Top G (Symba) - Play It Loud Podcast S3E4 - Now Ya Talking Network

Breaking down the lyrics of Symba's 2023 song 'Top G' with @j.solo and @once.key. We discuss the themes of success, self-empowerment, and the challenges of achieving goals. Join the conversation and let us know your thoughts! #Simba #TopG #LyricBreakdown #Success #SelfEmpowerment #Challenges #HipHop

00:00:00 FULL
00:00:00 Simba
00:01:11 TIPG
00:02:18 Pillow Talk To 100,000
00:03:45 Challenges that people face when they achieve their goals
00:05:18 Shout Out To The Dads
00:08:07 Gerald Jones on Raising a Family in Public Housing
00:11:42 Generation Of Validation
00:14:06 Why Men Chase Women
00:16:29 Should Men Be Able to Lead The Household?
00:19:25 Charleston White on Crime and Community
00:22:49 Clap That Man On!
00:23:58 Why Do People Need Personal Connections To Celebrate Their Success?
00:27:06 How To Handle The People Think You've Changed or Abandoned Them
00:29:58 "You Ain't An Expert"
00:31:43 What Keeps People From Applying Their Knowledge?
00:34:39 Ex-Married Rap Stars on Showing Off Their Success (
00:38:19 J.Solo

Transcript

When I was younger, I prayed for this power. I just wish they would have told me this don't come with flowers. All right, so we got special guests in the building. Your girl, Keith, we ain't seen her in a minute, but she back in this thing. She came to help us out, and we gonna do the breakdown of a song that she selected herself personally. This song by Simba. Simba Top G a ah single he released in 2023. Unknown producer. But the beat be jamming. The horns and all that be jamming. That's what got me. Yes. And if you know Simba, you know Simba got them bars. He got this substance, straight lyrics. He's like a new era of Jada kiss to me. Yeah, I'm feeling. And I ain't even know he was from Cali. Yeah, he from Cali, man. It kind of threw me off with, like, his beat selection. Right. It kind of feels that grime and gritty. Mm hmm. But I guess he a west coast Jada kiss. That's what it feel like to be. That's what it is. Before we get into the episode, let me give y'all a quick breakdown of what the song is about. TOpG is a song that explores themes of success, wealth, and self empowerment. The lyrics describe symbol's journey to the top, his experiences with fame and fortune, and determination to stay ahead. The song also touches on his relationships and importance of loyalty and trust. Let's get into it. I said the world effed up. You just don't understand what y'all gonna do about it. Hmm? What are y'all gonna do about it? Is there something you really can do about it besides be selfish and help yourself? Ain't nothing you can do about that. That's life. It's the world. It's just trying to deal with the chaos. Yeah, you right. There's nothing really we can do about how the world is. Pray about it, do what you can for you and your family and, ah, try to make it the best. Well, we already know the world messed up and everybody know it. It just is what it is, man. Uh, let's get it to the next bar. Pillow talking to 100,000. So it's not really a complex bar. It's not really too much substance in it. But to me, I picked this up as sometimes, you know, count your money, count your blessings and mind your business. That's true. So the question that go with it, do you talk to your money and mind your business? I talk to my money all the time and mind my business. Cause I don't. Hey, when I'm talking money, I need y'all to get out my business so I can keep this money flowing. Pillow talking to, uh, 100 rats. Listen, you definitely got to just count your money, count your blessings. For real. Get out the way. Cause boy, people gonna try to block you from what you trying to do, man. And don't let them find out about that pillow talk with that hundred thousand, boy, you can't let them know what you got. Cause they gonna play, they gonna come up with all kind of schemes and talking about, hey, man, you doing anything with your money? No, I ain't doing nothing. Right. Nothing at all. How you even know you in my business? For real? Definitely keep people out of your business with that pillow talk, with that honey thou. Yes. Uh, next. Um, one. When I was younger, I prayed for this power. I just wish they would have told me this don't come with flowers. That's deep. That's so deep. That's so deep. That's so deep. Let's get into the. You want to say something before I get into the question? Get into the question. Hit it. What are some common challenges or, uh, unexpected consequences that people face when they achieve their long sought after goals or gain power? A lot of people take it to the head and don't realize they got that power. Mhm. So I could see why it says the flowers and you ain't know that they come with all that. Cause a lot of people, they feel they don't even know they have