poetically coherent, potent and moving. In just 16 bars.
If you're into literature, you'll understand why that is mind blowing.
He starts off with..
Change, shyt
I guess change is good for any of us
Whatever it take for any of y'all nikkas to get up out the hood
shyt, I'm wit' ya, I ain't mad at cha
Got nothin' but love for ya, do your thing, boy
He’s actually supporting the idea of ‘change’..so he wasn’t mad or hating..he was just in nostalgia mode..reminiscing. If you connect the intro with the first verse, it makes even more sense
the sister part is easily understood..since they don’t hang with each other anymore, he feels like he can finally say that he had a crush on his sister back in the day..but our of respect, he didn’t try anything with her
If you grew up with someone who had a good lookin sister, you can relate.. not in a scumbag way of course
stories like these is what hip hop has been missing
