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DISCOG<strong>RAP</strong>HY Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (2011) My Name Is My Name (2013) Wrath Of Caine (2013) King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (2015) 20
I believe there’s a God above me I’m just the God of everything else While he does acknowledge that there is a higher power, he holds himself responsible for everything in his life and around him, as he has created the environment that he is currently living in and has the power to alter his situation. He is not pinning his problems on a higher power or looking for a higher power to change his life. -Cruel Summer (2012) Yuugh, let’s take the scenic route I could show you the strange fruit It’s looking like Beirut A “scenic route” allows you to view scenerey you wouldn’t normally see on a main road. The 1939 song “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday serves as a metaphor for the mistreatment of blacks that was particularly present in the American southern states. In the song, Billie sings: Strange fruit, hanging from the poplar trees. This “strange fruit, hanging” is a visual of a black person being lynched from these trees, instead of fruit that hangs from them. Pusha compares this scenario to Beirut, Lebanon. From a civil war to various uprisings, Beirut has seen its share of violence. Untouchable - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (2015) I see the strangest things The evil that money brings I swear it’s like a disease That goes round and round and round like sirens And they wanna bury me Why? Cause I’m anti everything I swear it’s like a disease That goes round and round and round like sirens “More money more problems” is one of the most common tropes in rap music history. The-Dream has been aligned with the musical elite since the mid-2000s, which means he’s well-placed to observe the demons that come along with wealth and fame. The sirens going “round and round” represent both the literal police lights of controversy, as well as the back and forth oscillations that make up life in the lime light. M.P.A - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (2015) This the ministry of street energy The church of criminology, teaching my chemistries Woo I’m the L. Ron Hubbard of the cupboard Pusha sees himself as the pastor of d-boy rap. Rather than the Church of Scientology founder and author Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, Push delivers his teachings through his raps. Pusha has just as much money as Mr. Hubbard, and he’s got it stashed in his cupboard. He probably got the money just as controversially… Crutches, Crosses, Caskets- Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (2015) 21
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