So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
I seen Mase do it, I seen Ye do it
X came through, caught lighter fluid
Still I came through it, clap for him!
But I'm the blueprint, I'm like the map for 'em
I dropped another classic, made Puff pass it
Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it
Wayne scorchin', I'll applaud him
If he keep going, pass the torch to him
50 came through like hurricanes do
I thought I'd finish his ass at Summer Jam too
I had the Illmatic on bootleg
The shit was so ahead, thought we was all dead
Wayne did "A Milli", 50 did a milli
Ye too, but what Em did was silly
The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him
His flow on "Renegade," fucking awesome, applaud him!
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
Snoop dogged it, Nelly came down
The Face Mob kept it ghetto for the H-town
Luda moved digits after he moved bitches
Drake's up next, see what he do with it
Rule had a run, couple movie parts
T.I. literally wanted to shoot up the charts
What up, Jeezy? What it do?
Y'all remind me of us in early '92
Outkast landed, 3 thou was ill
Like a male version of Lauryn Hill
Mobb Deep shook it, but Prodigy took it
A lil' too far, can't fuck with Brooklyn
Wu-Tang gang-banged it, Meth ate
Rae took on the date with the Purple Tape
Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface
They had a hell of a run,standing ovate, ayyy
Everyday a star is born
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
And I am one of one
Can't you see just how long my run?
My reign, Lulu's son-shine
Been a star since I was duckin' one time
One time, give it up for him
December 4th, a star was born
Clap for him! He went from moving that corner
To this corner office, it's so enormous
Hey, Pres Carter
Watch them get they Monica on all day
Hey, got so many different monikers but only one Jay
They come, they go, some real, some faux
Some friends, some hoes
But, no, I goes nowhere, this Hov
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
And could I be a star?
Does fame in this game have to change who you are?
Or could I be the same one who came from a far away life
Just to make it in these Broadway lights?
Now I'm shining in the broad day light, go figure
A slow transition from a little broke nigga from the Ville
Got a deal, a real life saver
Dreams of being behind the wheel, like Jada
I chill now, cop a little ice later
Cole, you got the glow like a lil' lightsaber
So clap for him! Then applaud Hov, he gave him a platform
Flow so sick thought he wrote the rap for him
No sir, the flow's cold as the shoulders
Of gold digging hoes when a broke nigga approaches
Told you I'm focused, man
I'll let you motherfuckers soak it in and clap for 'em!
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
J. Cole
Everyday a star is born
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
I seen Mase do it, I seen Ye do it
X came through, caught lighter fluid
Still I came through it, clap for him!
But I'm the blueprint, I'm like the map for 'em
I dropped another classic, made Puff pass it
Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it
Wayne scorchin', I'll applaud him
If he keep going, pass the torch to him
50 came through like hurricanes do
I thought I'd finish his ass at Summer Jam too
I had the Illmatic on bootleg
The shit was so ahead, thought we was all dead
Wayne did "A Milli", 50 did a milli
Ye too, but what Em did was silly
The white boy blossomed after Dre endorsed him
His flow on "Renegade," fucking awesome, applaud him!
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
Snoop dogged it, Nelly came down
The Face Mob kept it ghetto for the H-town
Luda moved digits after he moved bitches
Drake's up next, see what he do with it
Rule had a run, couple movie parts
T.I. literally wanted to shoot up the charts
What up, Jeezy? What it do?
Y'all remind me of us in early '92
Outkast landed, 3 thou was ill
Like a male version of Lauryn Hill
Mobb Deep shook it, but Prodigy took it
A lil' too far, can't fuck with Brooklyn
Wu-Tang gang-banged it, Meth ate
Rae took on the date with the Purple Tape
Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface
They had a hell of a run,standing ovate, ayyy
Everyday a star is born
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
And I am one of one
Can't you see just how long my run?
My reign, Lulu's son-shine
Been a star since I was duckin' one time
One time, give it up for him
December 4th, a star was born
Clap for him! He went from moving that corner
To this corner office, it's so enormous
Hey, Pres Carter
Watch them get they Monica on all day
Hey, got so many different monikers but only one Jay
They come, they go, some real, some faux
Some friends, some hoes
But, no, I goes nowhere, this Hov
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
Hey
And could I be a star?
Does fame in this game have to change who you are?
Or could I be the same one who came from a far away life
Just to make it in these Broadway lights?
Now I'm shining in the broad day light, go figure
A slow transition from a little broke nigga from the Ville
Got a deal, a real life saver
Dreams of being behind the wheel, like Jada
I chill now, cop a little ice later
Cole, you got the glow like a lil' lightsaber
So clap for him! Then applaud Hov, he gave him a platform
Flow so sick thought he wrote the rap for him
No sir, the flow's cold as the shoulders
Of gold digging hoes when a broke nigga approaches
Told you I'm focused, man
I'll let you motherfuckers soak it in and clap for 'em!
Everyday a star is born (can you say New York City)
Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em
J. Cole
Everyday a star is born
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A Star Is Born Lyrics as written by Maurice Jordan Jeff Bhasker
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December 4th a star was born! But he also mentions T.I., Ludacris, Nelly, 50 cent, Snoop and guys who you wouldn't expect him to give credit to. He even gives credit to Eminem for being a white boy and killing Renegade with a much better verse than his. I thought he had something for Pac but I might be wrong.
"What up Jeezy? What it do? Ya'll remind me of us back in early '92."