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Cigarettes
Man I love this rap game
Mainly cuz its cool
To add a little spice to the life you\'ve been through
Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bit
To make that s**t sound more gangster than it really is
You cant appear weak man
We wanna hear street
Wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat
Dont take it as sarcastic
I can\'t get enough
Im telling you
You can call my bluff
If it\'s not rough, then I really don\'t need it
I\'m not even ashamed
I got too much reality thats filling up my brain
so sell me on that chronic, I\'m addicted to the game
Suck it up like a cigarette, light it up
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody\'s really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel f*****g cool
Let me tell you something that I realized tonight
My hip hop radio is like marlboro lights
They\'re both selling stories and they sound
about the same Cigarettes say their safe,
wrappers claim they really bang
We dont care if it\'s true when we lay the money down
We don\'t believe the words, we just love the way
they sound They\'re acting like we\'re idiots,
They\'re lying to our face Maybe we are idiots,
we buy it anyway
I\'m runnin out to get the next rapper\'s CD
Just suckin up the guns, drugs, and misogyny
The same way that I suck up all the stories
When I breathe that little bit of death
supposedly cancer-free and Everything
they say\'s got the truth twisted up
But twisted up\'s what I want man,
I can\'t get enough Cuz even though we
know it\'s all just a big bluff We just light another up,
what We don\'t give a f**k
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody\'s really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel f*****g cool
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Over and over but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody\'s really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel f*****g cool
Listen to the words, Listen for awhile
Lip Service radio, dont touch the dial
If you\'re in the car
Turn up the track man
Give the whole neighborhood some second hand rap
Matter of fact
Listen to the words, Listen for awhile
Lip Service radio, dont touch the dial
If you\'re in the car
Turn up the track man
Give the whole neighborhood some second hand rap
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Once in awhile but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody\'s really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel f*****g cool
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do
Over and over but between me and you
Its just like a cigarette Nobody\'s really fooled
I dont want the truth, I wanna feel f*****g cool
Significado de la letra
La canción 'Cigarettes' de Fort Minor nos sumerge en la complejidad y dualidad del mundo del rap, donde la apariencia de fortaleza y dureza es imperativa. Las letras resaltan la exageración, la necesidad de mantener una fachada de callejero y la adicción a la narrativa que envuelve al género. El tono crítico hacia la industria musical se hace evidente al compararla con los cigarrillos, ambos vendiendo historias ficticias que cautivan a pesar de conocer la verdad detrás de ellas. El oyente se ve confrontado con la pregunta de si realmente importa la veracidad de lo que se escucha, o si simplemente se busca sentirse poderoso y a la moda. A través de metáforas claras y poéticas, se cuestiona la necesidad de vivir una mentira con tal de encajar en un molde prediseñado. La canción invita a la reflexión sobre la autenticidad, la manipulación mediática y el deseo humano de sentirse relevantes, incluso si es a costa de la verdad. El ritmo y la urgencia de las letras nos llevan por un viaje introspectivo y desafiante, recordándonos que, a veces, preferimos la ilusión de falso glamour que la cruda realidad que subyace en nuestra existencia. En resumen, 'Cigarettes' nos enfrenta a nuestras propias contradicciones y nos invita a cuestionar la validez de las narrativas que consumimos sin cuestionar.
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