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"I'm A Greek God" Nacho Picasso

Lyrics:

It's Nacho Picasso, born from Greece
With Medussa's head sown in my golden fleece
Should have been a Minotaur, because your boy's a beast
Got me feelin' like Ares, cause I know no peace
Got my burner from Hephaestus, Athena my niece
If you're a slow learner then Homer can teach
Tonight we dine in Hell, you feel the heat?
Gettin' head from a hydra, you feel the teeth?
I'm high as Mount Olympus, and your goddess want the business
Hera is my wife, Aphrodite is my mistress
Coldest nigga out here and Apollo be my witness
May the lightning strike you down if your name is on my shit list
Fly as Icarus, so they swallow my babies
And all my ex-ladies hope I die and go to Hades
Mariners tribal, Poseidon, I'm wavy
Your bitch Helen of Troy, she creepin' like crazy

Hook:
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
My style gets bit, like it's laid with snakes
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
I'm her Greek God, I should bathe in grapes
And my style gets bit, like it's laid with snakes

Verse 2:
No pupils, I'm enlightened
I eat thunder, I'm crappin' lightning
My Pegasus, a white horse with white wings
It's frightening to see a nigga with white things
The world on my back, no need for sight seeing
I get carried away, no need for hiking
Mortals no it's over once a girl takes a liking
Yes I am a Spartan, but I'm horny as Viking
Sniffin' Brooke Shield, these beats are my meals
Make packs and do deals, as lips remained sealed
Kissed by a rose, on a grave so sealed
Yes this is mythology, but bitch I'm so real
Bad yellow bitch like April O'Neil
She's basically thrilled, feeds me grapes as she peel
She's facing me kneel with an eighth of that kill
A rolled up dollar bill, I'm wasted and thrilled

Hook 

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"Napoleon" - Cihy The Prynce

Lyrics:

The Napoleon complex is when short men overcompensate for being short
Usually by being really aggressive
Y'all know what time it is
Young prince with the soul of Napoleon
I see art like I know the custodian
At the Gagosian and my hoe is Cambodian
While I'm smoking I send her to the store for some os-ium
If I ain't hot, you must be smoking that opium
Or that shit Hector gave Smoke and 'em
In that Impala, but ain't nobody dope as him
So, hip-hop, it's time to hold the symposium
Or a seminar with no podium
For all the lame niggas throwing sodium, on my name, no Utopian
My fans are like the '96 Lakers, coach, throw Kobe in
Remember seven Knicks at night, no Nickelodeon
Now I'm pulling chicks at night feeling like Scorpion
Dr. Kevorkian all in your hoe fallopian
Got her in the car giving toppings, anchovy-ing
Speaking of cars, they rush ours like 4 PM
How you a gangsta but on Instagram emoji-ing?
In America, niggas dying over pussy
In the Middle East, they dying over petroleum
A pound in a FoodSaver look like a head of lettuce
Niggas steal my metaphors like I never said it
Try to battle me, you gonna need the paramedics
That means two, a pair of medics
And a helicopter full of hella doctors
For sounding like Andy Milanokis on the teleprompter
Let's get it popping, Orville Redenbacher
Don't make my partner kill your dog with that Cruella chopper
Hotter than that red sriracha, can't care less about you
The last thing I'm tryna be is fresh when the feds is watching
No disrespect to my nigga Chainz
But when the feds really watching, that shit'll wreck your brain
That's why I left the game but if I had to do some time
I'll still make money from the pen like Ester Dean
And I could go to jail for some shit I did at 17
God knows where I would be if I never dreamed
The dopest nigga in our decade
I don't rest, hey, 'cause these hoes give me a headache
I'm out in L.A., I never went to school
For writing but I'm still good with them essays
Every bitch I had end up fucking the squad
No love in my heart, back then I wasn't that smart
But I went into some classes overseas
Now all I do is study abroad, get it? Study a broad?
What I learned is that these hoes'll tear your buddies apart
Now it's Greek mythology 'cause I run with the gods
Street astrology 'cause I'm one with the stars

