Jay-Z For Dummies Vol.5 years later and ya'll still aint listening Right

[megatron]

Originally Posted by swishasweets

Originally Posted by hotboy

Originally Posted by AIRJORDAN JB23

Follow the baseball / Hustler theme...

I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them
I Jack, I Rob, I sin
Awww man, I'm Jackie Robinson
Except when I run base, I dodge the pen

-Jackie Robinson (Baseball) / Jack-Rob-Sin (Hustler)
-When he moves drugs, he dodges prison
-Baseball terms - Running base (1st to 2nd, etc), pen = pennante, bull pen, penthouse...
-When he puts down lyrics, he dodges the pen... (We all know Jay doesn't write anything down)

Triple entendre...

  

Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I'm kidnapping his baby's mother
My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
She said the taste of dollars was @+%#$@ so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn't convinced
So I kept feeding her money 'til her #*%# started to make sense

Can someone finish this post?

I'll give it a try.

Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I'm kidnapping his baby's mother
When Jay and said friend first learned of condoms and what they're for, his friend never learned the lesson
therefore he got a woman pregnant, that now jayz can kidnap

My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
His hand around her neck, feeding her cheese, could be food since she has been kidnapped, but in this case money as seen in the next line(s)


She said the taste of dollars was @+%#$@ so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn't convinced
He wasn't convinced about what she was telling Jay, so he gave her larger bills, more money.

So I kept feeding her money 'til her #*%# started to make sense
after receiving a large amount of money her story finally got straight and it started to make sense

i'm go ahead and reach and say the money he "fed" her turned her +*@* into "cents"....bam thats how %@%#%! make jay seem like he does triples and doubles on consistent basis

 

[swishasweets]

 

 

 

[ill legal operation]

Originally Posted by tyisny


[h2]Jay-Z For Dummies Vol. 5 6 years later and ya'll still aint listening Right[/h2]

I made that #*#! my 1L year chillin' right in the Southside of the 773 at Slim Andi's crib back in '05...
...me, her, and her pink and green AKA sister Diamond were all supposed to be studying Property, but me being me - I couldn't have possibly given less of a +%+% about law school at the time, so I was on NT wantin' to flex my "I understand Jay-Z better than you do" muscle.

It was only until I was a 3L takin' Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law, and Music Licensing did I realize how bad I %#%#!! up by spreadin' this #*#! over the internet without gettin' the copyright, a literary agent, and a nice sit-down with a publishing company first...

...I don't mind this because at least they linked my thread:

...but death to this bitin' ++% shark N':

...in 2011 lookin' back with the knowledge that my homie now goes to the WTT tour in NYC w/Annie and knows Gloria C, all I can do is smirk because not only did I have this idea years ago, I could have made it so much hotter than it was:

Oh well...

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[airjordan jb23]

Originally Posted by megatron

Originally Posted by swishasweets

Originally Posted by hotboy



  

Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I'm kidnapping his baby's mother
My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
She said the taste of dollars was @+%#$@ so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn't convinced
So I kept feeding her money 'til her #*%# started to make sense

Can someone finish this post?

I'll give it a try.

Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I'm kidnapping his baby's mother
When Jay and said friend first learned of condoms and what they're for, his friend never learned the lesson
therefore he got a woman pregnant, that now jayz can kidnap

My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
His hand around her neck, feeding her cheese, could be food since she has been kidnapped, but in this case money as seen in the next line(s)


She said the taste of dollars was @+%#$@ so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn't convinced
He wasn't convinced about what she was telling Jay, so he gave her larger bills, more money.

So I kept feeding her money 'til her #*%# started to make sense
after receiving a large amount of money her story finally got straight and it started to make sense

i'm go ahead and reach and say the money he "fed" her turned her +*@* into "cents"....bam thats how %@%#%! make jay seem like he does triples and doubles on consistent basis

Now I see his fears through her tears, know she's wishing we were still
close
Don't cry, it is to be
In time, I'll take away your miseries and make 'em mine, D'Evils...

& to end off his story telling with his encounter with the snitch (rat, hence the term cheese for money)... She's upset to see how those two went from being close to them doing each other wrong now. In return, Jay see's that dissapointment in her & tells her he's gonna make those miseries his by wiping her out (Since she snitched for money on her own man, he's smart enough to know she'd snitch on him given the chance... Especially since he's going after him to take him out...)

Whats so amazing about the "remy" line?

