re: What are some Song Lyrics that you didn't understand in your youth, but you understand now

Pretty much every WHAM!, culture club, elton john and queen song.

I went through with the plan, now the man sendin' me grams,
My coke organization still infestin' the land,
No joke, built my Mama an estate in the Bahamas,
Crops of marijuana protected by Big Timers,
Hand, full of ice, it's gangsta's paradise,
Expensive merchandise, I had to sacrifice for the glamourous life,
Don P. for breakfast, Benz, stretches, and Lexus,
Distribution of coke from Louisiana to Texas,
Some fabricated, but fascinated by the way that I made it,
Now my name is implicated with the greatest
Wearin' the latest, leather fatigues and B.B.H.,
Brand new Mercedes, parked in front of my new estate,
Twelve o' clock we gave him, caviar, is what we ate,
Party with killas, paraphrenalia full of projects,
Dope snorters or prospects, the rob your shop necks,
But I gets pissed and send hits, don't frick with my shite
Wig split, the heel, whoever he roll with,
Admit it, you did it, tongue too tied? Well say somethin'
Nine's bustin', bringin' your platoon to destruction,
Continue to hustlin', givin' up nothin' where the dope at?
Crackers can get the Bauds at, because I'm pro Black,
Think I'm a foreigner, he wasn't holdin' up his side of his deal,
Alien gotta be killed, sent to the coroner,
I'm sure he would have gone before the judge
With somethin' concrete, to send me, 'cause
He was holdin' a grudge, frickin' over a thug,
Told my bitch I want him dead,
Bring me his head, fill him with lead,
Heard what I said? Don't betray me,
I'll put you on the streets and make you weak,
With carrots and stones up on fingers and your teeth,
And built you a home next to the beach,
And luxury cars we creep
Here's the nine, I don't have time, make it discreet

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Literally anything Seger these days.

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Been listening to segar and Jackson Browne a lot lately. Like a rock was just a Chevy song till I sat down and listened to all of it. The famous final scene can be interpreted in a lot of ways, one being the dying. Jackson Browne was an incredible song writer even at a young age. These Days is a huge standout for me, especially with greg alman singing it. When he says “don’t confront me with my failures” and you realize a 16 year old Browne wrote that, it’s just incredible that a young man knew that wisdom. And alman had lived all those experiences and took him forever to realize that same thing.

You Shook Me All Night Long

I almost feel embarrassed jamming to that in front of my kids but it's a great frickin song

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having an almost 4 year old and almost 2 year old, I feel it.

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Mine are 14,10,9. The days are long but the years are short.

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Wrapped up like a deuce, another roller In the night.

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Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

Whitney Houston’s “I wanna Dance with Somebody” isn’t about dancing.

Paying anything to roll the dice.... just one more time -Dont stop believing

Some dance to remember, Some dance to forget. -Hotel California

John Lennon

“Life is what happens to you
While you’re busy making other plans .”

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Nights Moves by Bob Seger. My mom used to listen to it when we were kids. I now know what it was about and kinda disgusted that my mom jammed to with us in the car

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The great thing about Seger songs is they can have multiple meanings. The obviously it is about a young man hooking with a girl and using each other and learning. But also its about a older guy reflecting back on his youth.