Krazy (2014)
Dreaming
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Nigga tell me somethin I don't know
Like where the fuck did my heart go?
And show me something I haven't seen
And give me what helped Martin sleep
On the same night he had a dream
And take me to where I've never been
But not to where I'll never be
And I aint never scared
But I'm scared of me
Me vs Me
I need a referee
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This felt the most appropriate for today. It's also just straight fire, though. All 4 verses start with the same line, but this third verse ends up being a bit more introspective than the others, and Wayne drops some next level shit that fits quite well with the overall theme of the song. The Martin line is hard to talk about because the wordplay seems like it doesn't need explaining, but I feel it's necessary to acknowledge how cleanly Wayne is talking about drugs by referencing MLK's dream. Similar thing with the next few lines. The lyrics seem to speak for themselves, but you have to somehow acknowledge the level of mindgames he must be playing at to come up with this shit. This whole song really is just full of word magic. A perfect example of what they say about genius and insanity, I think.
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