Throughout my junior high years it was all friendly
-Throughout his early years before dealing & hustling, things were more innocent for him
-In the movie Higher Learning, the plot takes place in college, so he's referencing before college.
But now this higher learning got the Remy in me
-Higher learning of life & experience has him more aware & prepared to fire if necessary
-Going along with this ^^ he also has to drink away his pain...
-In Higher Learning, Remy went off shooting
Liquors invaded my kidneys
Got me ready to lick off, mama forgive me
-A play on the whole summary of the last couple bars with liquor & shooting

 

[deuce king]

"Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style
Anna Wintour gets cold, in Vogue, wit'cha skin out
City of sin, it's a pity on the whim
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them"



Anna Wintour,  (born November 3, 1949) is the British-born editor-in-chief of
American Vogue, a position she has held since 1988

 

[the great hibachi]

P4L

 

[trynafeelmink]

Another Ill One was the first verse off "Sweet"

Sweet!
And still there's pain
If I would have grew up to be a doctor, my nephew would have grew up to do the same

( Comparing the impact he had on his family by hustling/rapping to the impact a doctor has on his family and at the end of the day they both have become successful )

But since I grew up through the game, and my influence is the same
And my therapy is music, they ask if you ashamed

(still tying in that doctor reference from earlier by saying music is his form of therapy)

And though I wish I could separate, two things, 
I cannot, so my answer to you remains
I can walk down the hall or mirrors, in Versailles
And be so satisfied when I look a myself in the eyes

No shame, no sir, just big boats and tearing the coast up

(He made his way from the street to the success he is now and doesn't regret how he got here)

(this is the mirrors of Versailles in Paris, Which is known for its numerous "seperate" mirrors

He so sure about his decisions that he can stare himself in the eyes a million times and never feel shame)

Tight coupe like I'm wearing the roadster,
For any coup I'm bear hugging the holster.

(His coup is tight/ (a compliment of his car), as if he was actually wearing it as a garment)

(but he also uses Coup As in " a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; aclever action or accomplishment."

So any Slick talk and

 

  

 

[airjordan jb23]

Mo’ money, 40 year old phenom
-Phenom is usually used for up & comers... At 40, he's still at it
Our 15 minutes of fame has stretched beyond
-His 15 minutes of fam has been a career
At 42 be better than 24
-At his age he's still better than 24 year olds
I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws
-Carrying his gun he mastered -

Still wearing my 23’s they can’t #+*@ with the boy

As far as them 16’s, I’m 23 of it all
-He's the Jordan of writing verses
Primetime, riding that 6 deuce
-Best Maybach out
That 9-11 I only subtract the roof
-He got a gift a couple years back that was a Porshe 911
Started in 88’
-Started dealing... He mentions this year in other tracks as well (DP II, Hola Hovito, etc...)
Got warm in 92’
-Rapping started picking up for him
 I landed in 96’

 

[coldcity]

 

[thefoteenth]

Originally Posted by AIRJORDAN JB23

With "The Team," no I in that
R.O.C., y'all not eyein that


Y'all don't see, clearly cause the reign ain't gone
-Nobody is competing with the Roc because their reign was still going strong... Oh & -


"The Dynasty," no not Ming but Shawn's
??

Nope..

Dame careems, _ it's the gangsta team

Stop your run, one of the reasons that they call us gangrene
-If you have the disease gangrene, your foot would need to be amputated... In other words... You're not running anything.
-Meaning #2-
The other reason, we got a gang of green


If there's better at gettin cheddar that remains to be seen...

"Y'all don't see, clearly cause the reign ain't gone"

You forgot the most important part of that line my man. Not only is he saying our reign on top is still going strong but peep this; SEE, CLEARLY, REIGN (RAIN). It's a play on words, when it rains, there is no clear skies.

Not sure if I explained it right, but dude is a genius.

Stop your run, one of the reasons that they call us gangrene

1. You get gangrene and it stops your blood from flowing (running).
2. Jets defense in the 80's (i believe) at one point was nick named "Gang Green" cause nobody could run on them.

Also,

"Jigga man is Diesel, when I lift the 8 up."

Why is everyone only posting a picture of Kobe and Shaq? That is the metaphor, but he is referencing picking up a gun.

 

[hiphopdoc09]

Originally Posted by tyisny


Another Ill One was the first verse off "Sweet"

Sweet!
And still there's pain
If I would have grew up to be a doctor, my nephew would have grew up to do the same

( Comparing the impact he had on his family by hustling/rapping to the impact a doctor has on his family and at the end of the day they both have become successful )

But since I grew up through the game, and my influence is the same
And my therapy is music, they ask if you ashamed

(still tying in that doctor reference from earlier by saying music is his form of therapy)

And though I wish I could separate, two things, 
I cannot, so my answer to you remains
I can walk down the hall or mirrors, in Versailles
And be so satisfied when I look a myself in the eyes

No shame, no sir, just big boats and tearing the coast up

(He made his way from the street to the success he is now and doesn't regret how he got here)

(this is the mirrors of Versailles in Paris, Which is known for its numerous "seperate" mirrors

He so sure about his decisions that he can stare himself in the eyes a million times and never feel shame)

Tight coupe like I'm wearing the roadster,
For any coup I'm bear hugging the holster.

