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    Default Gza "Beneath the Surface"

    "Instantly, slap ya five like it's Palm Sunday"

    from "Beneath the Surface"

    ...I'm Catholic and I don't even know what this means?!!? But I love this line and I was actually in the front row once when he was performing this song and I held my hand out when this part came on and he "slapped me five" right when he spit that line ahah
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    It's slap your THIGHS, didnt they slap jesus around the thigh on palm sunday?

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    you slap 5 on the palm of your hand
    As for myself: I had come to the conclusion that there was nothing sacred about myself or any human being, that we were all machines, doomed to collide and collide and collide.
    - Kurt Vonnegut


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    like a high 5 or what? does the priest do it, what does it involve? i just go to church and get the palm leaves ahah, i dont understand
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    its word play
    slap you 5
    Palm of the hand

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    thanks, that seems reasonable
    "Fist full of dollars, dutch full of piff" - Sean Price

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    Jesus Christ was highly praised on Palm Sunday, and within a few days, was betrayed to be crucified. When you're on top in the music industry, everyone will give you "high 5" and treat you as a king. It will quickly change.

    MCs must ask themselves (from the chorus)...
    Scratch underneath the surface, where does your purpose lie?

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    wow... that wordplay is genius
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    The victim's dental records showed they loved to bite

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    The whole fuckin cd is dope as fuck ! WORD


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    On a man-made lake, there's a sheet of thin ice
    Where unskilled skaters, couldn't figure-8 twice

    wtf does dat mean
    Last edited by dimi; 07-19-2006 at 03:16 PM.

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    gza explained this in an interview ... a figure 8 is just that - ice skaters can make this move or whatever. 8 twice = 16. he's talking about weak mc's who can't even spit a dope 16 bars .... unskilled skaters = unskilled rappers .... figure 8 twice = 16
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    what about the man made lake and thin sheet of ice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Punch
    you slap 5 on the palm of your hand
    X-ACTLY. SPANKING THE MONKEY.
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    i hope you die tonight faggit.

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    how bout KP's verse...anyone wana disect that shit??

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    Quote Originally Posted by dimi View Post
    what about the man made lake and thin sheet of ice
    it's a visual portrait of what GZA says after this line...weak emcees who can't figure 8 twice are skating on thin ice, homie when challenging the Jizzah.

    peace

    BTW...that 2nd verse with Killah Priest is just marvelous. these two verses compliment each other perfectly.

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