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Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:20:39 2016 No.8285176 [Reply] [Original]

Pic related is one of the most enigmatic, complex, and thought-provoking lines in hip-hop/rap history. Many have tried but none have been able to understand its meaning.

Can /lit/?

here is the origin

https://youtu.be/adbiURhN8sg?t=132

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:22:01 2016 No.8285177 Why is complexity so worshiped ?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:22:51 2016 No.8285181 I'm glad nothing changed in the time it took me to read that sentence; I'm always worried it has.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:27:50 2016 No.8285203 >>8285177 Complexity is simplicity confused with intelligence.

Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:36:48 2016 No.8285246

uru calls into question the visceral nature of the human condition. If something was “popular” at one point in history, who is to say that at any one given point it becomes unpopular?

Guru wants to prevent his listeners from quantifying themselves down to likes and dislikes. We are a complex people and to treat ourselves as otherwise is to ignore essential truths. As simply as it can be put: maintain an open mind and ‘do you’ for the benefit it for the youth.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:39:43 2016 No.8285257 >>8285203 You are talking out of your ass. Some things are just simple.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:41:26 2016 No.8285267 Just came here to post the superior Gang Starr track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9lNbNGbo24

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:45:21 2016 No.8285289 >>8285257 Like your language.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:47:51 2016 No.8285299 The statement is redundant. Lemonade is currently popular... and it is still popular. >rap lyrics >enigmatic, complex, and thought-provoking Okay

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:53:06 2016 No.8285321 >>8285299 Correctness does not equate to effectiveness.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 13:56:59 2016 No.8285338 >>8285246 >copy/pasting from rap genius hola reddit

>>	to anyone with what.cd access Sat Jul 16 14:27:22 2016 No.8285490 >>8285176 OP talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded. The song clearly says Lemonade WAS a popular drink... go suck a bag of dicks

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 14:29:18 2016 No.8285498 Anyone with an understanding of semantics can clearly see that the time gap between reading the beginning of the statement and the end of it constitutes its reasoning.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 17:03:30 2016 No.8286007 >>8285338 baited

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 17:58:51 2016 No.8286163 >>8285176 It calls to the listener's attention the passing of time.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 18:37:19 2016 No.8286293 File: 198 KB, 1024x914, 1468363468583.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8285246 wowe so deepe!! the likes of sophocles are just a footnote compared to this titan of thought how can we even comprehend his full genius

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 16 19:56:01 2016 No.8286596 >>8285289 And yours.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 02:43:46 2016 No.8287941 >>8285289 and the Bible's

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 17 02:54:26 2016 No.8287957 >>8285176 he has plenty of lemons

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