their powers, right. And they don't realize it until it's too late. It's kind of like king talk. Like it is. It's deep. Once you get to a place where you accomplishing your goals and doing things that you done sought after, like some people, you know, they resent that because they ain't made no move on what they trying to do and accomplish. But they see you out here hustling, bustling and trying to figure out how to achieve your goals and try to figure out, you know what I'm saying, how to get to what you trying to do. People, hm. Resent that, man. They don't like that. Cause they don't want to take the risk. Mhm. To try to do what they want to do. Uh, just reach something simple, man. Baby step it, right. Set out small goals. To set out small baby steps. Breadcrumbs. Break it down to your big goal. Exactly. Like take baby steps. Cut this, cut that, do this, do that. To get to the bigger goal. But right. People, you know, they hate. They hate on that. They do. But at the end of the day, a lot of these people are given the tools, but they don't realize they have those tools or don't know what to do with them. So they dropping tools and asking questions. Listen, you got the tools that goes right into this next bar for me. Never lived in public housing. Mama always found a way to keep us grounded. I love you, Mama. Love your mama. Shout out to the dads too. Yeah, dads too. Most of the songs, they always shouting out the mama. Shout out to the dads. We out here in these streets. They out here. Mama be pushing though, getting that baby up out of there. But yeah, that shout out to the dads also, um, like, they're never living in public housing. That's hard. If y'all been tuning in, y'all know I always talk about the whole growing up hard situation and people discrediting how they grew up and be lying on their parents, talking about they grew up hard and all that. Man, them people did the best they could for you, but you wanna act like you grew up a certain way. Mhm. Like lies. Yeah, lies. I'm just coming out my lies. Say you grew up hard. Why you even want to say that? That's my thing. That's just what it is. I, uh, grew up in the projects. Rats and roaches and all that. So you were born before me? I don't know. Did we live in the projects at one point in time? We did. It wasn't very long, but I don't remember. It's a start off going back to that bar about, you know, giving the tools and stuff. So you giving those things, you gotta deal with these life, you gonna have to deal with life's challenges and stuff. But we did. We stayed in it for a little while. I don't remember it. Yeah, we did. I don't remember. And I ain't taking credit for growing up hard either. Me neither, man. Hey, me either. I'm with you on that. Definitely not taking that credit. But I appreciate, you know, where I was when we was living in those projects. It was a lot of experiences, a lot of things that I seen and didn't wanna see that made me wanna be better for myself. Right. You know? So it's just, it's supposed to be a pit stop, right? But some people don't wanna leave and rep it to the death. Right. It's like, bro, eventually you gotta get up out of there. Uh, or not. Yeah, they get comfortable. That's the option too, though. Or not. Or not. Stay gone. Hey, go on, stay there. You can stay. They gonna have you get comfortable. Shout out to all the people that find a way out of there. Keep yourself grounded, and, you know, deals you had to do to get up out of there, man. Right? Cause I'm always gonna change my sheets, right? I'm up out of there. Uh, you know what I always say, too? I think I said this before, just cause you living in public housing or the projects or whatever, that's not an excuse to be dirty. It's not, bro. My house gonna be clean even though I'm in there, like, oh, her house clean even though you in the project, you ain't got to be dirty. Uh, no, that's not a requirement, right. You must be better than yourself. That's just giving you some room. Hey. Right? Uh, the question that go with that, what factors or, uh, circumstances contribute to your family's ability to avoid living in public housing, man? Education. Get your job. Education. Um, self belief. Mm hmm. Shoot, man, we grew up with some. Our parents are hustlers. They gonna get it. They gonna get to it. They gonna work. They gonna hustle. They gonna find a way to make the situation better. Now, we had good times too, in those projects. I don't remember. I ain't grow up hard. We ate. Me neither. Brought like, hey, they say it was hard, but it wasn't hard. We had a good time. We did everything. We had holidays, we had pools, we had all that stuff in the projects. I'm with you. Yeah. Next bar, Nana died. My family got divided. My uncle lost his mind, and the nigga never found it. Huh. How does loss of a loved one affect the family's