Hip-Hop
6' 7
In this song 6'7, Lil Wayne uses many metaphors in this song because its one of his artistic persona's. Lil Wayne the "rapper" uses a stream of consciouses in order to express his life experiences and the struggles he has overcome in his life.
"You don't want to start with Weezy, cause the "F" is for finisher"- Lil Wayne is warning people that if they have a conflict with his work or him. They should be careful because he will finish the conflict with the person by any means possible.
"I speak the truth, but I guess that's a foreign language to y'all"- " He claims people around him are too busy lying to themselves about the things happening in the world such as George Bush doing everything he can to help the people in New Orleans. .
"Real G's move in silence like lasagna"- He’s saying that gangsters don’t disclose their actions. It’s a secret until it happens. You never know what there thinking or planning.
"I beat the beat up, call it self defense"- When he says "I beats the beat up" he’s saying that he’s fighting the music industry scrutinizing his image and people calming that he samples songs too much.
These metaphors in his song, 6'7, shows his impressive skills of creating poetic lyrics. LiL Wayne uses completely disconnected things and connect to create a creative metaphor.
