What does it mean when a rapper says, "but you don't hear me though."?

Question

I've heard it said in alot of different rap songs for years for example:

"I love to bust shots...but you don't hear me though."

AND:

"I even took a picture killin' myself...but you don't hear me though."

So what does it translate into?

Answer 1

It means, like, you don't care about me. You're not feeling what I'm going through, that kind of thing.

Answer 2

I could be wrong, but I think it's his (or her) way of saying, "I just said something really deep and thought provoking, but you're not listening critically enough to understand". Rappers tend to use a lot of metaphors and sometimes those metaphors get lost in the beat and all the other shallow rhetoric.

Answer 3

Nothing a rapper says means anything, it's just noise.

Answer 4

you're listening, but you don't really hear or understand or care