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

[The Devil's Advocate]

"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?

Cough up a lung, where I’m from, Marcy son, ain’t nothing nice

originated with Jay-Z’s friend and collaborator, Sauce Money, on the unreleased track Dead or Alive, Part 2.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Thought he was talking bout spitting loogies

 

[Dixon Cider]

Was thinking of this lyric on the toilet sometime between yesterday and this morning after seeing him
On kimmel show

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I always took it as a slight subliminal way to clown pac's death

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Never understood that line.
Think it sounds cool but what does it mean?

 

[osama bin fly]

It's almost like a duality

 

[Frida Giezman]

I'm from bk n thats what i always assumed

edit: it makes sense in the context of the following line "ain't nothing nice"

Exactly

But these idiots want me to believe he's talking about smoking

 

[Frida Giezman]

Thought he was talking bout spitting loogies

Lol

 

[Frida Giezman]

gotta be honest, never really thought he meant anything by this just sounds like some grimy shyt to say on one of the grimiest beats of all time some vague smoking/get shot refernce

not to say that he didnt mean anything, but whatver it is cant be that complicated

Thank you for your honesty sir

 

[Frida Giezman]

Looks like you nikkas who thought it was a reference to smoking

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Cough up a lung.


When you smoke the killa you cough up a lung.

Y'all nikkas is lame as fukk

 

[riddlerap]

classic song

 

[Jack Don the G]

or did he mean coughing up blood from a massive gun shot wound

This is what I always thought it meant. Coughing on blood so hard you'll spit up a lung.

I'm from bk n thats what i always assumed

edit: it makes sense in the context of the following line "ain't nothing nice"

I always took it as getting murdered and coughing up blood

This.

I always thought it was gun wound related.

Haven't even reflected on it before this thread.

 

[Juneya]

Cough up a lung.


When you smoke the killa you cough up a lung.

Y'all nikkas is lame as fukk

Can't believe this is a thread. White people gotta use their resources man, urbandictionary

 

[Frida Giezman]

Can't believe this is a thread. White people gotta use their resources man, urbandictionary

One I'm not white

Two I'm not one of those people that takes people assuming I'm another race as a slight so miss me with that

Three that's not what jay meant

Four about half the people in here believe it's a reference to being shot

Five kill yoself