"Money is my morals. Other than that, I'm soulless."
- Clipse, Ego
Let's get one thing straight, "money" is not "having morals". In fact if you're trying to express how moral you are and money is the first thing you bring up, you're a moron. That's kind of the opposite thing a "moral" person would do.
Rapping these lyrics is basically like saying, "I can't stand sex. Other than that, I fuck all the time."
So when saying "other than that" you actually need to say something... well... other than what you just said.
Filed under: Redundant / Soulless from the get-go
Posted by Chris D'Elia
...does his hat say Ice Cream?What a douche.
Posted by: Spinni | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 02:54 AM
^ its a clothing brand, try harder next time.
Posted by: Grand Master - 108 Tongues, Bustout! Family | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 04:07 AM
Oh, and Chris: usually you nail these, so Ill give you a pass this time. But these are actually some great bars.The thrust of the punchline is precisely that Pusha-T has no morals; hes using the conceit of inversion to heighten the unexpected nature of his lack of ethical behavior.This is actually a pretty philosophically valid point: hes saying that he pursues a money-based utilitarian ethical calculus, disregarding the well-being of others in favor of financial gain. Cold.
Posted by: Grand Master - 108 Tongues, Bustout! Family | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 04:12 AM
Theyre usually right; in this case, theyre just off-base. its one thing to laugh at some dumbass lyrics. But this shit is actually dope
Posted by: Grand Master - 108 Tongues, Bustout! Family | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 05:50 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Jesus Christ.The conceit of inversion. Holy shit.Dear makers of snacks and shit: can there please be a snacks and shit.com and then a snacks-and-shit-assert-your-intelligence-and-penchant- for-all-things-not funny.com for people who dont get it and who make me feel sad in my heart?
Posted by: Leni Mex | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 05:50 AM
Is it? Is it Grandmaster? A) How do YOU know what his meaning was when he wrote this?And B) Snacksandshit are pointing out the humor in lyrics by taking them literally and at face value because THATS WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY. If they first filtered everything through questions such as: Now what did this rapper REALLY mean? and What could be the deeper psychological message behind this? THEN NO ONE WOULD BE LAUGHING AND THATS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
Posted by: Leni Mex | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 06:16 AM
Filed under: Getting the joke
Posted by: Anonymous | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 06:58 AM
It is very impressive that Pusha-T pursues a money-based utilitarian ethical calculus disregarding the well-being of others in favor of financial gain.....Ive never heard a rapper advocate such a pro-money, anti-everything that isnt money moral paradigm. Fascinating.
Posted by: Anonymous | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 07:33 AM
How embarrassing. OMG! You relate the lyric to saying I cant stand sex, I have sex all the time when in fact it would be more like saying I have sex, I have sex. Thats the problem with blogging, now its on the Internet forever for everyone to see how awesomely fubar you are and therefore, how totally cool these rap gangster ice cream salesmen are.Best of luck in 2010, youll need it to make up for this giant whammy of a boner!
Posted by: Buck Thompson | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Fubar!
Posted by: Anonymous | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 01:07 PM
this giant whammy of a boner !!!!!!! Holy shit, I cant stop laughing...
Posted by: Leni Mex | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 02:16 PM
Fubar!!!!!!!!!!Buck Thomson and the Grandmaster guy: Hey, is this where you comment if youre a dick?Everyone else: Yeah.Buck Thomson and the Grandmaster guy: PHEW. Just making sure.
Posted by: Leni Mex | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 02:16 PM
I think of this line like I think of the girls who went to my same-sex university. It was like, Generally speaking, I prefer sex with people who have vaginas, other than that, Im totally straight.Thats awesome. You can be not-gay while screwing people of your own sex. You can be not-immoral while people completely focused on money over people. Its a really horribly phrased way actually say, Im a dyke, or, Im a dick, but whatever. You can be ridiculous if you want.
Posted by: lunamorgan | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Where did Grandmaster get the idea that these guys are trying to be right? Isnt the whole premise is that theyre being obtuse on purpose? Not much of a premise, admittedly, but it is what it is..
Posted by: Anonymous | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 04:13 PM
Grandmaster is a rap whore, obviously. Apologies that I dont know all the unimportant, stereotypical, sheeple made rap based clothes brands. Obviously my life is incomplete.Also, point of this site is to POINT AND LARF, not try and justify idiot rap artists to us. Youre on the wrong site!
Posted by: Spinni | Friday, June 26, 2009 at 02:25 AM
In its first, descriptave usage, morality means a code of conduct or belief which is held to be authorative in matters of right and wrong.So yeah, this guy is a moron. Objects != beliefs.
Posted by: Anonymous | Sunday, August 09, 2009 at 02:10 PM