Rap lyrics you've heard and wondered WTF?

[emceeKasualT]

Every now and again... we hear a rap lyric that we think we didn't hear properly and we're left a little confused. Over the years I've been hearing some of these but havent had the balls to just ask someone..'tha f*** did this ninja just say?'...

Sometimes the wording is crystal clear but still leaves one confused... and Im not just doing this cos Im bored... I genuinely want to know what they mean..

heres some examples:

on the new Illa J- 'Are u listening?'... dude is rhyming and then suddenly says ' A fat lady on the couch... does anybody notice?'.... what the phuck does that mean..?

I remember hearing Keith Murray say 'all you really did was to dobo (sp?) the chicken' in a song.. again.. wtf?

Some people thought Lauren Hill was saying 'Strumming my brain with his finger'... I know this cos I had an argument over it..

OR

lyrics that make you think.. "I would never have said that"...

50 cent: "Yayo, bring the condoms/I'm in Room 203"
Biggie:  " You look so good, I'd suck on your Daddy dick"... (really? )
Can-I-Bus: "you aint got the skillz to eat a niggas a** like me" (no homo lifetime award)


Im sure you have some of your own...
If anyone could please clarify what the first 3 examples mean.. I'll be grateful..

[rob_one]

I don't know about those but I know Lauryn Hill said "Strumming my PAIN with his fingers"

Can anyone translate these?

Both hands clusty, chillin' wit my man Rusty low down
Blew off the burner kinda dusty
The world can't touch Ghost, purple tape Rae co-host
Monty Hall expo, intellect you red pro
Son triflin f***, wildflower on the cycle an'
Pick up the brew thought I was Michael an'
Mics are writin' pool, now, I'm into Iron Duels
Turn-ons the Earth's whoopee, she out of law school.

- Ghostface - Mighty Healthy f/Raekwon

[watziznehmegin]

Am not sure about that Keith Murray line, but Adobo is a spanish seasoning, which is really good on Chicken.

[emceeKasualT]

Am not sure about that Keith Murray line, but Adobo is a spanish seasoning, which is really good on Chicken.

AHA!.. that makes a shitload more sense now..

Anything from Only Built For Cuban Linx is some coke jargon I have no hope of ever deciphering..


I still listen to it with a WTF demeanour..

[watziznehmegin]

I don't know about those but I know Lauryn Hill said "Strumming my PAIN with his fingers"

Can anyone translate these?

ok, line for line here it goes...

Both hands clusty, chillin' wit my man Rusty low down

(both hand balled into a fist, chillin with Rusty wearing POLO clothes from head to toe)

Blew off the burner kinda dusty

(Blew off the dust from my Gun)

The world can't touch Ghost, purple tape Rae co-host

(Purple tape was what the streets called Raekwons first album, the ca**ette tape was purple, and the album featured Tony Starks)

Monty Hall expo, intellect you red pro

(Monty Hall was the host of Lets Make A Deal... an expo is a display of businesses at a convention... so he makes big deals)

(intellect, if you look him up it'll say hes a pro)

Son triflin f***, wildflower on the cycle an'

(someone was a triflin f***, the girl was on her cycle, meaning on her period)

Pick up the brew thought I was Michael an'

(Picks up a beer, thought he was Michael, i think it's Michael Jordan, so he thought he could fly)

Mics are writin' pool, now, I'm into Iron Duels

(Microphones are the writing pool, hes into iron duels)

Turn-ons the Earth's whoopee, she out of law school.

(The Nation of Gods & Earths refer to the female as the Earth, making whoopee is f***ing and she's out of law school, so basically he's talking about f***in with a girl out of law school)

- Ghostface - Mighty Healthy f/Raekwon

[Psyche-Optic]

^^^^^^
Unbelievable, that's a dope translation. You must have done a lot of research ON Ghost and the WU to know all this. Ghost's slang is too complex, I don't even bother tryin to understand him. I just enjoy his tracks and pick up where I can.

Anyway, here's a "WHAT THE f***?" line from NAS, and I'm sure everyone has heard it:

Song: One Mic:

"Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots
from twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
Which means, one of my guns was holdin 17
Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you"

I understand the mathematics, but WTF, where does Jesus come in, and WTF is he tryna say?

[watziznehmegin]

Not terribly much, never really went out of my way, except for rather that's just how Ny cats talk..and I listen to Wu, as for the Nas lines, I think he's just trying to sound deep and mystical, not sure there is any relation of Jesus to the number game, will look into it though...

[Hip Hop Fan]

War Cloud - Vampire Kung Fu

"Arguments tomorrow, we sat at different tables
With rats the size of rhinocerous in the stables
The silly old man went and hung himself with a cable
They found the wooden shoes on her wrong foot, it mable
The skinny little pimp had cut her face with a straight razor
Girl from the gutter, I murdered another
We went in the ocean and we began to argue
I left bloody and blood flooded the water"

[watziznehmegin]

What do you think that means?

[Hip Hop Fan]

What do you think that means?

with WarCloud it could be anything...but if i had to say! the track is basically a battle song...majority of the lyrics are battle oriented. as for that particular part, the arguments and rats in stables sounds like a cypher of some sort and the silly old man could be one that has just lost a battle. the skinny little pimp sounds like a prostitute in the ghetto...of which maybe had did the do with...dunno? crazy ish....Warcloud

[watziznehmegin]

weird...

[A pimp named Sarkozy]

Has anyone heard that track by Eminem-Fack, oh my gosh.... Sies. What pill did he take before he wrote that track.

[Myth]

f*** it, i cud neva undastand ghostface

[Mrs Jones]

Has anyone heard that track by Eminem-Fack, oh my gosh.... Sies. What pill did he take before he wrote that track.

LOL Eminem has lost the plot completely!

[oints]

I don't know about those but I know Lauryn Hill said "Strumming my PAIN with his fingers"

Can anyone translate these?

ok, line for line here it goes...

Both hands clusty, chillin' wit my man Rusty low down

(both hand balled into a fist, chillin with Rusty wearing POLO clothes from head to toe)

Blew off the burner kinda dusty

(Blew off the dust from my Gun)

The world can't touch Ghost, purple tape Rae co-host

(Purple tape was what the streets called Raekwons first album, the ca**ette tape was purple, and the album featured Tony Starks)

Monty Hall expo, intellect you red pro

(Monty Hall was the host of Lets Make A Deal... an expo is a display of businesses at a convention... so he makes big deals)

(intellect, if you look him up it'll say hes a pro)

Son triflin f***, wildflower on the cycle an'

(someone was a triflin f***, the girl was on her cycle, meaning on her period)

Pick up the brew thought I was Michael an'

(Picks up a beer, thought he was Michael, i think it's Michael Jordan, so he thought he could fly)

Mics are writin' pool, now, I'm into Iron Duels

(Microphones are the writing pool, hes into iron duels)

Turn-ons the Earth's whoopee, she out of law school.

(The Nation of Gods & Earths refer to the female as the Earth, making whoopee is f***ing and she's out of law school, so basically he's talking about f***in with a girl out of law school)

- Ghostface - Mighty Healthy f/Raekwon

WORD, nice dissection there WATZ!