well being and mental health? You know, them grandmothers, the grandfathers also. If y'all had those, a lot of people didn't grow up with them. And I had the chance to grow up with mine. And they were beasts. And they ain't wanting nothing but the best and tried to make everything the best, right? Losing that in the direction that they was trying to give and the knowledge. And once those people are gone, it's hard to cope. But I be wishing that a person can pick up and be having enough strength to carry that on. That's what we need out here. You ain't gonna live forever. Mhm. You know, so, yeah, that's deep for me. I miss my grandparents every day, but that don't make me not want to stand in their shoes and stand up for the next ones. That's facts there. Shout out to big a, man. Everybody know big a. Big a was a soldier. Yeah. Big a gonna say what's on her mind. She gonna let you know if you're doing too much, she gonna get cussed out. Yeah. And she gonna let. She gonna let everybody know. You buy one for one, you gonna buy them from all. Listen, the structure. That was the structure. Like, I think, uh. Cause I was young, man. I was young. But I definitely remember, um, big a getting on people's heads when they was doing too much, where they tried to be with all that selfish stuff and try to say nobody did nothing for them and all that. She'll let you know real quick. And she would put your business out there. Sure will. How you gonna say that? With such and such just was riding there for your blind. She gonna tell everybody about it. The neighbor gonna hear it. What did she say? You better believe it. Better believe it. That was her thing. Mf m. You better believe it. Yeah. Um, like, I think. I don't know, man. Like, it's a responsibility that some people don't want to carry when no type of figures be gone. A lot of people just lose they way they do. Stuck in the loop. Don't know they next steps and don't know how to reach out to people. Like I said before going back to the tools, like you were giving them, like, use them, man. A lot of people dropping them. But that's what I'm saying. That's a whole theme that's probably going to be on the rest of this song. Yeah. People act like they grew up hard and ain't nobody did nothing and gave them no information for nothing. How right it was right in your face. How you got all these family members, everybody doing all right with you? M everybody. How does that work? Right? Where were you at? Yeah. When all the dogs needed help, right? Where were you at? Cause I recall you being right there. Yeah, boy. Um. Let's get it to the next bar in a generation of validation, where niggas always on vacation from their mama basement. What happens when a generation prioritizes seeking validation and avoids responsibility by living in comfort rather than taking charge of their own lives and future? That's it. Get out that basement. Get out of there. Ah, you ain't gonna never. Hey. You ain't gonna never be able to see what's out there. Get out. Uh, that basement, dog. Why you staying scared? So let's say this about this old fake validation is what they seeking. Fake validation, social media, all that. And I ain't gonna lie like you post something you get over a thousand likes or something like that. It give you a feeling. Endorphins and stuff boosting in your body. But like, at the same time, you gotta realize, man, it's just these people don't even know you. And they just liking it just to be scrolling or whatever. M, you can't take that as real validation. You know what I'm saying? You gotta have self belief, self confidence and stuff like that, man. Don't seek all this fake validation. Cause it's really a fantasy. It's nothing. It don't mean nothing. It's nothing. Like all them likes and all that cannot translate. Well, it can. Cause you can monetize. But like, far as morally and yourself, that's not for the translator. Exactly. They ain't going to translate to nothing. They not going to see that. Cause if they don't like it or, uh, don't share it, then what you gonna do then, right? And plus, you probably ain't gonna know about it, right? So, um, far as the people in that basement though, what's, you know, them, the people that still living at their mama house, still living off their girlfriends, but they on the Internet, boy, they doing it. Doing it big time. Boy, I got everything too. Boy, they doing it on the Internet, boy, they got rental cars talking about, I just bought this and this. Owning nothing ain't on nothing. Hey, what happens when that stuff start disappearing? What's the excuse then, right? You still in that basement and m, what you got to prove? Yeah, nothing. You ain't did nothing. It's fake validation. Get out of that basement. Get on your grind. Look. Or not. Stay in that voice. Be comfortable. Cause that's what you