Ghostface's "...wtf? lyric style"

OK, let me say that MOST of Ghost's lyrics DO MAKE SENSE...Just in an abstract GFK kinda way...He may say that sometimes he doesn't even know what they mean, but that does not mean they don't have MEANING.

Sometimes when you are a writer or creator, you just go with the moment, and then realize much later what you've created.
Everything you create does not always come from PLANNING and THINKING about every single word...Sometimes you can express yourself and your emotions by just letting it explode on paper or the recording booth or wherever.

Now, I don't mean to be disrespectful, and I got love for y'all who are trying hard to understand lyrics, but it's obvious that a lot of you are not from urban areas or familiar with urban culture...I have seen so many hilarious misinterpretations of meanings and lyrics on this thread that I don't even know where to begin.
Basically, if you don't understand a lyric, it's probably some slang that was mished and mashed up in Ghost's mind and regurgitated on the track. It's not nonsense, it's just abstract expression.

Even a phrase as basic as "wax janitor"...I thought that was pretty straight forward..."Wax" is the track/song (slang derived from vinyl records)...He's just sayin' he's the guy who cleans up on the tracks.

If any of y'all got lyrics that you want interpreted, holla...They all pretty much make sense to me.

Whe he says, "pull out black burners like tonsils", I caught a vision in my minds eye of someone oppening their mouth to screem, like in a cartoon, when you see the tonsils in a cartoon's mouth.

Or like when he says, due rags in ower pants hangen, I saw him like a persian arab in the old arabian days, of the modern time, wearen gennee pants yellen how "we made it", like how old his shit is, and then I didnt like it anymore cause it want the same, it was some arab guy going on.

But my moint is that word dont really mean the whole shit.

And further, a lot of the time the theme is something that develops throughout wu albums.

Like on wind pipe, when he says, thats when I silped on my mask, tony with the gollie mask, whats the game been like since you revealed your face, since the face been revealed, that whole shit is meaninfull, pluss since the c.d.s arent all chronilogical, he can say since the face been revealed on supreem clientell in a reidderation to what he said later on c.d. that has the song love on it. I forget its name.

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Originally Posted by INSpectah~Deck

"Scooby snack jurassic plastic gas booby trap" WTF

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this had my ass rollin

Anyone know what happend to that rhyme like ghostface thread??

look, u gotta understand the styles. Thats Ghost's technique, he's spittin Darts. Thats means he flips everything, like "My arm's is candycanes." That means he gotta long and sweet reach. He makes u figure it out.

Or, "Chop the O, sprinkle sum blow inside he optimo, swing the John Mackenroe." He cuts an O of coke, sprinkle sum in a blunt then swing the gun (Rachette, Tennis Racket.) DACIPHA NIGGA!

exactly, thats the beauty of it

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Originally Posted by FiRe WaTeR

look, u gotta understand the styles. Thats Ghost's technique, he's spittin Darts. Thats means he flips everything, like "My arm's is candycanes." That means he gotta long and sweet reach. He makes u figure it out.

Or, "Chop the O, sprinkle sum blow inside he optimo, swing the John Mackenroe." He cuts an O of coke, sprinkle sum in a blunt then swing the gun (Rachette, Tennis Racket.) DACIPHA NIGGA!

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listening to Ghostface is a lot of work, but it pays off - monster on the mic

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Originally Posted by FiRe WaTeR

Or, "Chop the O, sprinkle sum blow inside he optimo, swing the John Mackenroe." He cuts an O of coke, sprinkle sum in a blunt then swing the gun (Rachette, Tennis Racket.) DACIPHA NIGGA!

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nah i think swing the John Mackenroe means to "hit it" like Mackenroe hits a tennis ball-- as in, after he sprinkles in the optimo, he hits the blunt hard

most poems I have read dont make sense to me.

[QUOTE=My First Timbs;166319]im really not sure, but this song is just too dope as hell to only read a snippet of it..



