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Friday , March 12, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: Wasted vs. Wasted
I'm not trying to say I think I'm better than Jay-Z. I don't think I'm better than Jay-Z. Which isn't to say that I think I'm worse than Jay-Z. I don't think I'm worse than Jay-Z. I think Jay-Z and I are exactly equal.
On Tuesday, nogoodforme reader and fellow Cancerian Taylor was kind enough to ask me the exact sort of question that I spend my entire life wishing people would ask me: What are your Jay-Z spirit songs? The answer to that question is, of course, there's only one, which is: The Grey Album version of "Allure".I love it so much more than "Dear Prudence" by the Beatles, which it samples. The lyric "I got a thing for them big-bodied Benzes; it dulls my senses," demonstrates an astounding degree of self-criticism and self-reflectiveness on Jay-Z's end, and I totally, definitely, 100% agree with "The allure of breaking the law is always too much for me to ever ignore." I'm a warrior; a criminal. I love it when Jay-Z calls himself "Young," it's so cute and cool to me. Most importantly, "Allure" by Jay-Z has my name in it. "All the Lauras of the world, I feel your pain," raps Jay-Z. That's ME he's talking about! It's true! I am one of the Lauras of the world, and Jay-Z just ADMITTED that he feels my pain! So that's amazing. It makes me feel really felt, and shit.
There is one lyric in "Allure" that I always loved so dearly- it, you know, motivated me. Then, I realized it isn't a real lyric from "Allure"; It was a mishear all along. Still, I hugely prefer my mishear to the actual lyric, so I just pretend that the lyric is my mishear, still. Although the actual lyric means pretty much the same thing as my mishear, my mishear is undeniably cooler. So, I was thinking, that maybe next time you listen to "Allure" by Jay-Z, you might want to hear the lyric as my mishear, as I do, because it works a lot better, in my opinion.
Here is the real lyric: Man, I'm high off life; fuck it, I'm wasted.
Here is my mishear: Man, I'm high up, like, fuckin' I'm wasted.
Yeah? You know? Mine's so slack and chill. "High off life," is just never a cool thing to say, I don't think. "High off life"? Don't get "high off life." Get high off drugs.
Tags: Allure, Ask Us Anything, Dear Prudence, drugz, Laura Jane vs. Jay-Z, motivation, Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week, The Grey Album
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Friday , March 5, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: The "Jay-Z's Wives" Special Edition At the beginning of this past week, I sent my friend Kritty a text message reading something along the lines of, "Life is so good these days!" She responded with the most brilliant text message I have ever received. It read, By summertime, we'll all be Jay-Z's wives! I took the joke and ran with it. Now I say "By summertime, we'll all be Jay-Z's wives!" constantly! It's the "Welcome To My Book Collection" of today. The "By summertime, we'll all be Jay-Z's wives" bon mot works best if you phrase it like how, before they were stars, John Lennon would ask the other Beatles, "Where are we going, Fellas?" and all the other Beatles would say, "To the top, Johnny!" and then John Lennon would ask, "Where's that, Fellas?" and then all the other Beatles would yell, "TO THE TOPPERMOST OF THE POPPERMOST!" So this is something I highly recommend that you and all your female friends incorporate into your vernaculars. "What will we all be by summertime?" you'll ask. "JAY-Z'S WIVES!" they'll scream. 
ABOVE: A taste of what this summer will be like. For all of us
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Friday , February 26, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: The "Takeover" Special Edition
There is a solution to every problem, and that solution is always: listen to "Hey Jude" by the Beatles, and then listen to "Takeover" by Jay-Z. You could also try listening to "Takeover" first; it's pretty irrelevant. But yeah- the wisdom provided by the lyrical content of these two songs together will illuminate any troublesome situation you could, or will, ever find yourself struggling to navigate.
Take my word for it on this one. I used to make the most terrible choices. I'd listen to "Hey Jude" for guidance, and then I'd feel all soppy and emotional, and then I'd make soppy and emotional choices, which always blew up in my face. Then, thanks to Elizabeth Barker, I figured out that "Takeover" is the second-greatest song of all time, after "Hey Jude", so I started listening to "Takeover" for guidance in its place. It made me feel vengeful and aggro, and then I started making vengeful, aggro choices, which always blew up in my face.
Moral of the story? Soppy + Emotional + Vengeful + Aggro= Rational + Intelligent. I'm not sure how that one works out, but trust me, it just does. It's the Pythagorean Theorum of its day.
Anyway, there are way too many motivational lyrics in "Takeover" for me to choose just one. Because I'm a nice person, I went through all the trouble of copy and pasting the lyrics to the entire song from one of those sketchy-looking lyrics websites (sing365.com), and then bolding my favourite parts. I eliminated the choruses because the chorus is non-motivational. And that's so LAAAAAAME.
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The takeover, the break's over, Nigga
God MC- me, Jay-Hova
Hey Lil' Soldier, you ain't ready for war
R.O.C. too strong for y'all
It's like bringin' a knife to a gunfight, pen to a test
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Friday , February 19, 2010
Motivational/Adorable Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: 02.15- 02.21
"Sensitive thugs, you all need hugs."
- Jay-Z, "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)"
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Friday , February 12, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: The Valentine's Day Edition "Today, I got my thoroughest girl with me. I'm mashin' the gas, she's grabbin' the wheel- it's trippy how hard she rides with me." -Jay-Z, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" (SO CUTE!!!)
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Friday , February 5, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: 02.01- 02.07
"Either love me, or leave me alone."
-Jay-Z, "Public Service Announcement"
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Friday , January 29, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: 01.25- 01.31
"He who does not feel me is not real to me; therefore, he doesn't exist, so poof -- VAMOOSE, SON OF A BITCH!"
- Jay-Z, "Izzo (H.O.V.A)"
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Friday , January 22, 2010
Motivational Jay-Z Lyric of the Week: 1.18- 1.24
"Y'all muh'fuckers better run to the post office and get a job, muh'fuckers. Or starve, muh'fuckers. 'Cause Jay's been the only one eatin' thus far, Sub-par Muh'fuckers. Naw - even though ya hate, I LOVE y'all muh'fuckers. Friend, or Foe- y'all all my muh'fuckers."
- Jay-Z, "Hola' Hovito"
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