like. Or not. You can stay right up in that thing, man. That's why you be feeling like you feeling about others, right? Let's get it to the next bar. These women turned dudes to occupation. If women was running to them, these dudes would still be chasing them. How did societal expectations affect how men treat women? And why do men often prioritize chasing women over other important things? That's that upbringing. Like, you supposed to be standing on business as a man. So I'm gonna say this. You know what I'm saying? Cause she's here. She's the reason I, uh, respond or don't respond to certain women or certain girls out here. Nonsense. Ain't got time for that. So I've noticed in life, you know what I'm saying? The more you ignore women, the more attention they gonna want from you. Exactly. With certain women, they gonna want your attention. Cause it's like they already think they is what it is. So if you don't pay them no mind, no glimpse or nothing, and just walk past them, I guarantee they be on your head, man. I, uh, promise you. Who that? Who that is why he ain't doing this? Man, listen. Cause they gonna be mad. I can't believe he just walked right past me. M right. I been seeing you. You opened the door, but I already see, you know what I'm saying? What you looking for, how you dress, the attention that you seeking. I ain't even finna give you the energy. You'll be over here later, you'll be over there later. You know what to look for. Uh, okay, but as men, I speak on this. As men, like, we gotta prioritize important stuff over just chasing women, man. It's more than that. There's things that got to be done. We here to do things, take care of what you need to be doing. The women will follow you. Stop giving them all the energy. I promise. Exactly. They gonna pull up on you. You asking for it. I got this advice right here. Early in life, shout out ya. And on the women's behalf. Well, uh, me, I'm an independent. Mhm. So I do my own thing. So for all y'all women out there that see them as opportunities, sometimes, man, lean on your own, sometimes they gonna come to you anyway. Yeah, man, all that dependency and seeing that as an opportunity for you like that, you gotta get on yours too. Mm hmm. I don't need to be leaning on you too much. We gonna lean together, so we both gonna get on the same track. So while we on that conversation, this takes something a little bit deeper. How do you feel? Cause I know the dynamics of men and women is changing, especially with all the opportunities and everything and wages changing. Mm hmm. Do you still feel like men should be able to lead the household? Nah, not anymore. No? No. Uh, I always, always felt like it was a together thing, uh, all of that. My grandma, grandfather, my granddaddy used to be the guy, so he did everything. My grandma would cook or whatever. She did a little job here and there, but I feel like it lasts longer. It's a lot more comfortable when it's both shared. Cause, man, it's harder. It's different now, you know, we both tied. Hey, let's break this up. I'm with you. Like, um. Cause I say for a man to cover everything and lead all that stuff, I mean, it's a lot, you know, we built for it. We got the shoulders and all that. But, like, at the same time, I'm willing to listen if my spouse or significant other is more, uh, uh, experienced or got more expertise, expertise in a certain situation. I'm going with your decision. I'm not finna be the idiot and run the family down the wrong path just because I'm the man and I'm supposed to know all this if I don't know and you know more than me. Let's do it. Let's run with your decision. Yeah. And that will go a long way. Yeah, it'll go a long way. So strong on that. Right. You know. Cause as a female, uh, at once appointed time, they was like, oh, we ain't listening to the women. They don't know what they talking about, and blah, blah, blah, you know. But so I appreciate you saying that because, like, there's a lot of things that, you know, men would be like, nah, we ain't gonna let the women handle this or not want to have our opinion about things because they always felt like, you know, they had to be the ones to run that. So I appreciate you saying that because it takes a lot of pressure off of men m to make these decisions all the time about what's gonna be what. So I appreciate that. Yeah. Just something I've been thinking about, man. Cause it's like. Cause I'm the man, I gotta make all the decisions even though I'm not educated in the area. Yeah. And now that's gonna affect the whole family cause of just being an idiot and just going blindly just cause I'm the man. But, like, yeah, that's just something I been thinking about, man. That's what I say, man. You can't just sit here chasing each other in circles. Right. Men chasing women, women chasing men. And it's