I'd like to say that I posted "White Lines" to celebrate the anniversary of DJ Kool Herc's "after school" party in 1973....
Nope. Pure coincidence.
Wild, huh?
"White Lines" doesn't lie about the allure of cocaine, but the lyrics are very blunt about the cost:
Ticket to ride, white line highway Tell your friends you can go my way Pay your toll, sell your soul Pound for pound costs more than gold The longer you stay, the more you pay Buy white line go a long way Either up your nose or through your vein With nothing to gain but killing your brain
And I always thought the kinetic rage was part of the point. Yes, some early rap was party music (The Fat Boys) or stressed unity (Afrika Bambaata), but songs like "White Lines" or "The Message" were about hitting the listener hard
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Date: 2020-08-12 01:21 pm (UTC)Nope. Pure coincidence.
Wild, huh?
"White Lines" doesn't lie about the allure of cocaine, but the lyrics are very blunt about the cost:
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell your friends you can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound for pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
Buy white line go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothing to gain but killing your brain
And I always thought the kinetic rage was part of the point. Yes, some early rap was party music (The Fat Boys) or stressed unity (Afrika Bambaata), but songs like "White Lines" or "The Message" were about hitting the listener hard