This was one of my favorite moments from the original version of The Carter - the 2 hour rough cut that we eventually deleted 35 minutes out of. This was the hardest moment for me to cut but Andy Grieve wasn’t having it. I guess we had too many poetic music and slow-mo scenes already.

Listen to the lyrics carefully. Wayne is at the top of his game on this one

“Hollywood come through my neighborhood with cameras on / I really think they’re stealin from us like a sample song”

“The hurricane came and took my Louisiana home / And all I got in return was a dern country song / This whole country wrong.”

“Your grill’s glistenin’ / Spent a hundred thousand on mine to feel different - what’s the real sense of it? / Uhhh ‘Bling Bling’, I know / And did you know I’m the creator of the term?”

Oh yeah and OutKast and Snoop Dogg are also on this track but I’ve never made it past the first verse. In 1 minute and 49 seconds Lil Wayne proves that he’s not only the greatest rapper alive but one of our country’s most fascinating and significant living artists, period. And yet he’s sitting in a jail cell right now. How does that make any sense?