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.
I get 'em up (I'm on one)
I get 'em up (fuck it, I'm on one)
I get 'em up (I said, "I'm on one")
DJ Khaled
Uh, I'm getting so throwed
I ain't went this hard since I was eighteen
Apologize if I say anything I don't mean
Like, "What's up with your best friend?
We could all have some fun, believe me"
And, "What's up with these new niggas?"
And why they think it all comes so easy?
But get it while you here, boy
'Cause all that hype don't feel the same next year, boy
Yeah, and I'll be right here in my spot
With a little more cash than I already got
Trippin' off you 'cause you had your shot
With my skin tanned and my hair long and my fans who been so patient
Me and 40 back to work, but we still smell like a vacation
Hate the rumors, hate the bullshit, hate these fucking allegations
I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking, watch me take it
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
Huh, I'm burning purple flowers, it's burning my chest (huh)
I bury the most cash and burning the rest (stuntin')
Walking on the clouds, suspended in thin air (yeah)
The ones beneath me recognize the red bottoms I wear (check it)
Burner in the belt, move the kids to the hills (boss)
Bend shawty on the sink, do it for the thrill (woo)
Kiss you on your neck and tell you, "Everything is great" (right)
Even though I'm out on bond and might be facing eight
Still runnin' with the same niggas 'til the death of me
Ever seen a million cash? Gotta count it carefully (haha)
Ever made love to the woman of your dreams
In a room full of money out in London as she screams? (Woo)
Huh, baby, I could take it there
Call Marc Jacobs personally to make a pair
So, yeah, we on one, the feeling ain't fair (Khaled)
And it's double MG until I get the chair, chyeah
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (huh)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
I walk around the club, fuck everybody
And all my niggas got that heat, I feel like Pat Riley
Yeah, too much money, ain't enough money
You know the feds listenin', nigga, what money?
I'm a made nigga, I should dust something
You niggas on the bench, like the bus comin'
Huh, ain't nothin' sweet but the Swishers
I'm focused might as well say cheese for the pictures
Oh, I'm about to go Andre the Giant
You a sellout, but I ain't buying
Chopper dissect a nigga like science
Put an end to the world like the Mayans
It's a celebration, bitches, Mazel Tov
It's a slim chance I fall, Olive Oyl
Tunechi be the name, don't ask me how I got it
I'm killin' these hoes, I swear I'm tryna stop the violence
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (yeah)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah (Young Mula, baby)
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah (YMCB)
Yeah, I said, "I'm on one" (uh-huh)
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one (haha)
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
I get 'em up
I get 'em up
I get 'em up
DJ Khaled
I get 'em up (fuck it, I'm on one)
I get 'em up (I said, "I'm on one")
DJ Khaled
Uh, I'm getting so throwed
I ain't went this hard since I was eighteen
Apologize if I say anything I don't mean
Like, "What's up with your best friend?
We could all have some fun, believe me"
And, "What's up with these new niggas?"
And why they think it all comes so easy?
But get it while you here, boy
'Cause all that hype don't feel the same next year, boy
Yeah, and I'll be right here in my spot
With a little more cash than I already got
Trippin' off you 'cause you had your shot
With my skin tanned and my hair long and my fans who been so patient
Me and 40 back to work, but we still smell like a vacation
Hate the rumors, hate the bullshit, hate these fucking allegations
I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking, watch me take it
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
Huh, I'm burning purple flowers, it's burning my chest (huh)
I bury the most cash and burning the rest (stuntin')
Walking on the clouds, suspended in thin air (yeah)
The ones beneath me recognize the red bottoms I wear (check it)
Burner in the belt, move the kids to the hills (boss)
Bend shawty on the sink, do it for the thrill (woo)
Kiss you on your neck and tell you, "Everything is great" (right)
Even though I'm out on bond and might be facing eight
Still runnin' with the same niggas 'til the death of me
Ever seen a million cash? Gotta count it carefully (haha)
Ever made love to the woman of your dreams
In a room full of money out in London as she screams? (Woo)
Huh, baby, I could take it there
Call Marc Jacobs personally to make a pair
So, yeah, we on one, the feeling ain't fair (Khaled)
And it's double MG until I get the chair, chyeah
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (huh)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
I walk around the club, fuck everybody
And all my niggas got that heat, I feel like Pat Riley
Yeah, too much money, ain't enough money
You know the feds listenin', nigga, what money?
I'm a made nigga, I should dust something
You niggas on the bench, like the bus comin'
Huh, ain't nothin' sweet but the Swishers
I'm focused might as well say cheese for the pictures
Oh, I'm about to go Andre the Giant
You a sellout, but I ain't buying
Chopper dissect a nigga like science
Put an end to the world like the Mayans
It's a celebration, bitches, Mazel Tov
It's a slim chance I fall, Olive Oyl
Tunechi be the name, don't ask me how I got it
I'm killin' these hoes, I swear I'm tryna stop the violence
All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (yeah)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you
I'm on one, yeah (Young Mula, baby)
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah (YMCB)
Yeah, I said, "I'm on one" (uh-huh)
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one (haha)
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"
I get 'em up
I get 'em up
I get 'em up
DJ Khaled
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
I'm On One Lyrics as written by Noah James Shebib Aubrey Drake Graham
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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It's good to see a hip hop artist not trivalise women and treat them like objects too
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@sokorny sarcasm of course!