Lyrics
What you
Expressing curiosity or inquiry about something
What you let in
Questioning what is allowed or accepted into one's life
What you let in reflecting
Reflecting on the consequences of what is allowed in
What you let in reflecting my ends not innocent image
Acknowledging that what is allowed in reflects one's not innocent image
Ay
Repetition for emphasis or rhythm
Ay
-What you let in reflecting my ends not innocent image ya taint
Reiterating that what is allowed in taints one's image
Imminent lens you watch and resist that's why I'm gon' keep me some aim
Referring to a watchful lens and the need to resist, hinting at potential conflict
I might spin the block if they round the way I ain't looking for nothing to change
Expressing a readiness to take action if necessary, with a resistance to change
Ain't politickin'
Not engaging in political discussions
Product of I ain't proud to mention
Acknowledging one's background but not proud to mention it
Never trust it was monolithic
Highlighting a lack of trust and the non-uniform nature of something
It ain't nothing to counter tension
Recognizing the presence of tension and the need to counter it
Had enough but it's nothing different
Feeling fed up but perceiving no significant difference
Break and enter
Referring to breaking and entering, possibly metaphorical
Look the other way
Choosing to look away from a situation
Brothers paid for carrying a gun today
Highlighting the consequences some face for carrying a gun
This ain't something I can run away from
Expressing an inability to run away from a situation
Front and center raw with undertake
Being at the forefront and directly confronting a challenge
They ain't that afraid, retaliate
Suggesting a lack of fear and a willingness to retaliate
They some toons need an anime
Describing some individuals as cartoonish and in need of an animated escape
They let the monkeys on the rooftop
Introducing the metaphor of monkeys on a rooftop and their reaction to gunshots
They just opened up the door
-They dancing to the gunshots
-They think they'll never hit the floor
-How many monkeys were there jumping in the bed
Describing the chaotic and aggressive behavior of the monkeys
Playing with they tools knocked each other in the head
-Ain't no coming down cause they only seeing red
-They just screaming in the zoo and we trapped inside with them
-Wait wait wait wait
Interrupting the narrative with a command to wait
Speak game
Describing the escalating behavior of the monkeys and the lack of intervention
These monkeys got fed up and they gettin louder with
-Disdain
-They getting wound up and they getting wilder and
-Went ape
-But PETA won't pop up and they won't get locked up they got
-Free reigns that's just
-Free game
-These monkeys getting eager
Portraying the monkeys' increasing aggression and rebellion
So they going meetup
-To storm the arena
-And count the bananas
-The planet of the apes they broke off the gates
-And took the zookeeper and stormed by the meter
-They chances look meager and they getting meaner
-They jumped on the roof
-Just for they leader
Emphasizing the leadership role of a character, not Caesar
But he is not Caesar but next to the caesar
-They let the monkeys on the rooftop
Repeating the scenario of monkeys on the rooftop and their aggression
They just opened up the door
-They dancing to the gunshots
-They think they'll never hit the floor
-How many monkeys were there jumping in the bed
-Playing with they tools knocked each other in the head
-Ain't no coming down cause they only seeing red
-They just screaming in the zoo and we trapped inside with them
-I've been movin'
Shifting the narrative to personal emotions and a desire for action
Slowin' it up in my head
-You got me groovin'
-Time to make a bad man dead
-They let the monkeys on the rooftop
Reiterating the monkeys on the rooftop scenario and their anticipation of not facing consequences
They just opened up the door
-They dancing to the gunshots
-They think they'll never hit the floor
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