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What is the meaning behind “I get way too petty once you let me do the extras Pull up on your block, then break it down: we playin’ Tetris AM to the PM, PM to the AM, funk”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick uses Tetris as an analogy for different sexual positions. Tetris is a video game that involves arranging random sequences of different Tetriminos, or “blocks,” with the aim of creating a horizontal line without gaps. When such a line is created, it disappears, or “breaks down,” and any blocks above the deleted line will fall. …

What is the meaning behind “Ooh, that pussy good, won’t you sit it on my taste bloods?”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick conflates “bloods” with “buds” so that both words are heard. He mentioned his “taste bloods” previously in the God Is Gangsta extended music video—there is a frame that displays the words: “Taste blood” is an idiom used to indicate something exciting—oral sex, in Kendrick’s case. He may also be alluding to the Blood gang.

What is the meaning behind “Girl, I can buy your ass the world with my paystub”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

A paystub is a document given to an employee that shows the amount of money they earned and the amount that was removed for taxes. They are monetarily worthless, and buying the world is impossible, but Kendrick makes these assertions in keeping with the bombastic claim of the previous line. On Mike Will’s 2014 track, …

What is the meaning behind “Parmesan where my accountant lives, in fact, I’m downin’ this D’USSÉ with my boo bae, tastes like Kool-Aid for the analysts”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Parmesan is an Italian cheese. “Cheese” is slang for money. D’USSÉ is a high-end French cognac backed by Jay Z, and Kool-Aid is a low-cost drink mix. “Drinking the Kool-Aid” is a phrase used when someone blindly adopts a detrimental lifestyle, belief system, or behavior due to peer pressure or a singular influence. The phrase …

What is the meaning behind “Ayy, I remember syrup sandwiches and crime allowances Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits, but now I’m countin’ this”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Big Boy asked Kendrick about this lyric and Kendrick confirmed that “crime allowances” is correct. K.Dot reminisces about the low-cost food he ate growing up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. This lyric could also be a callback to Nas’ 2012 track, “No Introduction”: I remember early mornings syrup sandwiches Although not in a gang, he grew …

What is the meaning behind “Nobody pray for me It been that day for me Way (Yeah, yeah)”? HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

In the “HUMBLE.” music video , Kendrick raps a different intro: Wicked or weakness? You gotta see this Way (Yeah, yeah) Kendrick evokes religious imagery—he calls out for everyone to gather around him, much like a preacher does, and he even dresses like a pope in the music video. The theme “wicked or weakness” is …

What is the meaning behind “There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house There’s some whores in this house”? WAP by Cardi B (Ft. Megan Thee Stallion)

This song is based around a sample of Frank Ski ’s 1993 single, “Whores in This House,” which is considered a “Baltimore street anthem,” as noted in a September 2014 Spin article . Frank Ski teased his involvement with the song a day before its release via a tweet . The sample was used on …

What is the meaning behind “Macaroni in a pot, that’s some wet-ass pussy, huh”? WAP by Cardi B (Ft. Megan Thee Stallion)

“Macaroni in a pot” is likely a reference to a popular Vine video by Mohamad Zoror from December 2014, in which his mother stirs macaroni and cheese in a pot and he says, “That’s what good pussy sounds like.” Mohamad later acknowledged this line on his TikTok. “Cardi, can I have a hundred dollars?” he …

What is the meaning behind “Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, you fuckin’ with some wet-ass pussy Bring a bucket and a mop for this wet-ass pussy Give me everything you got for this wet-ass pussy Now from the top, make it drop, that’s some wet-ass pussy Now get a bucket and a mop, that’s some wet-ass pussy I’m talkin’ wap, wap, wap, that’s some wet-ass pussy”? WAP by Cardi B (Ft. Megan Thee Stallion)

Talking about her WAP is pretty commonplace for Cardi, so her making a song about it almost seemed inevitable. For example, on her breakout hit, “Bodak Yellow” , Cardi raps: My pussy feel like a lake On “Press” : Pussy still wet like Florida On “Clout” : Pussy still wet like a big bitch On …