Jay-Z – Run This Town

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  General Comment:stupid illuminati and stupid those who fall into it.

  Flag crewereeon July 06, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:Why must people always try to turn songs into political, racial and religious debates?
  Personally, I think the song is just saying that they're gonna dominate the hip-hop world.

  Flag Megz018on July 07, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:this is a copy of the reply i wrote to parker, just wanted to put it here so there wasn't 33 comments on this song.
  
  "i agree. some people are just have no ability to perceive things like this. jay, kanye, rihanna, and the majority of the music you hear on the radio are owned by universal, which is owned by general electric which is owned by members of bilderburg, which has ties to the illuminati. think people. and get close to God."

  Flag inafutureageon January 13, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:this song is obviously about the Illumaniti and their plan to take over. Rihanna, jay-z, and kanye are all illumaniti puppets. Listen to the words people.

  Flag fritojoe123on November 27, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I do not think that this song is racists....why? because he says "all black everything" Even is that is what he meant whats wrong with that and how is that racist?

  Flag marie7334on November 04, 2010   Link

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  My Interpretation:Let me get this straight parkerg2707, you think that the Illuminati are behind the song? Well, you're wrong. Illuminati are gone, went kaput during the 1800s. According to the director, Anthony Mandler, There's a tone and feeling to the song, there's a militia, a march and a kind of rambunctious energy to it that, for me, I immediately wanted to tap into. I showed [Jay] some references from the classic rebellious zones of the world. We live in very orderly society in America, but when you get into Brazil, you get into the Middle East, you get into Africa, you get into Eastern Europe, when you get into places like that, there's a different sort of 'we run this town' [going on]. There's less order and more chaos. So we looked at a lot of those references, new photos and historical photos, to capture that kind of falling-apart feeling."
  
  "We wanted you to feel uneasy throughout the piece," he said. "We wanted there to be a constant layer of tension through the piece. Even in the way I shot — where the camera comes by Jay, it doesn't stop on him, it goes to Rihanna — there's kind of this chaos of revealing and covering and concealing. And things happen offscreen that you don't see. I think people are really gonna flip on this".
  
  So there is no conspiracy theory and all the song is about is the idea of chaos governing and how people deal with that.

  Flag caesaraugustuson July 22, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:You're all wrong, this song is obviously about how Rihanna, Kanye and Jason Z are all gearing up for a good day at Disney land.
  
  "Feel it coming in the air
  Hear the screams from everywhere"
  
  This is when they are driving to the theme park. There is an atmosphere of excitement about the day to come, and they can hear the screams of the people on the rollercoasters in the theme park.
  
  
  "I'm addicted to the the thrill (I'm ready)
  It's a dangerous love affair (c'mon)"
  
  This is about how Rihanna is addicted to the thrill of rollercoasters, and Jay-Z is ready to go on them. But they know they can be dangerous as they might break down but they love the rides so much and can't stop going on them. Jay-Z is telling Rihanna to come onto the rollercoaster with him.
  
  
  "Can't be scaring nickels down
  Got a problem, tell me now
  Only thing that's on my mind
  Is who gon' run this town tonight
  Is who gon' run this town tonight
  We gon' run this town"
  
  They are about to get on the ride but they are getting a bit nervous, but Rihanna is telling Kanye and Jay-Z that they can't get scared, and if they have any problems such as heart problems, they are pregnant or have taken drugs, they should tell her now so as to stop them going on the ride. But Rihanna wants to go on the ride, it is consuming her mindspace, and she wants to "run this town" (go on this ride).
  
  
  “We are, yeah, I said it, we are
  This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance
  Get y'all fatigues on, all black everything
  Black cards, black cars, all black everything”
  
  Jay-Z is saying that he too wants to go on the ride, and they must pledge their allegiance to go on the ride, which I suspect to be Space Mountain, as it is dark in their and they are black, and they are all wearing black clothing, which means Jay-Z is worried they will get lost and not be able to find one another.
  
