Lil Wayne

Bing James

2020 · Young Money B0030882-02 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Artist
Lil Wayne
Title
Bing James
Release
Funeral
Year
2020
Label
Young Money # B0030882-02
Format
Album
Language
English
Country
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Genre
Hip Hop · Southern Hip Hop · Gangsta Rap
Primary theme
Post-War

Annotation

"Bing James" Featuring Jay Rock "Motion picture shit, (Woo) at you with my .40 Glock / When I'm on my savage shit, bodies on that blacktop (Yeah) / Weapons in the stash box, (Yeah) keep a couple lamb chops (Yeah) / All we serve is hearses, you don't get no ambulance ride / All we know is big B's, yeah, you know, that's gang, gang / This ain't what you want, you don't wanna lose your brain, brain / Focused on this bag now, yeah we from the projects (Yeah) / We got that PTSD like some Vietnam vets / Miss me with that bullshit, I'm just tryna make a play / White Lamborghini truck, bitches call it yola-yay / Sharp as razor blades, Smith N' Wesson in my breakaway / Peep the different shit from behind these Aviator shades" "Wild Dogs" All my dawgs gon' slide, yeah / Bust up in your home, yeah / Home sweet homicide, yeah / All my dawgs is wild niggas, saw your dawg goodbye, yeah / Pet Sematary, I got all your dawgs inside, yeah / Yeah, y'all done lost your mind, yeah / And all my stars aligned, yeah / So all my dawgs gon' shine, yeah / All my dawgs is slimes, yeah / It's war like Vietnam, yeah / Throw that dog a bone, wait... / That might be a bomb, damn

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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). This album featured two tracks referencing the Vietnam War. The song "Wild Dogs" (Young Money Entertainment # B0030882-02) used Vietnam as a comparison to violence in the US: "bust up in your home... home sweet homicide... it's war like Vietnam". The song "Bing James", featuring Jay Rock (Gangsta Rap artist, born Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr. on 31 March 1985 in Watts, California, USA) referenced Vietnam, used as a metaphor for flashbacks (usually associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - frequently referenced in post-war 1980s songs about US veterans, often connected in songs to stress, shell shock, flashbacks, nostalgia, and feelings and dreams related to an event: "we from the projects, we got that PTSD like some Vietnam…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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.

Themes

Vet · PTSD · Poverty

In collections

Rap / Hip Hop Songs