Real Talk Tuesdays: L. L. Cool J
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:00AM
Larry in I'm Bad, L.L. Cool J, Real Talk Tuesdays, Video

I talked about L.L. awhile back (in case you missed it) and in fact, I'm gonna talk about that same exact song, "I'm Bad".   A typical braggadoccio track, Cool J boasts with lines like "MCs can't win, I make 'em rust like tin/they call me Jaws, my hat is like a shark fin".  But in the third verse he's clearly reaching....

The original Todd teachin' how to be hard
Take the skin off a snake and split a pea from a pod

Now....taking the "skin off a snake" can be particularly tricky (especially if the snake is alive) but there is no scenario in which splitting a "pea from a pod" is difficult.  I'm throwing a flag on this line.  Real talk.

 

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