Author Topic: Canibus - No Return (Genius) (Read 368 times)

KURUPTION-81 · « **on:** April 02, 2007, 12:33:19 PM »

The part that always stood out for me on this track was

I got a pack of condoms and walked to the back of the line
There was three Taliban that was talkin' very loud
One reached in his back side and pulled out a Beretta gun
The last word I heard myself say was a four letter one

now i always assumed that the four letter word was fuck or shit but its not its actually "evil." The whole track is a play on the old saying of "hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil. " Each of the three verses relates to a different type of evil.

Hear no evil

I told him detonation was definite if he kept at it
He never quit, he just lost his temper and flipped
I bowed my head like "I guess this is it"
My ears popped, the music stopped, and I couldn't hear shit

speak no evil

I got a pack of condoms and walked to the back of the line
There was three Taliban that was talkin' very loud
One reached in his back side and pulled out a Beretta gun
The last word I heard myself say was a four letter one

see no evil

I radio Ramirez coughin and tried to explain
I heard him say something to me like "It's all in flames!"
There was ceiling debris fallin all over the place
I looked her in her eye, she looked into mine, it was strange
Then I blinked for the last time and never saw her again

This is part of the reason why canibus is so dope, lyrically there arent many up there with him. Even when he presents simple tracks they have hidden meanings.

Without doubt rip the jacker is an underground classic.