I had a strong paranoid reaction to the song and the lyrics when it came up on my iPod recently. I mean, I thought Rakim was coming to kill me. I was pretty high, but I've smoked a lot of marijuana in my life, and I've heard the song at least 100 times while stoned--IMO, it's one of the ten absolute best songs in the history of the genre. If we assume the marijuana wasn't laced with anything--and I'm not saying it was or wasn't--is there anything in the song that could explain my reaction? I think there's something to the echo and how his voice and cadence fit inside the beat. The story ends, incidentally, with a spiritual reawakening a la John Coltrane. I felt some kind of force help break me out of my terror.
2006-11-12 23:17:55 · 3 answers · asked by dectormania 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I think you're smoking right now!
2006-11-12 23:21:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn, now i'm going to have to smoke & listen to it!
2006-11-12 23:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by D Money 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that was some sttttrrrooonnngggg stuff!
2006-11-13 00:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by Haute Chocolate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