Elbows
Street Wisdom: Elbows, Melrose, and the Art of Resilience
Lyrics
I'm breaking down Cookies up the street from Melrose
I'm emotionally struggling while breaking down, possibly near Melrose Street.
I feel like the Rock, I drop my peoples elbows
I feel powerful and successful, likening myself to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, using wrestling move reference "peoples elbows."
Burner with me, they don't want the wreck
I have a weapon (burner) with me, indicating readiness for confrontation.
When broke people hate on you, it's a compliment
When financially struggling people criticize you, it's actually a form of admiration or acknowledgment.
I'll send a shooter to your job send you a pic of you
I can hire someone to threaten or harm you and send proof.
Walking in with your car out front, like bro this is you
Mocking someone for their lifestyle, possibly related to illegal activities.
illadel , this the zoo
Refers to Philadelphia (illadel) as a dangerous place, comparing it to a zoo.
These bullets like the Cartel, they'll risk missing a few
Bullets are compared to the Cartel, willing to risk missing targets to achieve their goals.
Just to get some thru
Willing to take risks to achieve success.
Your trap dead, and you're the living proof
Someone's drug-dealing business is failing, and the person is evidence of that failure.
I had to quit the hoops, trapping nicks on stoops
Stopped playing basketball to focus on selling drugs on the streets.
Throwing Blic's on roofs
Throwing guns on rooftops as a symbolic gesture.
I was deeply impacted, like a wisdom tooth
Experienced a significant impact, comparing it to the pain of a wisdom tooth extraction.
Whole city full of Chris and Snoops
The city is full of people imitating Chris and Snoop, characters from "The Wire" TV series.
They were stepping on them, little homies jetted on them
Young individuals are avoiding confrontation with authority figures.
Someone should have kept it on them
Regret for not confronting a situation when it was necessary.
Good homies always go first, I guess heaven want em
The loss of good friends, suggesting that fate chose to take them first.
Every 28 I ever touched, I dropped seven on em
Every 28 grams of drugs (ounce) dealt with resulted in seven grams of profit.
And my Og's smoke, and it hurts
The pain of seeing respected figures indulge in harmful habits.
But as long as I'm out here, you're smoking this work
As long as the narrator is successful, others will be affected positively.
Cause loyalty is everything, we started off as soldiers with dirt
Emphasizing the importance of loyalty in relationships that began in challenging circumstances.
Eating last off those boulders that we sold on the first
Started from the bottom, and now enjoying the benefits of earlier struggles.
I'm breaking down Cookies up the street from Melrose
Repetition of line 1, reinforcing emotional struggles.
I feel like the Rock, I drop my peoples elbows
Repetition of line 2, emphasizing the feeling of power and success.
Burner with me, they don't want the wreck
Repetition of line 3, reiterating preparedness for confrontation.
When broke people hate on you, it's a compliment
Repetition of line 4, reinforcing the idea that criticism from struggling individuals is a form of compliment.
It's a compliment
Reiteration that criticism from financially struggling people is indeed a form of compliment.
When broke people hate on you, it's a compliment
Repetition of line 29, emphasizing the point that criticism from the financially struggling is a compliment.
I'm breaking down Cookies up the street from Melrose
Repetition of line 1, reinforcing emotional struggles.
I feel like the Rock, I drop my peoples elbows
Repetition of line 2, emphasizing the feeling of power and success.
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