just, you know, a cycle, like, what are we doing? No knowledge. Like, for real? Yeah, that bar tough, man. Yeah. Uh, that's it. That set. That bar is really set up. I like that, too. That's one of my favorite ones, too. So let's get it to the next bar. My auntie said back in the day, all that snitching was dangerous. These days, once you glorify it, it make you famous. But I can't fall into the matrix. Damn right. So I say this with the whole, uh, what's our guy name? Charleston White. I think he troll a lot in what he be doing, but at the same time, he be having a message in it. But he's trolling because he's getting paid from it like it's glorified. He's going viral. He's getting paid. He's making money. I don't think he believe on every. I don't think he believe in everything that he say. I just think a lot of that stuff just be clickbait or whatever, or it just be like, an over the top, extreme example of what should be happening in the neighborhoods and in the culture. Yeah. This is the question that go with it, and it's gonna break down what I'm saying. How essential is it to strike a balance between encouraging accountability and maintaining trust within the community, huh? We gotta be accountable for our actions. Yes. There's gotta be some kind of trust in the community, because if, uh, I get caught stealing out the stove, that's on me. I don't need you to snitch. It was him. It wasn't me. He did this, that and the third. I don't need you to snitch on every little thing that you see in our, uh, community. Right, man, if I'm caught and I'm in the criminal world, I'm, um, caught, right. That's on you. Let the courts play it out, right? If it's a loophole and I'm getting out, let them do it. Let them do it. Come on, man. Y'all need to sit. Bite sometimes. Don't be sitting there with your hand up. Yeah, it was. Hey, I got all of it. I'm Reagan. No, man. Like, I think it need to be a balance of that. I think so, too. I agree. A balance of minding your business. Yeah, minding your business and telling when somebody is 1000% wrong. I'm telling you. And that's like when kids, somebody mess with kids. Old ladies getting, uh, not old lady, but old people getting taken advantage of. Right. That's supposed to be off limits anyway, right? And you ain't supposed to mess with the working man. Thank you. Leave him alone. Man or woman. You m ain't supposed to mess with them people. Let the criminals do what they do. They gonna get caught. Why? They go get caught. Why? That's what they going to work to do. Let them do that now. Yeah. It need to be a balance. It need to be a balance. Yeah, it do, man. For real. Cause it's just real good. It's way too much snitching out here. Yeah. Close your mouth. Hush. Tell on the right things, man. Tell on you. Right. Let's get it to the next boss. I mean, I played this nice long enough. It's a lot of niggas who feel like they can't cheer for a nigga. Cause they had nothing to do with the success. That's tough. That is. That's tough. That's one of my favorites. Why you can't cheer for me? Cause you ain't had nothing to do with my success. Why, man? Why? Why can't you do that for me, though? And you know, that's got a lot to do with the culture, boy, listen. The culture dead. Oh, man. Boom, boom, boom, boom. For real, though, what happened to cheering for somebody? You ain't even got to know these people. Why you can't just cheer for somebody who's changing their situation, you know what I'm saying? They trying to do better. Why you can't cheer for that, man? And clap that man on. What's wrong with that? That got a lot to do with that mental health, boy. And let's talk about this. Hold on, before we get into the question for this right here. Cause it get deeper than this. Yeah, it. Dude, the whole. I think this got something to do with the whole. I put them on conversation. Yeah, yeah. Danny, Danny, if you tuned in, we back on putting on conversation. I helped to do it. Like, did you really put me on? Did you really help me, though? Did you? Cause you recommended it. Like, you get a little credit, but you ain't fully put me there. Me on. You ain't fully go out here, go out your way and do this for me. Why you can't just chill for me if I did it by myself, right? Give me my m. I see you. That's it, right? I see you. Uh, congratulations. All right, so let's get into the question. Why do people feel they need a personal connection or involvement in someone's achievements in order to genuinely celebrate their success? And what are the consequences of this mindset? You are a hater. That is the consequence. You are a sucker for not celebrating all day. All. Ah, day haters. Um, shout out to my og, because this dude here is different. He's a different dude, man. Uh. A lot of questions that I be having about life and all that, and he breaks it down. He m said, and