So what exactly did Jay-z mean by....

[Frida Giezman]

"Cough up a lung where I'm from, Marcy son"



This is one of his more quoted lines but wtf is he trying to say exactly?

 

[ice.]

goat song

 

[ADJK06]

Throw up your hood/set

Basically just rep your hood

 

[vaudevillevillain]

hov spat flames on this

 

[Frida Giezman]

Throw up your hood/set

Basically just rep your hood

Never heard it used in that context before or after

 

[no chance]

yeah i quote that all the time

 

[OfTheCross]

Throw up your hood/set

Basically just rep your hood

Naw.


EDIT: if y'all need me to I can upload DOA Pt. 2 with Sauce Money where he gets the line from.

Pretty much just talking about the product they sellin and how it makes some fiends react

 

[Frida Giezman]

yeah i quote that all the time

But did you ever take the time to think about wtf it means lol

Why are people in marcy coughing up lungs

 

[no chance]

But did you ever take the time to think about wtf it means lol

Why are people in marcy coughing up lungs

for the banter

 

[Colilluminati]

Cough up a lung.


When you smoke the killa you cough up a lung.

Y'all nikkas is lame as fukk

 

[mobbinfms]

Ether is known to cause lung cancer

 

[Frida Giezman]

Cough up a lung.


When you smoke the killa you cough up a lung.

Y'all nikkas is lame as fukk

You know DAMN well that ain't what he meant

 

[Colilluminati]

You know DAMN well that ain't what he meant

What else could cough up a lung mean ?

You nikkas so confused. It's sad as hell .

 

[N711oir]

Twinkle toes been known to cause arthritis

Ether is known to cause lung cancer

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[Poh SIti Dawn]

He's saying that there's so much smoke in Marcy. What he means by smoke, I'm supposing beef/violence, like in the way of saying "you don't want no smoke".