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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, Alfred Lord Tennyson – Ulysses
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The Happy or Fortunate Isles were where Greek heroes went where they died — a reference to paradise that we can interpret imaginatively.

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'Cause I'm the type of nigga to make the fat lady sing The Pharcyde (Ft. Buc Fifty) – I'm That Type of Nigga
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“It isn’t over till the fat lady sings” is a common phrase which means that a match isn’t over until it’s over and they’ve had some opera singer come on and sing some anthem at the end. Here Bootie Brown spins the phrase round, using it with sexual connotations…

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Which is not tomb enough and continent
To hide the slain? William Shakespeare – Hamlet Act 4 Scene 4
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Shakespeare is often considered complicated
but his best lines are often quite simple.

So many people are going to die in Fortinbras' cause that they will be fighting over grave plots!

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This line reminds me of the quote by a Red Army general after the Winter War: “We have gained just enough ground to bury our dead”. The patch of land Fortinbras' army is fighting over is even smaller!

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This is saying that the plot of land the armies are fighting over isn’t big enough to bury those who die fighting for it. It’s really elaborating on the previous line, that the armies are fighting for a plot “whereon the numbers cannot try the cause”. It doesn’t mean that the soldiers will actually be buried there. It’s a wonderful passage – one of my favourites

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He says rather that the area of land is not “tomb enough” (that is, too small) to even hide the bodies of those who will be slain in the battle over it.

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Get Out of My House The Streets – Get Out of My House
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The sixth song from the concept album ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free.’ Things take a turn for the worse in Mike and Simone’s previously steady relationship.

“Get Out of My House” is Mike Skinner’s satire on petty arguments. It’s also notable for featuring C-Mone as the protagonist’s girlfriend – the only time Simone actually speaks in the album.

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my style is bumrushin' Dr. Octagon – 1977
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Bum rushing is running into somebody headlong. The phrase is most often associated with Public Enemy, thanks to their classic debut album “Yo! Bum Rush the Show”. Since this came out in 1987, Keith’s still time travelling.

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Performing with Mean Gene, Cordio The Grand Wizzard
The "L" Brothers Dr. Octagon – 1977
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DJ Mean Gene, DJ Cordio and DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore are three members of the “L” Brothers, who would later go on to become the Fantastic Five. Theodore is best known for inventing scratching. The group stopped performing under that name in the late ‘70s: Kool Keith is suggesting that he can travel through time.

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