this is crazy. I struggle with this. Somebody you don't even mess with, you don't got no dealings with no more in life. Something done happened where y'all split up and broke up. But he said, if I see them doing good and they done did something they been trying to work on when we was cool, and they get it done, even though we ain't cool. No more. I'm happy for them. Exactly. And I'm like, man, hey, God ain't through with me yet. I'm trying to. Hey, you'll get there. Cause I've learned, man, listen. Yeah, God ain't done with me yet, dawg. I've learned. You know what? It's a process to get there too. Mhm. But you'll get there. And it feel good too at the end of the day. Because even like I said, the tools, they be dropping them on the flow. But you got yours. So, hey, I'm finna let you know that I got these same tools you had. And I'm so happy for you. God ain't dope me yet, y'all. Yo, like, that's growth. That's a lot of growth. It is. That's big steps, man. Uh, I'm there a little bit, but I ain't fully there yet. There's so many suckers out here, though. Um, it's too many suckers, though. Uh, that's the part that's to try to get across that suckerness type thing. But why do people feel like they need that connection or, uh, involvement to give you genuine, you know, celebrate you genuinely, like, why do they feel like they need that connection for that? I feel as though those people not even happy or comfortable in themselves. M. Like you say you haven't gotten there. They haven't really gotten there. Uh, but they want to display like they have gotten there by wanting to take the credit. Yeah, you know, uh, it's a credit thing. Mm hm hmm. See, they adding up points. Uh, you just saw. Ah, my. They ain't got there to celebrate me. I ain't got there to celebrate them. Even I don't mess with this. Exactly. It's a feeling. It's a feeling. Oh, man. Hey, shout out to simba, man. It's tough. Shout out, man. It's tough, man. Check out the song top g by simba. Check it out. It's tough, man. It is. Uh. Let's get it to the next bar. I'm in million dollar meetings now. Millions now. Niggas think I'm changing cause I ain't bring em. They won't understand. They won't understand. I ain't in no million dollar meetings. But I done been in meetings with people whose have a whole different upbringing, whole different lifestyle than people I done grew up with, how I done grew up. And it just. Some people can't. These meetings are not for everybody. No, it's not the way they gonna be talking in these meetings, people gonna feel like they getting disrespected. They tried them. They trying to talk to me like I'm stupid. It's like, no, if, uh, I bring you to the meeting, just sit down and listen. I'll explain it to you later, but I'd rather not even bring you to the meeting. That's them credit people. Cause you can't handle it. Exactly. They won't understand. They won't understand. They won't credit attention. So how can you handle others thinking you've changed or abandoned them? Um, when you achieve success, you know what like you say, you working on that, man. Hey, I'm working on that. I'm working on that. Handling the people that think you done changed or abandoned them. Right. Uh, I mean, to be real, you are, you are leaving them, though. Yeah. Because you chasing your goals and your dreams or whatever you trying to accomplish, and you are leaving them. But they won't understand. But they don't want to go. Yeah. And they won't understand. I'm still the same person I've been, but it's like, for me personally and my family, I'm taking a different path for what I'm trying to do financially. Um, ain't even got to be financially, like personally, spiritually. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like I'm on a different wave right now. I'm still me. You still hit me up, you know what I'm saying? But like, it's just gonna be a different energy. I'm gonna. I see stuff different now. Exactly. It's a different world. Yeah. I don't know how to handle it. I don't either. Ate all. I can't handle you. And what you feeling like though, bro? Like. Cause I'm moving, I'm elevating the way that I wanna go. I, uh, think that's something they gotta handle. Yeah, I agree. I don't think that's on us because, like, what are you supposed to do, not do it, right? Cause I ain't gonna stop. I'm not finna stop. And we not supposed to do it. I think that's more on them. Right. And I ain't gonna go and be comfortable, man. My boy, then, you know, he done found something new in his life and trying to, you know, hey, I'll just give him his space. We link up when we link up. That's not on me to, uh, try to drag you. And if I tell you about it, I'm gonna tell you about it a couple times. If you don't move on it or get interested. I'm gone. Yeah, I'm out. Yeah, I'm gone. You still cool, though, you know what