Brooklyn (We Go Hard) (CLEAN) - Jay-Z Ft. Santogold
things worth discussing:
- the background sound sounds eerily familiar. I can't place it (not the bass, but the flute-ish sound).
- Jay-Z's sudden caribbean accent (eg. thang = ting?)
- meaning of this lyric: "mama never had an abortion but papa sorta did, I still managed to live"
thanks to (red)wire for this.
* okay, i remember what the background music reminds me of: Madonna's 'Hung Up' which samples ABBA's 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme' - am I right?
** also, read Ailsa's comment. Smart girl.
The meaning of the lyric is, I believe, that his dad aborted him by never allowing Jay-Z to exist as his child.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of Taalam Acey's piece "Metaphysix" based on "If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?" He asks if a man has a kid he doesn't even acknowledge it, does it really exist?