Can you wiggle, wiggle for the D-O-double G again? Jason Derulo (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Wiggle
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Snoop Dogg has been a multitude of things over the years, including a Lion, but one thing is for sure is his dominance in the rap game with true classics such as Doggystyle.
Despite this he feels he is not appreciated as much as he should be. One thing is for certain, he will always be the Snoop D O double G
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Jason compares this girl to a Cadillac, a highly luxurious and classic variety of car brand. It goes without saying what part of this girl is her ‘trunk’.
Close friend Macklemore, also has a a song called “White Walls”, a dedication to the car brand once again
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The ‘favourite blog’ is Pigeons And Planes a dope hip-hop and indie cross-over blog. P&P has often supported Donald and covers his work closely.
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A song's never just sad
There's hope, there's a silver lining
Show me my silver lining
Show me my silver lining First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
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The idea that for every good thing there’s always a good to balance out the bad reflects the idea of a karmic justice present in modern culture.
Silver Lining is a saying reflecting this very same idea. It was re-popularised by Oscar winning film ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, which emphasises the fact that love can be found even in hopelessness.
The fact that a song is never sad, links to First Aid Kit’s touring partner and fellow Swede Lykke Li, who doesn’t write happy songs due to their boring nature.
Calling out for me
These shackles I've made in an attempt to be free
Be it for reason, be it for love
I won't take the easy road First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
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This voice could be another mention of the ‘The Lion’s Roar’, which represents the undeniable isolation and restriction that there is to modern life.
It seems that she can only try and ignore this calling, and can never be truly free of it. Despite this, things are only rewarding if you work to get them – hence why they will never take the easy road.
I'm tired of looking for answers
Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter
I don't know if I'm scared of dying
But I'm scared of living too fast, too slow First Aid Kit – My Silver Lining
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This almost seems in rebuttal to a song from First Aid Kit’s first album, called “New Year’s Eve”, where the world is portrayed as a completely uncertain and infinitely hopeless place. She feels that that in the grand scheme of things, philosophical issues such as the meaning of life are futile to think about – why not just live in the moment instead?
‘Living too fast, too slow’ refers to the fact that even if she does find all the answers to the meaning of life, by then it’ll be too late to take advantage of it. So you might as well go to a place with music and laughter to actually enjoy life. The alternative of this is just to be constantly concerned with meditative policies – not dissimilar to Shakespeare’s portrayal of Hamlet.
"Something good will come out of this" First Aid Kit – Cedar Lane
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She still remembers all his little idiosyncrasies, furthering the idea that she misses him more than anything.
This man, unlike her, seemed to be a true found believer in optimism. You could say that he could see the silver lining in everything.
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Instead of shades of blue, Lana now refers to them as shades of cool. This could to allude to these shades being blue-tinted sunglasses – everything he looks at is affected by the lens he observes them with.
Being ‘cool’ can also be interpreted as being laid-back and chill. California is a particularly warm state, but despite the temperature this man never seems to break a sweat. He has a certain ease (aptitude), with both his heart (he lives for love) and his hands, referring to his physical prowess and hands on approach to life.
I think there are two mistakes in the second verse.
First,
“My baby lives in shades of COLD
COLD heart and hands and aptitude”
If you listen to it carefully, it sounds much more like an OH sound (cold) rather than an OOH sound (cool).
Second,
“He lives for love, for women too
I’m one of many BONNIES BLUE.”
She pronounces a “b” quite distinguishably after “many.” Also “one is blue” is very awkward sounding.