Selah the Corner and Bizzle absolutely murder the "Pound Cake" instrumental (as made famous by Drake and effectively just brags about how much money Drake and Jay-Z have made). The song is an intense dialogue over the vain pursuit of material wealth and the methods willing to be employed in order to achieve that material wealth. The song holds that the ends do not justify the means and that the only currency worth pursuing is "Yaweh currency [souls]." Both these young talented artists are part of the God Over Money team. Here's some of their insight:
(Selah the Corner)
...I spit God Word - Every bar plagiarism
I look around and all I'm seein is favoritism
I know what it's like to be last on it
Good concept, fast, and even bars on it
Get a track blackout and straight mash on it
For somebody gon' tell you they gon' pass on it
Tears of a real spitter
They bottle living water, I need a real river
And my mission to tryna mirror ya
What I deliver ain't bigger than the Deliverer
So tell me bout your goal homie
You rap for the Rock you gotta roll homie...
Yaweh currency is souls homie...
(Bizzle)
...tryna compare Bizzle to a Lil Wayne
is comparin a couple dope lines to a brick o' caine.
What you rappers want, respect?
After seein the things y'all do for a check
This week is a pistol, next week is a dress
This week is Miley, next week is sex
Wonder what they gon' have y'all tellin us next
Live fast, die young - they sellin us all death
Lil' Snoop passed, I ain't even wanna read about it
Same cats pushin murder raps wanna tweet about it
But homie what you gonna do about it
You probably supplied the soundtrack for the dude who shot him
You put murder all in your songs
But if murder is wrong, then it's wrong
It shouldn't be about the money.
Fire.
Best,
Felix
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