Scientific, my hand kissed it <----I grab the mic with my hand
Robotic let's think optimistic <---follow my futuristic flow with an open mind
You probably missed it, watch me dolly dick it <---it flew over your head but watch me fuck this track

Scotty watty cop it to me, big microphone hippie <----I need the mic like weed
Hit Poughkepsie crispy chicken verbs throw up a stone richie <<<I dunno
cop the "o", sprinkle a litlle snow inside the Optimo<----I put cocaine in my weed
swing the "john mackenro" rap rock and roll.. <---my style is not accepted by the establishment like John Mackenros styles and Rock & Roll
tighty bowl..gun hold pro..<---don't know
starksy with the gum sole
hit the rump slow
parole kids.. here's rapunzel <----kids on parole escape the system

Could someone kindly tell me what the hell is going on here...

It'z Yourz~

"Check out my beaver, baby blue glock in the safe
Seems Darthy and the God and get ski roll weight
We hold a belt son, that's my word
Spot a rapper run him down, throw him out in the third, yo check it
I think like the man behind a register
Evergreen smokin estates, rhyme and power made me treasurer
With third down, six to go, flash his strobe lights
I'm open, RZA hit me off lovely and I love him
With root beer thoughts, here's a tennis court for your birthday
The Babyface of rap, politic with Sade
Avengin eagle crooks, rock the W in Spiegel books
Anheiser Busch kings came through, and stopped your whole jooks
Spitfire Kangols, watch Tony train a gang of hoes
Painful like hearin the news, like when your man go
Ends blow, windy at times watch the room sheisty girl
Love to sit out this song, now watch your water break"


Especially

"Avengin eagle crooks, rock the W in Spiegel books
Anheiser Busch kings came through, and stopped your whole jooks"

He is pretty intelligent for real, he clearly speaks in tounges reminds me a touch of Holocaust & U-God sometimes.

PEACE

Cobra Clutch

Aiyyo we dazzle off this bloody version of 'Glaciers'
Slang shot threw a gem in his mouth, swallowed his razor (wsssht)
Say no more, my back be parked against the wall
Trooper square holding, 'Face don't give a fuck about the law
Take off the bracelets, don't get blinded by the ice Boo
It's not cool, Veronica slept, plus the decimal
Look at my jumper logo look familiar? It's Power (Where is he?)
Yo every fine snitch knocks an inch off Eddie Bauer
Gucci sneaker rockin just another form of 'Chessboxin'
No cock-blockin, supreme clientele, till I'm droppin
Kangol slanted, Ghost'll ran with it, hippie hung-out
Club bandit never empty-handed when I brand it
Mark callin Austin, Mark callin Austin down in Boston
Both of them dead, cop in the loft and
big chain swingin nigga, Matchbox car drivin
Street whylin, Role' with the four-finger glidin
Watch him, scorchin with spells and top toxin
Amoxins til the stock skyrocket, Bobby Mocassin
Switched from Pert Plus, escrow on the side throw in sun trust
Ghost'll keep shinin til the sun bust
yo word up, born-to-be right behind the curtain with her nose out
Sixty center get the Rover out
Featherhead heathens, teethin on mic dicks
When thy said, Let the kids die for your bread nigga!

this one always puzzled me, but the video is hilarious

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Genius

personally i think in U-God's prime he was better than Ghostface

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Hell No!

ghost is that shit god.. you cats on here playin...

http://www.hiphopcrack.com/viewVideo.hhc?videoId=269

check tha new hell razah too it's tha truth.. peep tha link..

Aiyyo, crash thru, break the glass, Tony with the goalie mask
That's the pass, heavy ice Roley layin on the dash {"one"}
Love the grass, cauliflower hurtin when I dumped the trash
Sour mash surgeon, heavy glass up at the Wally bash {"one"}
Sunsplash, autograph blessin with your name slashed
Backdraft, four-pounders screamin with the pearly hats {"one"}
Children fix the contrast as the sound clashes
Mrs. Dash, sprinkle wit her icicle eyelash {"one"}
Ask Cap or Pendergrass for backstage passes
Special guest, no more Johnny Blaze, Johnny Mattress {"one"}
Acrobat, run up on that Love Jones actress
Distract the cat while I'm high sugar get a crack at this

nuff said

Cats dropped some mad knowledge on this thread.

yeah I have a hard time understanding starks alot of the time

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Originally Posted by Ronin

he spits shit that rhymes, im sure he can relate to it...but unless we know his colloquialisms then we cant understand

lol since the early 5 elements days wu nuthuggers have tried to attach deep meaning to random rae and ghost lyrics

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i know this is an old post, but i never liked ppl who didn't understand that there are many rappers out there who have sh*t loads of knowledge...not to mention, alot of those rappers can spit about the knowledge without even having to bluntly say it (*cough* *cough* being coded in the slang they use...)