  
  “And our girls are blackbirds, riding with they Dillingers
  I get more in-depth if you boys really real enough
  This is La Familia, I'll explain later
  But for now, let me get back to this paper”
  
  They are all boarding the ride, and thankfully none of them are lost, and Jay-Z has affectionately christened their cart “Dillinger”. Kanye is a bit squshed at the back, Rihanna is in the middle and Jay-Z is at the front. Jay-Z says he’ll get more “in-depth” and move up a bit because Kanye’s back is in pain he is that squashed. Jason Z then says that the ride is familiar, but in French, and tells the other two he’ll explain later, because he wants to concentrate on the excitement of the ride.
  
  
  “I'm a couple bands down and I'm tryna get back
  I gave Doug a grip, I lost a flip for five stacks
  Yeah, I'm talking 5 comma 6 zeroes dot zero's, jigga (?)
  Back to running circles 'round niggas, now we squared up
  Hold up”
  
  Terror strikes as Jay-Z almost falls out of the ride because of his stupidity of not putting his seatbelt on. He’s clinging onto one of the elastic bands on the cart as he struggles to get back up, but then a mystical pigeon called Doug helps him back up. When the ride ends, Jay-Z is understandably shaken and scared, and as he is trying to write a letter to Beyonce describing what happens, his hand is shaking from nerves, so he ends up doing 5 commas in a row and 6 “O’s” rather than just one. He gives up on the letter and decides to run in a circle round Kanye and Rihanna, but ends up running in a square shape. Kanye and Rihanna start to bully him by running away, and so Jason Z is telling them to “hold up”.
  
  
  “Life's a game but it's not fair
  I break the rules so I don't care”
  
  Rihanna is describing choosing which rides to go on as there are so many, but not enough time to go on all of them, so Rihanna stamps her feet because it is unfair. She “breaks the rules” by jumping the queues, and she doesn’t care about the other people.
  
  
  “So I keep doing my own thing
  Walking tall against the rain”
  
  She carries on queue jumping, and the “rain” that she is walking tall against is Disney’s log flume, Splash Mountain.
  
  
  “Victory's within the mile
  Almost there, don't give up now”
  
  The victory is the end of the ride, and she is hoping the ride doesn’t break down by telling it not to give up.
  
  
  “Only thing that's on my mind
  Is who gon' run this town tonight”
  
  Going on rides is all Rihanna can think about.
  
  
  “We are, yeah, I said it, we are
  You can call me Caesar, in a dark Caesar
  Please follow the leader, so Eric B we are
  Microphone fiend, it's the return of the God, peace God”
  
  Jay-Z is the leader of the gang and wants people to call him Caesar, and lots of people start following them, and then some guy called Eric B tries to overthrow Jay-Z, so Jay-Z kills him with a microphone because he can because he is God.
  
  
  “And ain't nobody fresher
  I'm in Maison, ah, Martin Margiela
  On the table, screaming f*ck the other side, they jealous
  We got a bankhead full of broads, they got a table full of fellas”
  
  Jay-Z is accusing everybody of not showering before their day out, as he smells the freshest, and he is wearing an aftershave called Maison, and he catches a dreadful smell of BO and realises it’s one of the followers, called Martin Margiela, so he straps him on the table and gets Kanye to do him up the arse, along with a load of blokes from another table.
  
  
  “And they ain't spendin' no cake
  They should throw they hand in 'cause they ain't got no spades
  My whole team got dough
  So my bankhead is lookin' like Millionaires' Row”
  
  The followers refuse to share some cake they have with Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye, and Jay-Z is saying because they aren’t spades (black people), they should throw their hands in the air and give up the cake. But Jay-Z then remembers he, Kanye and Rihanna have cookie dough in their pockets, and the white people are jealous, and Jay-Z feels like a millionaire he feels that powerful with the cookie dough.
  
  
  “It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow
  To everybody on your d*ck, no homo”
  
  Kanye just wants to have fun at Disneyland, but men keep coming onto him, assuming he is gay because he went out with Amber Rose, who is bald and looks like a man.
  
  
  “I bought my whole family whips, no Volvos
  Next time I'm in church, please no photos”
  
  Kanye buys Disney themed whips for his family in the gift shop in the theme park, because they had sold out of Volvo cars. He is also excited for when he next goes to church, as he enjoys eating the bread and drinking the wine.
  
