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Notorious B.I.G. vs. The XX Lyrics

Rows of condos
Tall buildings and apartments lined up together

And birds as helicopters
Metaphor for birds flying like helicopters

I had a headache when you left
Feeling of pain and discomfort experienced when someone left

Give up something
Sacrifice something important to attain something else

And it's lukewarm blood
A sense of dullness or lack of enthusiasm

Telephones have eyes to tip out feelings to
Expressing one's emotions through a phone conversation

To dropping off like guns and flies
A natural process of decay and death

Take her down to the river
A suggestion to go to a river

And she would step
She would walk on the river

Right over the water
As if the water was solid ground

And if you take a walk down today
The act of physically moving towards a destination

She would drag you
She would forcefully make you come with her

Straight down to the bottom
The deepest part of the river

Full of visuals
Containing a lot of sights

And half-wit harlequins
Dull and foolish characters

It's full of smiles and laughter
A place of happiness and joy

We'll weed them like dandelions
To get rid of undesirable elements

And your arms are like batteries
Comparison of arms to a power source

And you arms are chandeliers
Comparison of arms to a decorative light fixture

Bought a ticket to the picture show
Purchased admission to watch a movie

To ripdown feelings
To break down and express emotions

Move these walls inside myself
A desire to change oneself internally

I lost my car keys underneath
Inability to find car keys in a specific location

The palm trees and city lights
An environment with tropical plants and urban elements

Avert my eyes to move northwest
To change course and head in a new direction

We're dropping off like guns and flies
A natural and gradual decline in energy and vitality

This is a poem
Declaration that the following text is a form of poetry

A combination of a sentence
A blending of words and phrases to create a complete thought

Broken up to form a rhythm
The arrangement of words to create a musical beat

You are a poem
A comparison of the listener to poetry

Little pieces of my senses
Fragments of perception from the singer's experience

Broken up to form an image
The creation of a visual representation with broken pieces of perception