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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: infinite59 on February 22, 2002, 02:08:02 AM
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One of the albums I'm anylizing every bar, line, sentence of, is Ras Kass Soul On Ice. Here is the first verse, of the first song, to give you an idea of what this book is going to be like. Hope you enjoy.
Artist: Ras Kass
Album: Soul On Ice
Song: On Earth As It Is...
Hallelujah when I do ya
[Verse One]
Shit, I ain't never seen an angel, virgin bitches with halos
But my secular metaphysical theology is fatal
Because me with a mic cable is a religious experience in itself
I got a message from God
He's never seen an Angel, a bodiless, immortal spirit, descending to the Earth. But his secular, (not spiritual, nor sacred) metaphysical (metaphors, theory) theology (system of religion) is fatal. Ras is saying fuck all that talk bout angels, and worship the word of Ras Kass. He then begins posing as a prophet who has received the word of god, and he's telling you what God revealed to him.
He said, "Don't even try to fuck with me," suckered reluctantly
Carried the cross and uppercuts and at that, I'm hazardous
I speak to the heads and raise the dead like Lazarus
Led the fucking lambs to the slaughter, and walked on water
Ras continues his posture as an exalted figure. Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus. And Jesus often referred to his followers as his flock. It is also said that Jesus walked on water.
When it's frozen, in the ground influence and I'm on point
like the unicorn and you need a form, to bring rains
to Desert Storm for 40 days and 39 nights
So my cerebral flows flood the Earth with a, megahertz
Ras claims he can walk on water just like Jesus can. (of course the water would have to be frozen) He continues with the theme, 40 Days and 39 Nights could be referring to either Jesus fasting before receiving the word of God, or Noah's Ark, as he says he "Brings the Rain." (Flood) And the flood is at a high frequency, for megahertz is 1,000 hertz.
And the first shall be last and the last shall be first
Reciting a biblical verse before I make your melon burst
Like that nigga Jules from Pulp Fiction
My salvation is salivation, indiction crucifixion
He recites a verse from the bible, and then compares himself to Jules from the hit movie Pulp Fiction. In the movie he recited verses in the bible, before murderin his foes. And his salvation is salavting, because he spits rhymes. As he puts the crucifiction into words. (Indiction Crucifiction)
It's a blessing just to live another day they say
Because the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away
So my niggaz pray five times a day and still
carry a trey-five-seven (On Earth, As It Is In Heaven)
Ras is saying that in life you never know what will happen next. Some of his friends are Muslims. Praying 5 times a day is a cornerstone of Islam. It is called for in the 5 pillars. And Ras says that even after praying 5 times a day, they still got to watch their back, because death is always right around the corner.
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cool . nice work homie .
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dope, when ur completly finished should be a good read
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Thanks ya'll..... Keep in mind, if your not a Ras Kass fan, they're will be other albums, dissected in the book as well. Peace.