Chicken Flavored
Rising from Ramen: Daygo Fatts' Journey to Success
Lyrics
All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
The repetition emphasizes a simple desire for basic sustenance, highlighting a humble and economical food choice – chicken flavored ramen noodles.
All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-Story time, Look
Introducing a narrative or reflection, signaling a shift in the lyrics.
I used to be on my last leg, with my last pack, I was half fed
Describes a difficult financial situation, being nearly out of resources with limited food.
Money was Peter of Dinklage, I was covid Vons, didn't have bread
Financial struggles are compared to popular figures (Peter Dinklage, Vons), indicating a challenging period during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I used to borrow my wifi, we would Netflix and a jail spread
Describes sharing resources, such as borrowing wifi, to enjoy entertainment during tough times.
But I talked smooth, so me demon friends always played cool, gave me hell head
Despite challenges, the narrator's charisma helps maintain friendships, even with "demon friends."
Shit was all cool, even tho it wasn't
Reflecting on past experiences, acknowledging that things seemed fine on the surface but were not.
Hop out my ways I was so reluctant
Expresses hesitation and reluctance to change or leave a certain lifestyle.
Set on being a nigga was so incumbent
Being determined to conform to a certain lifestyle, using "incumbent" to convey a sense of inevitability.
Zappy's pizza and gin with my older cousin,
Recalls specific moments with older family members (cousin) involving specific places (Zappy's pizza and gin).
Used to cut off my lights but that wasn't nothin, had the vision
Describes facing hardships, like having utilities cut off, but maintaining a vision for success.
"You might just be onto something, that's what's missing"
A realization that the narrator might be onto something important in life.
From smoking and politicking, while were fishing
Describes a period of reflection and decision-making, possibly involving recreational activities like smoking and talking politics.
I hopped in the driver sit and I was driven, ohh
The narrator takes control, getting behind the wheel, and feeling a sense of purpose and direction.
Knew since the 4th grade, This what Id be doing
Expresses a long-standing awareness since childhood that the current path is what the narrator is meant to be doing.
Threw me all shade, so I'm used to it
Having experienced criticism or negativity but becoming accustomed to it.
All that new hate, that they throw and missing
Acknowledging and dismissing new negativity or hatred directed at the narrator.
Like I've been here before
A sense of déjà vu or familiarity with challenges, suggesting resilience and experience in overcoming difficulties.
Cause after the rent was paid, and the car notes
Reiteration of the fundamental need for simple sustenance, emphasizing the significance of chicken flavored ramen noodles in the narrator's journey.
And insurance saved, I was dead broke
-Coming off the slave, knew what I'd be getting
-Once I walk in the store like
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
-All I ever needed was a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodles
A final reaffirmation of the importance of chicken flavored ramen noodles in the narrator's life.
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