Jay-Z Spikes The ‘Lemonade’ – ‘4:44’ Lyrical Deep Dive Of The Best Songs
Check out (probably) the deepest dive on Jay-Z’s 13th studio album, song by song on our favorite 4:44’s tracks below. We didn’t cover every track on the album, but most of the tracks had some great Easter eggs. Check it out by clicking to the next page to see each deep dive of the songs.
“Kill Jay Z”
Stand Out Lyrics: “You dropped outta school, you lost your principles. I know people backstab you, I felt bad too. But this ‘f*** everybody’ attitude ain’t natural. But you ain’t a Saint, this ain’t KumbaYe. But you got hurt because you did cool by ‘Ye. You gave him 20 million without blinkin’. He gave you 20 minutes on stage, f*** was he thinkin’? “F*** wrong with everybody?” is what you sayin’. But if everybody’s crazy, you’re the one that’s insane.”
Well, well, well, it looks like we also got a response on his supposed feud with Kanye West. And from what it sounds like, he gave Kanye West 20 Million. If you’re unfamiliar or if it didn’t quite click in your radar, right before Kanye’s mental breakdown, he went on stage and ranted during the Saint Pablo tour (for about 20 minutes before leaving) and said (quoted from UPROXX): “I’ve been sitting here to give y’all the truth. Jay Z, call me, bruh. You still ain’t calling me. Jay Z, call me. Aye, bruh, I know you got killers. Please don’t send them at my head. Just call me. Talk to me like a man.”
After Kim Kardashian‘s incident in Paris, we don’t know if Kanye was also thinking that the robbery had something to do with Jay-Z, but Ye went off the deep end around that time, so it’s hard to tell what he thinks was going on.
Another subtle theory: The constant repetitiveness of mentioning his name in the third person alludes potentially to “I Love Kanye” by Kanye West off of The Life Of Pablo.
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Stand Out Lyrics: “You egged Solange on, Knowin’ all along, all you had to say you was wrong. You almost went Eric Benét. Let the baddest girl in the world get away.”
After almost losing Beyonce over infidelity, and Solange Knowles, Bey’s sister, attacking Jay in an elevator, we finally know that this is why it all went down. Jay also makes reference to Eric Benét cheating on Halle Berry, which seemed to be such a scandal back in the day because it’s HALLE BERRY!
