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I don’t mumble

  1. [Ayy, this young black thoroughbred 'bout to bring it home](Thoroughbred is a racing horse breed known for elite pedigree and speed, often used metaphorically in hip hop to represent someone naturally gifted, built for greatness, or coming from a strong bloodline. And if you read Young black thoroughbred, am saying am a unstoppable Black champion. When I said bout to bring it home it a Common sports phrase, means scoring, winning, or closing the deal.)
  2. [My Uncle Jimmy used to call me Steamin' Jones](The nickname Steamin’ Jones inspired by the old school boxer Steamin’ Willie Beamen from Any Given Sunday, Jones could be a play on common surnames, e.g Indiana Jones, Jim Jones)
  3. I got a reputation, it's precedin' Jones
  4. [It's like I ran the M I Ami twice](reference to running the M.I.A. slang for Miami)
  5. [If I said it, I meant it like it was Granny's rice](Grannies food sacred, don't waste or play with it, like my words don't test me)
  6. I'm not the average type, I'm the savage type
  7. And now you see, you shouldn't judge the book by the cover
  8. When you couldn’t even write the script for the cover
  9. Or be a different brother, you see me liftin' up 'em
  10. [And then we throwin' up the L's for the ones under](L =Loss —a common internet and hip hop term meaning defeat or death e.g. take the L, Also references Lil Wayne’s Throwin’ up the L from Da Drought 3, where it stood for Louisiana, Loyalty, Life and Loss and also from Death Note, Death Note, The character L is a mysterious detective, and when he goes under AKA dies, it was one of the darkest death scenes in anime, The ones under also nod to District 13, the forgotten underground resistance)
  11. The whole hood watchin' me and I don’t fumble
  12. So when they talkin’ 'bout the future, I don’t mumble
  13. See, you ain’t built like that, this ain’t a folk tale
  14. [This young boy was made to be the GOAT tale](reference YoungBoy Never Broke Again, NBA YoungBoy, GOAT tale sounds like ghost tale or folk tale —implying this legend will be told like folklore,)
  15. [Footnotes, Asimovian, Ray Bradbury](Asimovian, Reference to Isaac Asimov, sci fi titan, nown for complex futuristic systems, AI ethics, and The Foundation series,Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles)
  16. [Rad buried under Hovind, I miss the old him](Rad buried =radical buried Under Hovind, Kent Hovind: Young Earth Creationist, famous for anti science views and tax evasion conviction. Mentioning him in contrast to “Asimov” and “Bradbury” sets up a difference: science vs. fundamentalism. Rad buried under Hovind also pun =a thinker buried under nonsense, or old school buried under modern ignorance. Rad also be a person or symbol they used to be brilliant, but now they’re buried beneath misinformation or delusion)
  17. Imagine holdin’ it back, [all of the maxims stolen](maxim is a short, wise saying Theft of maxims implies culture vulturing, ghostwriting, or selling out)
  18. Read between the lines like you tryna know the knowin’
  19. Turnin’ in my sleep like my feet were in the deep
  20. Woke up, breathin’ in the sheets, good grief
  21. [Young insomniac on a Red Bull binge](When I said Young insomniac am hinting am a hardworking poet grinding through sleepless nights, Red Bull, the energy drink that gives you wings. Symbolizes overclocking the body to keep up with the mind.)
  22. [Wasn’t gon’ go off again, but the pen took him](this line reference Rukia giving Ichigo the Zanpakutō, when Rukia hands Ichigo a literal tool of power, sword =pen here, he wasn’t meant to use again —once he touches it, it transforms him. So same with my pen, i wasn't planning to use it again at one point, but the moment he holds it)
  23. Swinging the sword shoutout to Rukia everyone listen
  24. Another takin’ flight, another late night
  25. Another missed chance to hit it off with the dames right
  26. Darn shame on the 91 finals
  27. [turn to a raider when my MJ hand game on the double pump](reference to dual wielding, saying raider reference to Tomb Raider, who the protagonist Lara Croft wield two firearm, but at the same time referencing Michael Jordan’s Double Clutch Layup 1991 NBA Finals, that why i said Darn shame on the finals, referencing this game, MJ goes up with one hand, switches mid air, finishes with the opposite, literal double pump, so am saying i got controls, not just strength, it’s timing and coordination)
  28. [Bubble, huh? (Um)](Being in a bubble =protected or isolated space, like a team or personal world, or think Think: NBA Bubble 2020, isolated zone for players to safely ball. “Bubble” is literally the term)
  29. [with the seven, uh](Glock 17, chambered in 9 but called the seven in slang, The seven =a firearm reference too, used in certain drill/NY scenes. Could nod to armed paranoia while trapped in your ‘bubble)
  30. [Five after five, tryna stay up 'til eleven](this reference stranger things, eleven is the main character, and also very powerful character, am saying five after five, but could sound like Fiver to five which a British slang for money, Or fight after fight, but either way it resisting rest, trying to reach eleven, metaphor for power/unlocking, but could also mean am awake till Eleven PM, showing mental or emotional fatigue)
  31. [tryna talk me into restin’](Tryna talk me into restin, remember rest isn’t always mean peace, it’s vulnerability to being manipulated. so this bar resistance to mental hijacking. If Eleven =power, this line =refusing to collapse)
  32. I got dreams of rappin’ out at big festivals
  33. A dollar to my name, these times are unforgettable
  34. Sleepin’ on couches, livin’ out of hotels
  35. Nothin’ to my name, and still I will not fail
  36. I got dreams of sellin’ out in big festivals
  37. A dollar to my name, these times are unforgettable
  38. Sleepin’ on couches, livin’ out of hotels
  39. Nothin’ to my name, and still I will not fail

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