Blood Line
2002 · Cash Money 440 060 058-2 · New Orleans, Louisiana
- Artist
- Lil Wayne
- Title
- Blood Line
- Release
- 500 Degreez
- Year
- 2002
- Label
- Cash Money # 440 060 058-2
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Southern Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Lil Wayne, influential Southern Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. on 27 September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, said to have sold 120m+ records worldwide. He frequently referenced the Vietnam War, as a metaphor for violence, including: "Blood Line" (2002), "Problem Solver" (2006) (with Birdman and DJ Khaled), "Wasted" (2009), "Thinking Bout You" (2015), "Bing James" (2020) (with Jay Rock), and "Wild Dogs" (2020). The song "Blood Line" (Cash Money Records # 440 060 058-2) continued the trend of using Vietnam as a metaphor for violence: "the dirty south is straight Vietnam, I skate with the bomb".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I'm G'd up / Only follow the code of the streets / Live bad to die good / Know how to move when hustling by the days with no food / But just so I can eat / And ain't it a bitch / And if you see me gettin' fat I'm probably gettin' rich / And you probably can see me for some crack before six / And after that it's all bricks / A fake and my palm is wrapped around this eight / And my arm because the dirty south is straight Vietnam / I skate with the bomb / I'm asking you don't play with me at all / Shots hit your ass and make three of y'all / It'll take three of y'all to fill one of my shoeprints / Cuz I did and do shit that's better than new shit / Fit for two clips / The kid is a nuisance / Aww man, he's inspired by his own gangsta music (And?) / And The Blueprint / Cruising through stoop with the ewe lit / Like ooh shit this is more than weed, it's 500 Degreez
About the artist
Lil Wayne, influential Southern Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap artist, born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. on 27 September 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, said to have sold 120m+ records worldwide. He frequently referenced the Vietnam War, as a metaphor for violence, including: "Blood Line" (2002), "Problem Solver" (2006) (with Birdman and DJ Khaled ), "Wasted" (2009), "Thinking Bout You" (2015), "Bing J.