“Visualizin the realism of life and actuality Fuck who’s the baddest a person’s status depends on salary” The opening bars of Sosa’s verse on track three of the greatest album of all time are probably the second best opening lines of a song ever, and if you don’t know what number one is, well, you [...]
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Black Boy, White Boy by DeSal
“A white boy actin’ black that shit kills me Pants saggin talking slang kid and all that I never see you in the projects all black….” The Mr. Cheeks line from Channel Zero on the long-forgotten Legal Drug Money album was directly referring to Marky Mark, but in the larger context applies to how the [...]
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