I'm saying? Hit me up. See, you doing good. See that? So you can do that. I can, but that's just on, you know what I'm saying? On a different level. On a different level. That's. On a different level. It means it's a different situation. You taking credit for my success, though? Yeah, I can't be having that. But you could do it. You could do it. Let's get it to the next boss. You ever seen a million dollars? Huh? Huh? Nigga, me neither. So how the can you tell me to play my situation like you would when you ain't never been in it with this, I done got a little growth with it. I give people a little grace because they try to give you some information. Some people try to give you some information, even though it might be completely wrong, but they rock with you, so they might give you a little input. So I gave a little grace for this. But some people haven't been in this situation. They don't know nobody been in this situation, have no experience, never seen it on tv, TikTok, none of them. Hey, dog, uh, just be quiet. Just be quiet. Be like, hey, dawg, I don't know, but see what it's about, right? That's it. You ain't got to be no expert for me, dog. Right? They put on, people be putting on, man. I think it's imaginary minds, you know, people put them in places that they have never been. That's like taking a picture and you on vacation somewhere. Actually, you not even on vacation. You in your basement with a background, the basement people. So you know what I mean? Like. But you trying to tell me how to play the song, right? Exactly. And you in the basement, right? Come on, dawg. And I'm open to information, but, like, you got to give me something, man. Uh, you got to give me something. Just agreeing, you know, that's a tough line. Yeah. Let's get it to the next one. If you know all the answers, why you ain't did it or ain't winning? Why do people often pose knowledge and understanding, but fail to apply to achieve their own goals or make a meaningful difference? And what prevents them from turning their knowledge into action, right? Hmm. Nosy. Worrying about yours but not worrying about theirs. I think the Internet has messed this junk up, man. It's too many gurus. Mhm. That don't know nothing. Right? It's some people you have a conversation with, let's just say you ask a question about, just say boxing or something. They don't know nothing about boxing. You know they don't know nothing about boxing, right. You ask them a question. Oh, yeah, I know that. Like, how do you. You don't know that. Gotta put your foot in here. They pull out their phone and it's on Google, right. You don't know that. That's not you. No one knows that. What are you talking about? That ain't come from you up here. And if you do know the information, why you not applying it, right. To achieve what you trying to do, right. It's either you really learn, you lazy to feel like it done kicked in. Mhm. You defeat it. You ain't got no self confidence. Mhm. Or it's just you fear. That's it. Fear. It's all of those things. It's fear, man. Like, you sit here and tell me, but you ain't did nothing, right. You did nothing. The next bar that go with this, niggas with opinions need to go apply to be critics. That's where you need to code, boy. Use your expertise, they go get paid. That's right. That's right. You got all this Google information, use it. You the guru. You to know it all. You supposed to know all this game and all this information. Don't use it to be a critic and criticize or give people information. You know what I'm saying? And it sounds hypocritical. Cause we only here giving our input. We are stuff, but we done been through it. We experienced a lot of this stuff. Give me what I know, do what we do, but I ain't telling you to follow. Start your podcast. Right, right. Get you one. Join us, uh, something at least. We applying it, right. We're applying our knowledge and our game, trying to give back, you know what I'm saying? Uh, the question that go with that, shouldn't those who speak with confidence and conviction also demonstrate a depth of knowledge and understanding, support their views? Yes, you should absolutely. Show me you know what you talking about. Absolutely. If not, ain't nobody trying to hear her. Exactly. You could dress how you want to all day, but if you ain't got nothing behind it, right. You ain't got nothing behind what you saying. Hold on, let me see. Hold up. Let me what it says. You don't know it. Google knows it. Google knows it, man. Let's get it to the next bar. The rap game got effed up when street niggas realized rappers was making more money than the drug dealers. I think it watered down some of, like, the hip hop element. Yeah, it has. Where you had to have technique bars. Right. Some kind of skill and all that. But we got the outliers. We got ti, we got jeezy, we