Takeover - Intellectual

I think this song shows my flexibility and versatility when it comes to music. I don’t typically rap in this sort of flow but I feel like I can do it successfully. I think once my city understands what I’m capable of doing I’m going to take over as the greatest artist to come out of it. There’s not doubt in my mind about that

3AM getting the spins might be top 3 worst feelings ever. Doesn’t stop me from running through the bottle

If you want your life to be different, you have to make changes to your lifestyle. This is with everything. I’ve learned not to waste time being in an environment I don’t want to be in. Anyone or anything that isn’t working for me, is getting cut out of my life, without second guessing.

I feel like I have this incredible ability to be able to adapt to any situation well enough to succeed. It’s like a Running Back in the NFL who has to react within fractions of a second to find the holes within the O Line to break through.

In rap, there’s so many debates about who the best rappers are, which drives me crazy because music is all opinion-based. I don’t think it’s something I really care about whether I’m top 5 or not. There’s enough room for all of us. Just as long I eat and you understand I’m great at what I do

I’m not sure if it’s even possible to get a paper cut from money? But that just shows the amount that’s been in and out of our hands

I didn’t want to waste anytime introducing this album. As an underground artist I wanted to make sure the audience knew who I was within the first couple seconds of the entire project. Chefboy is the brand I represent and Dapper Dan is just another alias that was a play on names between mine and the fashion designer. Dapper Dan is the man who helped introduce high fashion to the hip-hop world. This might have been the first time I’ve ever referred to myself by this name

Smoking weed does a lot of different things for everybody. Some get hungry, some get happy. I’m the type that turns into a zombie. I also like how these two ideas rhyme; “Rolling the Spliffy” and “Soul gonna miss me.” It’s not just put in there to rhyme but it also creates context.

The Casting Couch is a porn website. You’re welcome

This line is telling everyone that there are people in this world that will go to extreme lengths to see you fail. I’m letting them know that I’m aware of those same people, and I’m always ready to go toe to toe.

This is also dope because of the rhyme scheme. I use a long ‘O’ and a short and long ‘E’ throughout the line that still paints a picture

O-
Toting
Those
Goals
So

E-
Semi
Setting
Them
Get me

In the movie, The Bobby Brown Story, there is a scene where Bobby Brown is in a hotel room with Janet Jackson sometime in the early 90s. There is a conversation that happens between them where Janet reveals that her father would not approve of her dating a black man. After hearing this, Bobby Brown throws her out of his hotel room.

Sometimes I feel like I might have made the wrong decisions in life trying to chase money all the time. And I’m starting to feel like I don’t have a choice but to put my all into this. I’ve worked so hard to get to this point in life and would feel like a waste to just drop everything and start over somewhere else. But I really want to start over

Typically if you can make just 15% more than your expenses, you can be a pretty successful businessman or woman. Doubling that number is extremely difficult but not impossible.

I guarantee you put me in the same room as some A-list rapper, and I will probably make him feel bad about himself.

Once marketed as a “magic mineral,” asbestos is now an infamous public health menace. A lot of this was used in building houses until somebody found out how toxic it was causing all types of diseases from breathing in its fibers.

Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys, who wears number 21, has led the league in rushing for two of his first three seasons in the NFL. Even as a new artist in this industry, I feel like I can have that same effect on the game and come right out the gate and start setting the bar for other musicians

I’ve never been much of a conversationalist. I honestly hate small talk. ‘Yappy-Happy’ stands for those people that just won’t shut up. To me, actions speak louder than words. The older you grow, the less words mean to you. There’s a difference between chasing dreams and talking about chasing dreams. Stop talking, let’s get to it

I like to do this type of rhyme scheme where there isn’t a wasted word. Everything is there for a reason. To serve its purpose as part of the rhyming or to help shape the narrative. The SKS is a Soviet semi-automatic carbine. Esé is a way to say ‘man.’ This is a common term among Mexican-Americans. Legs race is to illustrate the action of running while he trembles out of fear of the TEC-9

I think I’ve grown to understand who deserves my respect and who doesn’t’

A mood swing is an extreme or rapid change in mood. This can either be a major problem solver or hugely disruptive. Women tend to experience this during the cycle. Sometimes I like to big myself up and then bring myself back down to earth to show that I am still human. And even though I may have some setbacks, I still might even screw up your whole week

In this context, ‘running up’ just means to collect or spend money. Chopper means and automatic weapon. The reason for this word is because of the similarity in rhythm of an automatic rifle firing and a helicopter taking off

I believe this album can be the one to break me through the glass door. There’s a ton of high quality music and lyrical content compacted into one project. When it does happen, game over

To “bite the bullet” is to endure a painful or otherwise unpleasant situation that is seen as unavoidable. With a Bulletproof vests you can only protect parts of your body. I’m aiming to take out the top