Eminem help

IP: *.pl.bauer.com / 172.28.184.* 02.01.03, 11:10
Hello everybody,

Can anybody tell me what the following phrases mean?
I've found them in Eminem's "Lose Yourself".

These hoes don't wnat him no mo, they moved on to
another schmoe who flows. He nose dove and sold nada.

I kept rhymin and stepwriting the next cypher.

Thanks
    • greatwhite Re: Eminem help 02.01.03, 14:42
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      > Hello everybody,
      >
      > Can anybody tell me what the following phrases mean?
      > I've found them in Eminem's "Lose Yourself".


      These are Ebonics!

      I will try:

      >
      > These hoes don't wnat him no mo, they moved on to
      > another schmoe who flows.


      These whores don't want him any more, they moved on to another schmoe who
      flows. (I am guessing that schmoe who flows is a pimp who turns a profit.)





      He nose dove and sold nada.


      This could be anything but out of context I can't tell you what. Something
      about taking a risk and loosing?


      >
      > I kept rhymin and stepwriting the next cypher.

      Don't have a clue!


      >
      > Thanks
      • yoric Re: Eminem help 02.01.03, 18:56
        Oh, boy!

        Great question - it is the context that tells you everything - quote the whole
        text and then we can talk.
        rgdz
        • Gość: wiśnia Eminem contextualised IP: *.pl.bauer.com / 172.28.184.* 03.01.03, 10:40
          OK. Here goes the entire text!
          Just to remind, the phrases/words in question are:
          schmoe,
          schmoe who flows,
          stepwrite the next cypher,
          he nose dove and sold nada,
          plus two new ones:
          the world is mine for the taking,
          back city.

          Here the entire lyrics:
          Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
          To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
          Would you capture it or just let it slip?
          Yo, his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
          There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
          He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
          To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
          What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
          He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
          He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now
          The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
          Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity
          Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
          He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy
          No, he won't have it, he knows his whole BACK CITY's ropes
          It don't matter, he's dope
          He knows that, but he's broke
          He's so stacked that he knows
          When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
          Back to the lab again yo
          This whole rap shit
          He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

          Chorus (2x):
          You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
          You own it, you better never let it go
          You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
          This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo

          His soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
          THIS WORLD IS MINE FOR THE TAKING
          Make me king, as we move toward a new world order
          A normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortar
          It only grows harder, only grows hotter
          He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
          Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
          Lonely roads, God only knows
          He's grown farther from home, he's no father
          He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
          But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
          These hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product
          They moved on to the next SCHMOE WHO FLOWS
          HE NOSE DOVE AND SOLD NADA
          So the soap opera is told and unfolds
          I suppose it's old partner, but the beat goes on
          Da da dum da dum da da

          Chorus (2x)

          No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
          Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
          I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
          I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
          But I kept rhymin and STEPWRITIN THE NEXT CYPHER
          Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
          All the pain inside amplified by the fact
          That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
          And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
          Cause man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
          And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Pfeifer, this is my life
          And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
          Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
          Teeter-totter caught up between being a father and a pre-madonna
          Baby mama drama's screamin on and
          Too much for me to wanna
          Stay in one spot, another jam or not
          Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
          I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot
          Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
          Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
          I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
          So here I go it's my shot
          Feet fail me not cause this may be the only opportunity that I got

          Chorus (2x)

          You can do anything you set your mind to, man
          • Gość: Rev. Reverend Re: Eminem contextualised IP: *.nyc.rr.com 03.01.03, 18:01
            Eminem sucks, man. Rap sucks.

            hoes a not whores or prostitutes but rather slutty girls
            schmoe= somebody, like Joe Shmoe ( Who was that guy? I don't know, some Joe
            Shmoe.)
            schmoe who flows= somebody who makes money or is successful
            he nose dove and sold nada= he failed (was unsuccessful in his endeavor) and
            didn't sell anything, didn't make any money ( nada is spanish for nothing)
            the world is mine for the taking=the world is ready for my success, I will
            succeede, I'll be on top of the charts, I'll be the bestselling star.)
            back city= the neighborhood you live in, ghetto.
            stepwrite the next cypher= writing the next song or lyrics for it. But here
            is the twist. stepwrite in this context means that the author sort of adopted
            the job of songwriting and became a stepfather to it because the person who
            used to do that nose dove and sold nada.

            as a bonus: 'back city ropes' means 'back city nuts and bolts' what means
            'a neighborhood rules'

            That's the best I can do.

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