Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth (Discussion thread)*Stream*

[B-Mint94]

"Now I'm looking at a war, BGF got the yard AB got the kitchen, snitches on PC
MM on a mission, but CO's got the prison"

BGF = Black Guerilla Family
AB = Aryan Brotherhood
PC = Protective Custody
MM = Mexican Mafia
CO = Correctional Officers

But also....

"BGF got the yard" = Black rappers that make up most of the industry.
"AB got the kitchen" = White rappers that usually "eat" better than black rappers
"Snitches on PC" = Us hip hop fans on our computers spewing our opinions on forums.
"MM on a mission" = Marshall Mathers trying to change the rap game (which he did).
"CO's got the prison" = Record executives who control the labels and force artist to conform to their rules.

 

[Detroit Red]

STILL bump mural and catch somthing new every time

 

[Yoda]

"Now I'm looking at a war, BGF got the yard AB got the kitchen, snitches on PC
MM on a mission, but CO's got the prison"

BGF = Black Guerilla Family
AB = Aryan Brotherhood
PC = Protective Custody
MM = Mexican Mafia
CO = Correctional Officers

But also....

"BGF got the yard" = Black rappers that make up most of the industry.
"AB got the kitchen" = White rappers that usually "eat" better than black rappers
"Snitches on PC" = Us hip hop fans on our computers spewing our opinions on forums.
"MM on a mission" = Marshall Mathers trying to change the rap game (which he did).
"CO's got the prison" = Record executives who control the labels and force artist to conform to their rules.

 

[GoldenGlove]

"Now I'm looking at a war, BGF got the yard AB got the kitchen, snitches on PC
MM on a mission, but CO's got the prison"
BGF = Black Guerilla Family
AB = Aryan Brotherhood
PC = Protective Custody
MM = Mexican Mafia
CO = Correctional Officers

But also....

"BGF got the yard" = Black rappers that make up most of the industry.
"AB got the kitchen" = White rappers that usually "eat" better than black rappers
"Snitches on PC" = Us hip hop fans on our computers spewing our opinions on forums.
"MM on a mission" = Marshall Mathers trying to change the rap game (which he did).
"CO's got the prison" = Record executives who control the labels and force artist to conform to their rules.

This song is EPIC. He drops gems all over this track tying the prisoner mentality to the music industry. I go everytime I play it

 

[Zero]

"Now I'm looking at a war, BGF got the yard AB got the kitchen, snitches on PC
MM on a mission, but CO's got the prison"

BGF = Black Guerilla Family
AB = Aryan Brotherhood
PC = Protective Custody
MM = Mexican Mafia
CO = Correctional Officers

But also....

"BGF got the yard" = Black rappers that make up most of the industry.
"AB got the kitchen" = White rappers that usually "eat" better than black rappers
"Snitches on PC" = Us hip hop fans on our computers spewing our opinions on forums.
"MM on a mission" = Marshall Mathers trying to change the rap game (which he did).
"CO's got the prison" = Record executives who control the labels and force artist to conform to their rules.

:lupemperor:

 

[GoldenGlove]

This is why you can't take rapgenius as true for 100% of shyt... especially for Lupe... there are a lot of words that are wrong from the verse that I'm talking about on that verse IMO...

They sell they souls
They sell their selves
They ain't twelve, they old
nikkas old as hell
Old as jail, old as cells
Sold so much salt/soul?, ain't no more salt/soul? on the shelves
You a prisoner too, you living here too
You just like us, til' your shift get through
You corrupt like us, you help shyt get through
You should be in cuffs like us, you should get strike 2
You should get like life, you should get like woo!
You should get that twice! You should get refused
For yo parole, that's no parole, and no control
Over your own soul, so control, your own remote control, that your folks can hold

He's def getting at artists that glorify violence with this verse



That random, you should get like "woo" line and the "you help shyt get through" meaning the negativity spewed throughout the media/music

This nikka Lupe

 

[NoHalfWay]

nikkaz don't understand how deep that "sold so much soul, ain't no more soul on the shelves" line is

Just let that sink in for a minute

 

[Yoda]

nikkaz don't understand how deep that "sold so much soul, ain't no more soul on the shelves" line is

Just let that sink in for a minute

by gawd king

when that 3rd meaning dropped in my head, my jaw dropped

i bet there are more meanings

 

[B-Mint94]

It's funny reading the earlier post in here and the people complaining about how "cryptic" this album is.

 

[Zero]

AB got the kitchen

I mean....

 

[B-Mint94]

AB got the kitchen

I mean....

This is probably a reach but still

 

[42 Monks]

Paint cold pictures like

 

[NoHalfWay]

The gawd's freestyling is still untouchable

 

[10:31]

It's funny reading the earlier post in here and the people complaining about how "cryptic" this album is.

Smh

Production sounds like movie scoring from a classic film

Everything about this project is perfect

 

[B-Mint94]

The gawd's freestyling is still untouchable

Lu is one of the few MC's that ACTUALLY freestyles