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"Black Skinhead" - Kanye West [Produced by Daft Punk and Kanye West]

Lyrics: 

For my theme song, my leather black jeans on
My by any means on, pardon I'm getting my scream on
Enter the kingdom but watch who you bring home
They see a black man with a white woman at the top floor they gone come to kill King Kong
Middle America packed in, came to see me in my black skin
Number one question they asking, fuck every question you asking
If I don't get ran out by Catholics, here come some conservative Baptists
Claiming I'm overreacting like them black kids in Chiraq bitch

Four in the morning, and I'm zonin'
They say I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where's the Trojans?
Baby we livin' in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished I'm devoted
And you know it, and you know it

So follow me up cause this shit's about to go down
I'm doin' 500, I'm outta control now
But there's nowhere to go, now
And there's no way to slow down
If I knew what I knew in the past
I would have been blacked out on your ass

Four in the mornin', and I'm zonin'
They say I'm possessed, it's an omen
I keep it 300, like the Romans
300 bitches, where's the Trojans?
Baby we livin' in the moment
I've been a menace for the longest
But I ain't finished, I'm devoted
And you know it, and you know it

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"See Me Now" - Kanye West ft Beyoncé, Big Sean and Charlie Wilson

 Lyrics:

[Hook]

I know you see me now right now

[Beyonce]
I got my suit and tie
And I don’t know if y’all know
Well, maybe y’all do
Or maybe y’all don’t
But I don’t really care
It’s how we on it all the time
So I’ma get my money
Let’s go

[Kanye West]
Now, I’mma need you to kill the hypocrisy
This is an aristocracy
I’m Socrates, but my skin more chocolately
What’s up with who? That’s old news
I’m in a speedboat, in my boat shoes
Huh? I swear my whole collection’s so cool
I might walk in Nobu with no shoes
He just walked in Nobu like it was Whole Foods!
That nigga crazy, I told you!
Immature adult (uh huh), insecure asshole (what else?)
And if you fall on the concrete, that’s yo’ ass fault
If you pass on a Kon beat, that’s yo’ last fault
Get what you ask for, I swear that’s yo’ ass, so
She got a big booty, but she couldn’t drop that ass low
‘Til you take yo’ last ho, and rope up all the cash flow
When you gettin’ money, they be all up on yo’ ass, yo
When you gettin’ money Kons don’t let a nigga pass go
Straight to jail, yo, in a hell hole
Right next to Lucifer, tell ‘em I say hello
Ask him if I’ma be there soon and tell ‘im I said “Hell, no!”
Yo, what you say when your people get out of jail, huh?

[Beyonce with Kanye West in brackets]
My niggas is home
I guess I got everything
Everything I want
(Lets go shopping dog, lets celebrate)
But I don’t
No matter how good it gets
(Free Weezy though)
It’ll never be like before
No women in the crowd
Screamin’ and it’s loud
Doin’ things not allowed
And I swear it’s goin’ down right now
(You know what it is)
I know one thing, my mama would be proud
And you see me lookin’ up
‘Cause I know she’s lookin’ down right now

"This is an aristocracy I'm Socrates, but my skin more chocolately." I found it interesting that there were some rappers in the music industry who referenced to Greek Mythology within their music pieces. After researching the lyrics for this song I was able to find out what Kanye meant when he was comparing himself to Socrates [ who was a gadfly; a person who annoys or criticizes others in order to provoke them into action. He was unpopular in Athens for questioning the moral, intellectual, and political norms of his time. 

After continuing my research on the reason behind Kanye comparing himself to Socrates I found out that Socrates was ordered to be killed by the government of Athens due to his out-spoken nature and unpopular beliefs. In Kanye's song/remix "I Don't Like" he states, "The media crucify me like they did Christ." Which shows relation between the two subjects being the target within a community. 

Reference:

 

http://genius.com/30186/Kanye-west-see-me-now/This-is-an-aristocracy-im-socrates-but-my-skin-more-chocolately 

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kanyewest/seemenow.html

http://niketalk.com/t/567974/rappers-and-greek-mythology

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