WARNING EXTREMELY EXPLICIT CONTENT AHEAD.....
FUTURE is one of my favorite rappers. He seems really intelligent and street smart. I absolutely love his “Street Lingo”, he has a flashy distinct street tongue, and uses jargon to relate to themes he is rapping about. “Live from the gutter” is no exception. I have chosen to evaluate Future’s first verse of “Live from the gutter”, and discuss the relationship between the narrative situation of the lyrics and the atmosphere his music.
Reporting live from the gutter
I'll buy these motherfuckers talking big money shit bitch
Straight up out the gutter, never had shit
Now we got 90210 on our address
Talking 10 mill just to get an asset
I know them tears still falling down on my last bitch
This money made me hungry I'm a savage
I've seen the stars lining up you couldn't imagine
I watched my broad give up on me like I'm average
I went back inside the attic count it up and started laughing, ah
I went back inside the attic count it up and started laughing, ah
Cuban links hanging on my wrist I was on welfare
Wake up in the house I look up, I see bales everywhere
I see girls everywhere, I see scales everywhere
I see heron everywhere, I get mail everywhere
Walked inside the booth and came out in a Learjet
A fiend for that lean I ain't started drinking beer yet
They bust the trap, I live there
Came out clean, I ain't clean my nigga still there
Just imagine you was livin' lavish and they still there
Wake up in the crib, pools sitting on the hill now
I just need some niggas with me that will keep it real yeah
Got a lot of pretty bitches I just paid their bills now
Money make her feel good but damn she make me feel good
Known for getting that guala out in Europe but I'm still hood
Known to pop a bottle on a model, fuck her like I'm on my last damn dollar
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Future’s hanging in the projects of Atlanta rapping.
Money is no object to Future, he’s got a lot of cash.
Future’s from the hood, and now he is finally wealthy.
Future lived in the south Atlanta slums,
now he resides in Beverly Hills with the rich and famous.
It takes 10 million dollars to peak futures interest,
he is not concerned with short change.
Ciara, his last girlfriend made a mistake, now she’s crying in regret.
Future chases money, he is only interested in wealth.
Future claims fate made him rich, the gods chose future to be a king.
Future claims Ciara left him, thinking he wasn’t competent.
He went inside an attic of his many stash spots,
and counted his money laughing at Ciara.
Future thinks it’s funny Ciara cut ties with him,
He will just go find him a better looking woman to date.
A gaughty Gold Cuban Link Braclet adorns his wrist,
costing over a million dollars, and he claims this bracelet
He wakes up in his house and see’s pounds of marijuana everywhere.
He wakes up in his house to see prostitutes and strippers everywhere.
He sees digital scales to weigh out drugs everywhere at home.
He sees heroin everywhere at his home.
Future claims he gets drugs shipped to him through the mail,
and is a drug lord with endless connections.
Future was rapping in the studio, and then boarded a Lear jet.
He claims he is addicted to promethazine codeine cough syrup,
and he loves to drink it and smoke weed.
Future warns the police if they bust in his house, it would be a big mistake.
The police tried to bust his drug house once, but Future escaped.
Future claims he is living a lavish lifestyle, but all of his best friends
Future has a lot of nice real estate all over the world.
Future needs people in his circle of friends he can trust.
Women love money, but money is just a vehicle for
Future to lust after desirable women.
Future claims he had sexual ties with 56 exotic women on his last tour of Europe.
Known to by women anything they want in exchange for sex,
Future claims he will live this lavish, wealthy, celebrity lifestyle until he
Goes broke or until death.
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This song is in the musical genre “gangster rap”. I never knew this song was so explicit, however i still admire Future and his ruthless style. I find a good bit of truth in his lyrics, and imagine myself living his lifestyle. I love the lingo he uses, because when you hear words like “Lean” , “Bails” and “Trap”, it makes you think about what meaning he is trying to express. It’s enjoyable to listen to this song, and the lyrics are very catchy.
The atmosphere and ambiance of the setting in the song would be comparable to a wealthy drug lord that makes money hand over fist, has a lavish lifestyle, and has his choice every night of different promiscuous women.
The themes expressed in these lyrics are as follows:
*Lifestyles of the rich and famous
