Blade Of Woe (feat. Famous Dex)
Descrição
“Blade Of Woe”, na colaboração de Trippie Redd com Famous Dex, mergulha nas profundezas da traição e da resiliência em meio ao cenário turbulento das ruas. A faixa é um poderoso testemunho da capacidade de superar adversidades, simbolizadas pela imagem de ser 'stabbed in the back', e a constante batalha para ascender apesar das tentativas de ser retido 'in the back'. Há uma forte ênfase na lealdade inabalável à sua 'gang' e aos 'brothers', personificada pelo lema '1400 gang till I die'. A repetição enfática de 'It's a'ight' funciona como um mantra desafiador e de superação, afirmando que, independentemente dos obstáculos, o artista permanece firme e no topo. A música é, em sua essência, um hino de autodefesa e afirmação de poder, onde a presença de armas e a prontidão para o confronto são temas recorrentes, pintando um retrato vívido de um indivíduo que se recusa terminantemente a ser derrotado.
Letra
12 Hunna on the beat
Ooh-ooh woah, huh
I'm saucing bitch, yeah, ayy!
Big 14 hoe
I thought you knew
I thought you knew
(DJ Flippp make the money flip)
Hol' up
It's a'ight, yeah, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
Got a knife on my finger, I was stabbed in the back (back)
Stabbed in the back, I was stabbed in the back yeah
I'm up at the top, they tried to hold me in the back (in the— in the back)
Hold in the back, they tried to hold me in the back
They tried to hold me in the back, homie don't get wacked
Hanging with them bs, and you know we yell out slatt
Few niggas talk down, don't want to know the aftermath
Keep my brothers 'round me and I keep me a strap
Yeah, I keep me a MAC, pussy boy your getting tip
Dex hit my line and said lil' bro we gotta win (we gotta win)
Got me sitting in the back sipping on Act and some gin
1400 gang till I die, nigga, represent, for the set I represent
Whoa, ayy! I gotta check on me Right now!
Right now! Right now! Right now! (I gotchu lil' bro)
Right now yeah, ayy (Dexter, wait) (ayy, yeah, huh)
It's a'ight, yeah, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah
I got my 30 on my waist (I do)
Run up on me I'ma spray (I will)
Tatts up on my face (ah-what)
My lil' brother beat the case
Smoking dopey to the face (what)
Take a knee and say my grace (I did)
My shooters, they don't play (ah-what)
Call up Trippie, he don't play yeah (ah-Dexter)
Woah! They tried to stab me in the back!
They can't keep me in the back!
I'm shining, I'm shining, baby, woah!
It's a'ight, yeah, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah (it's okay)
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah (it's okay)
It's a'ight, it's a'ight, it's a'ight, yeah (it's okay)
Got a knife on my finger, I was stabbed in the back (back)
Stabbed in the back, I was stabbed in the back yeah
I'm up at the top, they tried to hold me in the back (in the— in the back)
Hold in the back, tried to hold me in the back
Gírias
“Big 14” e “1400 gang” são referências à crew e ao selo musical de Trippie Redd, 1400/800. “Wacked” é uma gíria que significa ser morto ou severamente ferido. “Slatt” é um acrônimo para “Slime Love All The Time”, uma expressão de lealdade e fraternidade comum na cena do trap, popularizada por artistas como Young Thug. “Act” é a abreviação de Actavis, uma marca de xarope de prometazina com codeína, frequentemente utilizado para fazer “lean” (uma mistura de xarope e refrigerante). Por fim, “30 on my waist” indica a posse de uma arma de fogo, geralmente um calibre .30 ou um pente com 30 munições, carregada na cintura.