(His coup is tight/ (a compliment of his car), as if he was actually wearing it as a garment)

(but he also uses Coup As in " a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; aclever action or accomplishment."

So any Slick talk and

 

  

They say the child shall lead,
So I take it far as I can, and then we shall see
Shall we dance with the devil, for a beat
I pray to God I ain't got two left feet
Do the hustle, put keys in the street
Then I'm ballroom dancing, ke-ke'ing in the suite
Sweet.

 

[brandon3000]

Originally Posted by NextLeBron23

Attract money my worst color is light green
my favorite hue is jay-z blue

 

 N' talkin bout tha sunshine video

I always thought he meant light green like "no money" is my worst color and then his favorite hue being Jay-Z blue (like he blew up or of course the blueprint or... HIS color...

)

 

[coldcity]

Originally Posted by Brandon3000

Originally Posted by NextLeBron23

Attract money my worst color is light green
my favorite hue is jay-z blue

 

 N' talkin bout tha sunshine video

I always thought he meant light green like "no money" is my worst color and then his favorite hue being Jay-Z blue (like he blew up or of course the blueprint or... HIS color...

)


doubled up ......its all of that

 

[brandon3000]

HE's DEF talkin about that suit tho! nothin like being able to poke fun @ yourself

 

[ace rawstein]

this is a dope thread but I agree with ole boy that said alot of these arent that hard to catch.

I wanna see a gem I may have missed tho

 

[megatron]

Originally Posted by AIRJORDAN JB23

Whats so amazing about the "remy" line?

Throughout my junior high years it was all friendly
-Throughout his early years before dealing & hustling, things were more innocent for him
-In the movie Higher Learning, the plot takes place in college, so he's referencing before college.
But now this higher learning got the Remy in me
-Higher learning of life & experience has him more aware & prepared to fire if necessary
-Going along with this ^^ he also has to drink away his pain...
-In Higher Learning, Remy went off shooting
Liquors invaded my kidneys
Got me ready to lick off, mama forgive me
-A play on the whole summary of the last couple bars with liquor & shooting


Oh alright that explains it then. I never seen that movie.

 

[king arthur]

Originally Posted by NextLeBron23

Attract money my worst color is light green
my favorite hue is jay-z blue

 

 N' talkin bout tha sunshine video

he talking about money 
light green as in little money 

 

[arrjae2]

nice thread idea

posting for later...

 

[ravagebx]

Originally Posted by AIRJORDAN JB23

Mo’ money, 40 year old phenom
-Phenom is usually used for up & comers... At 40, he's still at it
Our 15 minutes of fame has stretched beyond
-His 15 minutes of fam has been a career
At 42 be better than 24
-At his age he's still better than 24 year olds
I carried the 4-5, mastered 48 laws
-Carrying his gun he mastered -

Still wearing my 23’s they can’t #+*@ with the boy

As far as them 16’s, I’m 23 of it all
-He's the Jordan of writing verses
Primetime, riding that 6 deuce
-Best Maybach out
That 9-11 I only subtract the roof
-He got a gift a couple years back that was a Porshe 911
Started in 88’
-Started dealing... He mentions this year in other tracks as well (DP II, Hola Hovito, etc...)
Got warm in 92’
-Rapping started picking up for him
 I landed in 96’

There's a lot more to this rhyme. A lot of sports doubles. When he says "At 42 be better than 24s" he's basically referring to himself as MJ again and being better than the Kobe's of the rap game. 24 isn't an arbitrary number he picked. And then when he said "carry the 4-5" he was also referring to MJ coming back with the number 45 and not doing so well. He's basically saying he's carries his failures well. A take the good with the bad kinda thing. When he says "9-11 I only subtract the roof" he's making a double on the subtraction sign of pronouncing 911 as 9-11. And I also think he might be referencing Jordan with 88, 92, and 96. Weren't those MVP years for him? I might need to research that lol. I know 88 was his first MVP.

 

[lukethejediknight]

^Yep. He won in 88, 91, 92, 96, and 98.

 

[scotthallwithapick]

I don't get what him winning the MVP in 91 has to do with 9-11 I only subtract the roof

 

[ravagebx]

Originally Posted by ScottHallWithAPick

I don't get what him winning the MVP in 91 has to do with 9-11 I only subtract the roof

That was only about his car I think.

 

[illwill24]

If you listen to Jay-Z lyrics hard enough you start realizing how many lines he stole from other rappers

 

[blade br0wn]

"...Her'on got less steps than Brittany..."

 

[ace rawstein]

lol not sure what you trying to get at with that extra Brittney Spears stuff... step children??

he was referencing how Brittney couldnt get further into rehab...like a 12 step program and how she was still effed up

"which means it aint stepped on, dig me?!"