got Gucci. Right. That kind of broke that mold to where they actually brought, uh, two chains, that substance. Yes. With it. You know what I'm saying? Some of these dudes, it ain't work out. That ain't. And then for them, too, when they was coming, you know, and they was first coming and stuff, it wasn't about a look that much neither. So a lot of these, they think it's a look. Yeah. Ti was tough. Jeezy was kind of weak when he first hit. He was, uh, the beats was hard. But if you go back and listen to some of that early jeezy, it went, by the way, you be like, what's that? This ad, uh, lib to death. For real. You ain't saying nothing, jeezy. Nah. Got the trap. Yeah. And then it'll be a pause and then a beat. A trap. But ti rock that funk, though. Yeah. Ti. Ti. Far as that trap, I think Ti is top tier when it come to that jeezy right there with him now. But, like, Ti is the top tier for that. Cause Ti has some balls. Yeah, he did. Uh, far as the lyrical and all that rubber band, man, I think he kind of messed it up a little bit, but they kind of revived it, man. Yeah. Um, let's get it to the next bar. Ooh. I still double back on my exes just to show em. Show off. They could have lived like my baby mama if they focused. Pay attention, ladies. Like I said before, y'all gotta show y'all selves better than them eyelashes. Ooh, lord. Uh, please don't do the eyelashes. I ain't gonna do it. What I'm gonna do is looking like, uh, what Mark called them camels. Hump day. Like, hump day, man. It's more than just that, dog. Just grow your lashes and curl them or something, dawg. This young, uh, is out of hand, man. Show y'all skills. I'm mad at God. Dang. I see it all the time. Nobody asks for this. Ain't no man ask for these lashes, but they got him. Ain't nobody asked for this. They got bottom ones, too. I ain't hating, though. Some of them be nice, though. I ain't gonna. Some of em be nice. Cause it be simple. But that dramatically out here, on hump, huh? Day. Nah, hump day. Why do people feel they need to prove that success to former partners? And what does that hope to achieve by showing them the life they could have had? That's, uh, a turn off. God working on me. Well, boy, listen, I don't do it like that no more. But the exes, boy, listen. Boy, y'all don't even know about that. Leave that alone. That's a part of growth. I ain't gonna lie with you. Forgive me. I done seen a couple. Boy, they look bad out here. I'm trying to tell you. Hey, that's the reason why I hit her with that 50 cent, boy, you was the fan in high school. What the happened to you? For real? They walk around and look like you ain't never seen, dog. Man, listen. I don't know. It give me a sense of, uh. I can't help it. A hole still in me. God working on me, dog. Trying to work on it, but I can't help it. You know what I'm saying? I'm Jsolo now. I'm no longer aob working on this. I'm telling you, I no longer working on it. But it gives you a sense of, like, yeah, uh, you done messed up out here in these streets. Yeah. Hey, especially the ones that was always like, oh, you need me. I do. Especially the ones who want the bad boys. The niggas who grew up hard. Exactly. Oh, you got the ones that grow up hard now. You full of babies by yourself. Nah, you got some baggage, baby. Hey, man, they give me a sense of satisfaction. I ain't gonna lie. God working on me. M y'all forgive me, though, but it's life. It's experience, man. Like, uh, you know, you learn from stuff like that. And sometimes they need to be shown. Y'all could have. Y'all should have been focused. Yeah. Cymbal, Teddy. You should have been focused. Could have been a different life. Get your shit together. It's over. That's my guy. Simple. This the last bar, man. Uh, appreciate y'all for tuning in and staying locked in with us so far, man. Hopefully we giving y'all some games, some insight on this, man, and some more stuff to talk about later. Yes. So, hey, man, with that being said, appreciate y'all for tuning in. It's your boy, j solo. It's your girl key in the building. I'm hoping y'all feeling the backdrop back here, man. We ain't green screen no more. I hope y'all you know what I'm saying, this is some of my personal favorite albums back here in the back. You coming back, y'all? I'm not coming back. I got my own music back here in the back, man. I might start redistributing that. Uh, I'm not rocking no more. You should. I'm gonna break these lyrics down that other people say that touch me and like, something I would have said, but I'm not doing this no more. We gonna get one song out on one day, though. Maybe, man. Maybe, man. Shout out for y'all. Tuning in. Um, submit your songs next song that y'all want us to do, and we'll lock in, break it down, have a conversation about it, man. Y'all tune in. 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