Open Safe (2014)
Cake fresh baked
My bitch classy and she keep her classmates with her
Your bitch ashy and she keep her ashtray with her
Had to do it one time for my skate niggas
Fuck them niggas that be hatin cuz I skate, nigga
Lookin like a open safe, nigga
Know the feds tryina lock this open safe, nigga
Fuck it, I feel like a frozen lake, nigga
Pop pop pop pop, we don't debate with em
I think Wayne's genius is most on display when he's saying two different things, or generating two different images, at one time. The crazy thing is how often he does this, which leads me to believe maybe he's just always thinking in double entendres and metaphors. Today I want to highlight two examples of this, with one serving to reinforce, or empower, the other.
The line about the feds is fairly simple, because he prefaces it by comparing himself to an open safe. Because of this, there's no big leap required to make the connection between locking an open safe and locking up Wayne himself. The point still stands though, two images, one line.
The next one is where it gets fun. He abandons the open safe comparison, and decides he feels like a frozen lake. The first thing one might think of is that this is an extension of the idea that he looks rich, in this case because he's covered in ice. The next line though serves as a trigger for another frozen lake related image, and that's the fact that it cracks and pops before it snaps and kills you.