Matt Walsh Reviews RAPSTAR By Polo G
Matt Walsh reviews the song Rapstar by Polo G Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 15, 2021 - The Matt Walsh Show
09:15
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| Okay, so it's time to dip our toes back into the music scene and see what songs the kids are listening to today. | |
| The one that was brought to my attention by someone in the comment section, it's a new joint. | |
| It's some real dope sh** from my homie Polo G. I've been a big fan of Polo G for a long time. | |
| As everyone knows, Polo G, real name Taurus Tremani Bartlett, Born January 6, 1999, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. | |
| In 2018, he rose to prominence with the singles Finer Things and Pop Out. | |
| In 2021, he released the song Rapstar, which debuted at number one on the Hot 100. | |
| The song became his first number one hit on the Hot 100, and his first solo Top 10 single. | |
| I know all this stuff off the top of my head. | |
| This is just information I know as a fan. | |
| Anyway, Rapstar is the song, and it's been number one on YouTube for, you know, weeks now. | |
| It has like 50 million views. | |
| Big deal, big hit. | |
| Let's check it out. | |
| What kind of dealership transaction is this? | |
| I'm a cow while I'm in it. I have planes flying, crowds screaming, money counters chains clanging. | |
| I guess this is how it sounds. | |
| Okay, quick, quick thing here. What, what kind of dealership transaction is this? | |
| The dude shows up with a duffel bag full of cash at the dealership. And then the guy literally has | |
| a silver platter with all the keys for his cars ready. | |
| Is this how it works for rappers? | |
| Is this what it means to be a rapper? | |
| That that's how it works when you go to a car dealership? | |
| I suggest you get started on the paperwork. | |
| I bought a pickup truck a couple months ago, and I was there for hours. | |
| I was doing paperwork, going through the warranty plans. | |
| They never talk about warranties. | |
| Financing. | |
| All that? | |
| I guess I should have just walked in with a bag of cash, thrown it on the table, and said, hey, I'm taking that car right there. | |
| Peace out. | |
| And then peeled out in the car. | |
| But of course, if I had done that, then the person at the dealership would have been like, uh, sir, you gave me $87.12. | |
| That's not enough to buy a car. | |
| Anyway, but Polo G has more money to throw around than I do, you know, admittedly, and that's fine. | |
| And he's buying rides for all his homies, which is great. | |
| Very sweet of him. | |
| If I was a homie waiting in line to get my car, I might stop Polo G and say, listen, Polo G, look, I know beggars can't be choosers, but can I get another color besides white? | |
| I don't want to spend every other day for the next seven years at a car wash, if you don't mind. | |
| I'd be a little ungrateful, though, I guess. | |
| All right, let's keep listening. | |
| Okay, I gotta stop it already. | |
| I mean, it does kind of sound like you're kidding. | |
| $2,000 a minute? | |
| I've been making like two thousand a minute. | |
| So high up... | |
| Okay, I gotta stop it already. | |
| I mean, it does kind of sound like you're kidding. | |
| Two thousand a minute? | |
| You've been making two thousand dollars a minute is what you tell us, Polo G. | |
| That's... | |
| I need a calculator. | |
| So it's 2,000 a minute, 120 grand an hour, 24 hours in a day. | |
| Someone help me out with the math. | |
| So that's like what, like 2.8 million a day, right? | |
| Let's call it 3 million. | |
| Maybe Polo G's been a little bit modest. | |
| So we're talking, this guy is making over a billion dollars a year. | |
| Who is, is this Jeff, is this what Jeff Bezos looks like? | |
| Not what I expected, to be honest. | |
| Not to stereotype, okay? | |
| Okay, don't take that the wrong way. | |
| [Music] | |
| [Music] | |
| Okay, let's check out the lyrics here. | |
| Um, he's a good guy. | |
| He says, I won't love a hoe after we have sexual relations. | |
| She can't get near me. | |
| Only bitch I give a conversation to is Siri. | |
| My pants am eerie. | |
| Yes, I'm winning clearly. | |
| I'm the chosen one. | |
| See my potential so they fear me. | |
| Lately I've been praying God. | |
| I wonder, can you hear me? | |
| Thinking about the old me. | |
| I swear I miss you dearly. | |
| Stay down till you come up. | |
| I've been sticking to that theory. | |
| Every day a battle. | |
| I'm exhausted. | |
| And I'm weary. | |
| Now this is great. | |
| I love how he goes from bragging about all his hoes and bragging about the brand name of his pants. | |
| He's proud of his pants, and then in the next line, he's crying out to God in agony. | |
| I, too, am extraordinarily humble. | |