*disappointed*

I dont care much that I don't understand alot of ghost's rhymes, all i know is that it makes sense to him...& that's ill..to rap about stuff people can't relate to and still keep them interested..his delivery is amazing.

I think I enjoy listening to his lyrics more than any other clan members bar Raekwon

Robotic let's think optimistic<--Maybe he took optimistic from optimus prime
Who knows this dudes imagination is out of this space

There has been a many of bands/artists that have abstract songs. although you do have some people who just said/say whatever like, Syd Barrett. I'm sure most of the lyircs mean something and if not, you can always chalk it up as the dust talking lol

"Wax janitor, black Jack Mulligan from Canada
Slam dance, tarantula style, youse a fan of the
Monopoly king, Slavic poetry
Carnegie Hall's off the hook, let's push through the armory"

"You 14 karat gold slum computer wizard"

i don't think this is all that.. it's just sorta like gibberish with a few words that seem to link up.. also mentioning monopoly and slavery is a bit weird coming from a nigga

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Originally Posted by billyanalogue

"Wax janitor, black Jack Mulligan from Canada
Slam dance, tarantula style, youse a fan of the
Monopoly king, Slavic poetry
Carnegie Hall's off the hook, let's push through the armory"

"You 14 karat gold slum computer wizard"

i don't think this is all that.. it's just sorta like gibberish with a few words that seem to link up.. also mentioning monopoly and slavery is a bit weird coming from a nigga

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i always took it as

"im takin out trash mcs, i will fuck you up things are not they seem(nback jack mulligan from canada but i think hes sposed to be a big tough texan)we'll wrestle up and ill be all over you and take out my competition
im the king, i talk tough and show it. the crowd gonna be cheering we're gonna take the fucking city over"

ghost in general just describes shit in a whole new way like ya with ya friends describing shit

"yo im the wax janitor now, these corny motherfuckers taking all the radio play. "

http://rapgenius.com/Ghostface-killah-nutmeg-lyrics according to this the first 2 lines of nutmeg is about ghostface rolling a blunt

scientific my hand kiss it robotic lets think optimistic you probley missed watch me dolly dick it scotty wotty copper tip it big microphone hippie hip poughkeepsie crispy chicken broad from up on stone richie chop the o sprinkle little snow up inside a optimo swing the john McEnroe rap rock n roll tidy bowl gung hoe pro starskie with the gum sole hit the rum slow parole kids live Rapunzel p-tone stizzy really hot the vivid laser eye god jump in the harley ride clarks i freak a lemon pie bout it bout it lord forgive me miss sally shot it tracy got shot in her face my house was over crowded you fake cats done heard it first on how i shitted on ya turf that time cuban linx verse check out the rap kingpen summertime fine jewelry dripping face on the box i see ya ear twitching as soon as i drove off capp came to me with three sawed offs give one to rae lets season their broil lightning rod fever heater knock kneeded Cheever faheever diva got rocked from the reciever bleeder portfolio looking fancy in the pantry my man got bigger dimes son ya shit is skimpy base that throw it to ya mouth dont waste that see ghost lamping in a golden king tut hat. i could break most of it down

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Originally Posted by I FUCKED YO BITCH!

'Hold me down, hand me my cake, dusty, bake, activate
Fuck your corny debates
I'm like cake or maybe like $10,000 rabbits
The kid walked thru, switch up his accent "Now I'm from Paris"'

someone please explain why ghost feels hes maybe like '10,000 dollar rabbits'

this song is the shit, but maybe sum1 can shed sum light

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I always thought this was a reference to ppl acting brand new when they get a little money...

Someone wearing a fur coat may think they sohisticated all of a sudden and start talking differently, when meanwhile they the same dude from the hood