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No, no, you will not have me caught up all up on Maury (Hello) Lil Uzi Vert – Sauce It Up
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Maury Povich has been a TV news anchor since the ‘60s and hosted The Maury Povich Show since 1991. The Maury Povich Show often features couples and former couples debating the paternity of a child and taking a DNA test to find out once and for all. Uzi’s determined to avoid the fate of ending up on Maury—he doesn’t want to get a girl pregnant and get caught in all the “baby mama drama.”
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Like a coffee ring upon this table
I'm unstable, I am stained by you
Like a goddamn soldier that just can't forget the battle
I am stained by you
Like a coffee ring upon this table
I'm unstable, I am stained by you
By you, by you, oh-oh Selena Gomez – Stained
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Selena compares the damage left by her past love to two very different wounds—that of a soldier suffering the memory of battle and that of a table with a coffee stain. A soldier’s memories of battle would seem an order of magnitude more serious than a stained table, so we’re left wondering just how deep Selena’s wounds go. Either way, the residue won’t come off easily.
Hoppin' through poppy fields
Dodgin' evil witches
These houses keep droppin' everywhere SZA – Prom
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This is a reference to famous 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy’s house is taken in a tornado and drops in Oz on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her. Her sister the Wicked Witch of the West then swears she will get revenge on Dorothy, and Dorothy has to find the Wizard to get back home to Kansas again. While on her journey, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion pass out in a field of poppies (which are used to make opiates).
SZA often references her favorite films—she sampled Rosemary’s Baby on her 2013 EP S, referenced Misery in the music video for “Love Galore,” and name-drops Forrest Gump characters on “Doves In the Wind.” Here, The Wizard of Oz could relate to her trying to find home and settle down, or it could be a reference to her struggles and the people she’s met along her journey.
Tryna make it disappear
But just like the battle of Troy
There's nothing subtle here Selena Gomez – Bad Liar
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Selena, Tranter, and Michaels take things way back here with a reference to the Trojan War, which is thought to have occurred in 1200BC. However, the version we know was made famous in Homer’s epic 7th century BC poem The Iliad, and Gomez, Tranter and Michaels are right—there was nothing subtle about it.
Basically, the goddess of love Aphrodite made a young Trojan Prince named Paris and the young Greek Queen Helen fall in love and run away together. But Helen was married to the Greek King Menelaus, and he was so pissed off that he sent over 1,000 ships to get her back and the Greeks and Trojans ended up at war for 10 years. How’s that for a romantic gesture?
Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger played Paris and Helen in Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 film adaptation Troy.
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John Galliano is an iconic fashion designer best known for his work at Dior in the early 2000s. He’s currently the Creative Director of Maison Margiela.
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