| That's quite an emotional rollercoaster that he has us on. | |
| Every day's a battle. | |
| It's a struggle. | |
| In my $10,000 pants, on my private jet, after I just bought 10 BMWs for no reason, I'm str- God! | |
| Why hast thou forsaken me? | |
| me. | |
| Alright, let's continue. | |
| Public went along, my eyes teary. | |
| I fought through it all, but that shit hurt me severely. | |
| I been getting high to hide behind my insecurities. | |
| Taking different pills, but I know what I am. | |
| Copped a BMW, new deposit, I picked up another bag. | |
| Like, "Fuck it, I'ma count while I'm in it." | |
| I heard planes flying, crowds screaming, money counter chains. | |
| Clanking shit, I guess that's how it sound when you winning. | |
| I ain't joking, do it sound like I'm kidding. | |
| I been making like two thousand a minute. | |
| So high up through the clouds, I was swimming. | |
| I'm probably gonna drown when I'm in it. | |
| I bet she gonna get loud when I'm in it. | |
| And we might have a child when I'm finished. | |
| They say I'm part reverse, never put out a weak verse. | |
| Homicides when we lurk, I'm stuck 'til my feet hurt. | |
| I'm stuck 'til my feet hurt. | |
| Okay, let's review here for a moment what has happened so far. | |
| Here he is in this part of the song, after he's bragged about his pants and his hoes and his cars and money and jewelry, is now holding a small child. | |
| I mean, he's holding his own child, presumably, while he raps the following. | |
| I ain't jokin', do it sound like I'm kiddin'? | |
| I've been makin' like 2,000 a minute. | |
| So high up through the clouds I was swimmin'. | |
| I'm probably gonna drown when I'm in it. | |
| I bet she gon' get loud when I'm in it. | |
| And we might have a child when I'm finished. | |
| They say I'm pock rebirth, never put out a week first. | |
| Homicides when we lurk, I'ma step till my feet hurt. | |
| Okay, now in fairness, the kid, he wasn't there for the last two lines, so that's good. | |
| You know, that is responsible parenting. | |
| So, you know, he said to his kid, okay, son, daddy has to brag about killing people now, so you're gonna have to leave the room for this part. | |
| But he was holding the kid while he said, I bet she gon' get loud while I'm in it, and we might have a child when I'm finished. | |
| Is this his version of the birds and the bees talk? | |
| Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina. | |
| I appreciate that he's trying to include his son in his job, you know, like a take your child to work day sort of thing. | |
| Take your child to the rap video set. | |
| But maybe bring him in for a song that isn't about, you know, having sex with hoes and killing your enemies. | |
| I realize that might eliminate every song in Polo G's catalog, but either way, just a little parenting tip. | |
| Far be it for me to dull out advice, but there it is. | |
| So he says, anxiety killing me, I just want to leave earth. | |
| ♪ I mean, please don't talk ♪ ♪ I done been through too much ♪ | |
| ♪ And I don't need another loss ♪ ♪ Put that on every war scarf ♪ | |
| ♪ Every battle out the BMW ♪ ♪ New deposit, I picked up another bag ♪ | |
| ♪ Like, f*** it, I'm a cow while I'm in it ♪ - Okay, I think we get the idea. | |
| So he says, "Anxiety killing me, I just wanna leave Earth. | |
| "When they ask if I'm okay, "I just make everything seem worse." | |
| This is like a 14-year-old girl's diary entry. | |
| Trying to explain your feelings sounds like something you rehearsed. | |
| Stab me in my back with a clean smirk. | |
| Looking so deep into your eyes, I can read your thoughts, so shut the F. I mean, please don't talk. | |
| I done been through too much. | |
| I don't need another loss. | |
| Put that on every war scar for every battle I fought. | |
| You know what, in all seriousness, he does, I'll say this, he does a pretty good job of rhyming here. | |
| And even rhyming in multiple syllables, so credit where it's due. | |
| And I guess the message I'm getting here from the song is that, listen, you know, gangstas have feelings too, I guess. | |
| Which is also the plot of The Sopranos, incidentally. | |
| You know what? | |
| I wet my ass with your feelings. | |
| Thanks. | |
| Thanks a lot. | |
| The point is, yes, you know, they have the women. | |
| Yes, they have the money. | |
| Yes, they have the private jet. | |
| Yes, they're busting cabs in various asses and so forth. | |
| But at the end of the day, they just want to feel loved. | |
| And that, well, that's a message. | |
| I'm not sure how relatable it is or worthwhile, but it is a message. | |
| You know, and so that's an improvement over many other rap songs, which don't seem to be saying really anything at all. |
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