Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Lyrical reasoning

Recently catching this phrase from a contemporary hip-hop song I found myself trying to pull it apart in my head and analyze it.

"I’m the opposite of moderate, immaculately polished with the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid.
Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics."


Some definitions:

Moderate:

-kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense:
-a person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, esp. in politics or religion
-to become less violent, severe, intense, or rigorous

Polished:

-To free from coarseness; refine
-To remove flaws from; perfect or complete
-Elegance of style or manners; refinement
-showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

Hustler:

-an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter
-a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler
-an expert gambler or game player who seeks out challengers, esp. unsuspecting amateur ones, in order to win money from them

Swagger:

-a proud stiff pompous gait
-act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
-to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air
-swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit

Counterfeit:

-made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged
-a copy
-not genuine; imitating something superior
-Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical

Impartial:

-not partial or biased; fair
-showing lack of favoritism
-free from undue bias or preconceived opinions

Politics:

-the science or art of political government
-the practice or profession of conducting political affairs
- use of intrigue or strategy in obtaining any position of power or control, as in business, university, etc.
-The often internally conflicting interrelationships among people in a society

I'm still thinking on and dissecting these lyrics, but I wanted to toss them out there, along with these definitions. Feedback would be great! I of course have my own conclusion, but I'm curious about yours...

What pops in your head about the artist of this? Do/Can you apply this to yourself in any way? And most importantly...do you have that swagger???

3 comments:

Kimberly said...

I like your blog, Tiffany! and you lool really pretty in the pics! Blessings!

Becky Arnold said...

Ryan and I watched Narnia: Prince Caspian, Batman: the Dark Knight, Get Smart, and Kung Fu Panda. The first two were over two hours long but very good, especially the Narnia one. And Kung Fu Panda is hilarious!

TKB said...

Ok, so I can see those movies holding my attention. I've seen them all and they were so good! Especially Dark Knight...sad though.