Dear Labels
Struggling Artist's Plea: Dear Labels
Lyrics
Oh, here's a story for you
Introduction to a narrative or metaphorical story
Two chickens walking down the street
Setting the scene with two chickens walking down the street
It's actually one chicken
Correction to one chicken walking down the street
One chicken walks down the street
Describing the chicken walking down the street
Looks across the road to another chicken
Chicken looks across the road to another chicken
He sees an older chicken Much more plump than he's used to
Noticing an older and plumper chicken
And the other chicken goes
Interaction between the two chickens
"Hey, what's up? Yo"
Dialogue between the chickens
What the deal with young chickens?
Raising a question about preferences in relationships
I want an older chicken who knows that grown business, you know?
Expressing a desire for an older, more experienced partner
I'm narcissistic, look at me
Admitting to narcissism and hunger for success
I'm a artist EBT
Identifying as an artist on EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer)
Couldn't help the fact I'm starving for that MTV
Expressing a hunger for recognition, especially from MTV
And a deal, but a 360 one at that
Referencing a potential record deal, but with unfavorable terms
But it'd be pretty shitty, I'd be sitting pretty where I'm at
Reflecting on the trade-off between success and personal satisfaction
Pay my rent and I'll sell you my soul
Willing to sell one's soul for basic needs
If you could please just trade it for a french bread roll
Humorous plea to trade soul for a simple french bread roll
I'm fucking starving, look at me
Emphasizing desperation due to hunger
Now, dear labels, can't you see?
Addressing record labels and their lack of understanding
I'm the one that fucking bleeds tears and sweats every day of the week
Claiming to be the one who truly invests effort and emotion in music
Now, look at me
Reiterating the plea to be seen and acknowledged
I won't write you a fucking pop song
Rejecting the idea of creating mainstream pop music
But I'll write you a analytical thesis about your mom, and why she's a great woman
Committing to writing an analytical thesis instead of pop songs
Look at me
Repetition of the plea to be seen
I want it more than anything else than I could ever fucking be
Expressing a strong desire for success and recognition
Look at me
Reiteration of the desire for success and acknowledgment
Now look at me
Further emphasis on being noticed
I can kinda play piano but, but not really
Humorous admission of limited piano-playing skills
Look at me, look at me, look at me
Repetition of the plea for attention and affirmation
Look at me, look at me, I'm all right
-Right?
-Please, look at me, look at me, look at me
-Look at me, I'm all right
-Dear labels, uh
Addressing record labels again
But on a day that's not so far
Foreshadowing a future where the artist will be heard, regardless of label preferences
You're gonna hear me whether you like it or not
-On a day that's not so far
-You're gonna hear me whether you like it or not, whether you like it or not
-'Cause, 'cause I'm 2016 Fat Joe, who just did seven and a half years of straight cardio
Comparing oneself to Fat Joe and House (from TV series), emphasizing determination and uniqueness
I'm rap game's House, except I'm not a fucking doctor though
-Wow!
Expressing amazement or enthusiasm
Tell them labels I'm everything they'd ever want
Asserting qualities that would appeal to labels, such as calling one's mom daily
If all they want is a rapper that calls his mom daily
-Just to see what's going on, 'cause he misses her
Highlighting a close relationship with the artist's mother
And she misses her baby
-Please help me
Requesting support to buy a house for the artist's mother
Please help me buy my mom a house that I can go to every fucking weekend
-Please, please, please help me buy my mom a house that I can go to every fucking weekend
Repetition of the plea to help buy a house for the artist's mother
I'm an artist with a certain special something
Repetition of being an artist with a unique quality causing sadness without a clear reason
And that something makes me really, really sad because of nothing
-I'm an artist with a certain special something
-And that something makes me really, really sad because of nothing
-I'm an artist with a certain special something
-And that something makes me really, really sad because of nothing
-I'm an artist with a certain special something
-And that something makes me really, really sad because of nothing
-I'm an artist with a certain special something
Final repetition of the artist's sadness without a specific cause
And that something makes me really, really sad because of nothing
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