about
This song is a semi-subtle discussion of western art history and racism.
lyrics
Uh. Jack of Co.Z
I just want to be Picasso, no fuck it he was a basturd
He must'a taken every figure drawing class plastered
Womanizing with Dali painting Molly on velvet
Like "I'm sorry if you lost some time, bitch, it melted"
Prolly pissed all on duchamp's fountain
Saw a nude decend a staircase, and tried to mount it
These fauvists so rainbow, that dada some clown shit
Abstractly expressing the world as we found it
Same old garden of earthly delights
Live a sinner, then get shat out in the afterlife
That may be Hieronymus/erroneous, most this fame is phony shit
Sol Wit ain't paint that, he just tricked you into owning it
Warhol didn't own his print design he just sold the shit
Building up a brand man that's just business ownership
Pollack found his niche, scribbled dribbles all over it
The marketing of Mona Lisa though, that's some bogus shit
They tell you buy Picasso lots
Now they all buying into that Picasso stock
Now Picasso's overvalued but the dealers got Braque
So you buy that, you just got Picasso Braqued
Watch, they tell you buy Picasso lots
Now they all buying into that Picasso stock
Now Picasso's overvalued but the dealers got Braque
So you buy that, you just got Picasso Braqued
Bitch, I'm a mutherfucking dealer
Got connects at art galleries, for real bruh
...Kanye get at me
Represent a lot of artists, not enough of them black
See, y'al'ready knew Basquiat
But blacks don't show up in art history talks a lot
Which prolly means that thei'r shit don't cost a lot
Rascisms been embedded and it's got to stop
Henry Ossawa Tanner's impressionism and landscapes
Came up when these crackahs still wouldn't give him a hand shake
Ernie Barnes made it on album covers of course
But not before these crackahs forced him to consider doing sports
Eugene Martin made some beautiful art
Without Wikipedia I wouldn't'a knewn he's a part
Of it's western history, which I studied lots
I just heard about Picasso and his buddy Braque
Watch, they tell you buy Picasso lots
Now they all buying into that Picasso stock
Now Picasso's overvalued and the dealers got Braque
So you buy that, you just got Picasso Braqued
Watch, they tell you buy Picasso lots
Now they all buying into that Picasso stock
Now Picasso's overvalued and the dealers got Braque
So you buy that, you just got Picasso Braqued
Watch.
Jack of Co.Z
*French Stuff*
Don't be talking to Jay-Z in french on my mixtape!
By the way he's married… *Touché*
Get Co.Z
I wanna be Murdoch more than Picasso
Because I want the power of the king more than the castle
I'm already an artist, but the marketings a hassle
I got a niche market: young rich white ass holes
And some bitches...hopefully international
Keep 'em in thei'r favorite fashions, bikinis and tassels
….I'm such a fucking rascal
Got unlimited credit just to match my mommy's cash flow
People living lavish motivating you to have it
Class warfare keeps it out of reach you need to grab it
Getting mad at glass ceilings so a couple crash past it
Just cause Jay Z broke through it doesn't mean these kids can hash it
It unfair...now he brag about his baggage
From the Maybach to the private jet there ain't no need for tags–
What's he's done there, is just to tell you that he broke it
And the system don't give it, so go find some hope quick, yo
Uh.
credits
from
Magna Co.Z Flowhammad,
released August 6, 2013
Production: Timbaland, J-Roc
Original Artist: Jay Z
Mix Engineer: CompanyZ
Parody Lyrics & Performance: Jack of Co.Z
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