  
  “Police escorts, everybody passports
  This the life that everybody ask for
  This a fast life, we are on a crash course
  What you think I rap for? To push a f*ckin' Rav 4?”
  
  There is a riot at Disneyland, so the police get involved and recover some stolen passports. Kanye is saying that rollercoasters=life, and they are fast, but he is scared they will break down. But funding the habit of going to Disneyland is expensive, so he has to rap to make the money.
  
  
  “But I know that if I stay stunting
  All these girls only gon' want one thing
  I could spend my whole life good will hunting
  Only good gon' come is it's good when I'm coming”
  
  He knows girls want to go to Disneyland with him, but he thinks it’s only fun if he goes alone.
  
  
  “She got an ass that'll swallow up her G-string
  And up top, uh, two bee stings”
  
  Kanye is saying that while on the rides he notices that Rihanna has a big arse, yet small tits.
  
  
  “And I'm beasting, off the re-sling
  And my n*gga just made it out the precinct
  We give a damn about the drama that you do bring”
  
  He is “beasting” (excited) after he comes off a rollercoaster that slings you around. He is saying Jay-Z has also just come off the ride, and they enjoy the rides and how dramatic they are.
  
  
  “I'm just tryna change the color on your mood ring
  Reebok, baby, you need to try some new things
  Have you ever had shoes without shoestrings?
  What's that, Ye? Baby, these heels”
  
  Kanye enjoys cross-dressing while going to theme parks. Rihanna is bored of Disneyland, so Kanye tries to cheer her up and change the colour on her mood ring from bored to excited. He also wears rings. He doesn’t like wearing reebok’s as they are too manly, so opts to wear a pair of Rihanna’s high heels instead.
  
  
  “Is that a May-what? Baby, these wheels
  You trippin' when you ain't sippin', have a refill
  You feelin' like you run it, huh?
  Now you know how we feel”
  
  The “May-what” is in regards to Kanye’s Maybeline lipstick. He is also saying that people who go on the rollercoasters come off feeling sick and dizzy so they trip up, and they now know how Kanye and his pals, Jay-Z and Rihanna, feel after they have been on all these rollercoasters, as they are fast and confusing, yet make Kanye feel excited.
  
  
  
  
  

  Flag paperprincesson June 14, 2010   Link

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    LMAO! you're so creative

    Flag maya20xxon November 28, 2010  

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    most likely a UNIVERSAL brand theme park.

    Flag inafutureageon January 13, 2011  
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  General Comment:Well I agree with Parkerg for the most part, but there's another portion of this song that was left uninterpreted.
  
  Apparently the Maisonry (and other brootherhoods possibly) are involved with gay sexual acts according to rank, so the lower ranking individual would sexually please the higher ranking individual. Of course this is kept secret for obvious reasons, but if you read the lyrics closely it's blatantly obvious.
  
  "I gave Doug a grip, I lost a flip for five stacks
  Yeah, I'm talking 5 comma 6 zeroes dot zero's, jigga"
  
  This could mean he worked his way up and got money out of the deal. Doug was clearly in a higher ranking.
  
  Also I don't think it's "bankhead", but rather "banquet"
  
  And he says "banquet full of broads", then that his "banquets lookin' like millionaires row".
  
  Then there's the Kanye portion...
  
  "It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow
  To everybody on your d*ck, no homo"
  
  Pretty self explanitory...fits what I said to the key.
  
  "Have you ever had shoes without shoestrings?
  What's that, Ye? Baby, these heels"
  
  What's that, Ye? <- aka KanYe, wearing high heels.
  
  "You feelin' like you runnin, huh?
  Now you know how we feel"
  
  Maybe he's not to keen on the trade off...
  
  Anyway this is just my opinion feel free to criticize.

  Flag AllyRukuson June 08, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:I agree Parker! You have spoken the truth! It is time to wake up my sleeping family! Which pill will you take family? Open your eyes!!!

  Flag ladyteeatlon March 14, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:"its crazy how you can go from bein joe blow, to everybody on your dick no homo" such a good line. kanye is a dickhead though

  Flag lilbillz24on January 22, 2010   Link

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