The Matt Walsh Show - Matt Walsh Reviews RAPSTAR By Polo G
Aired: 2021-05-15
Duration: 09:15


=== Polo G's Parenting Tip (09:15) ===

[00:00:00]  Okay, so it's time to dip our toes back into the music scene and see what songs the kids are listening to today.
[00:00:06]  The one that was brought to my attention by someone in the comment section, it's a new joint.
[00:00:11]  It's some real dope sh** from my homie Polo G. I've been a big fan of Polo G for a long time.
[00:00:16]  As everyone knows, Polo G, real name Taurus Tremani Bartlett, Born January 6, 1999, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive.
[00:00:25]  In 2018, he rose to prominence with the singles Finer Things and Pop Out.
[00:00:29]  In 2021, he released the song Rapstar, which debuted at number one on the Hot 100.
[00:00:34]  The song became his first number one hit on the Hot 100, and his first solo Top 10 single.
[00:00:38]  I know all this stuff off the top of my head.
[00:00:40]  This is just information I know as a fan.
[00:00:42]  Anyway, Rapstar is the song, and it's been number one on YouTube for, you know, weeks now.
[00:00:47]  It has like 50 million views.
[00:00:49]  Big deal, big hit.
[00:00:50]  Let's check it out.
[00:01:05]  What kind of dealership transaction is this?
[00:01:07]  I'm a cow while I'm in it. I have planes flying, crowds screaming, money counters chains clanging.
[00:01:12]  I guess this is how it sounds.
[00:01:14]  Okay, quick, quick thing here. What, what kind of dealership transaction is this?
[00:01:20]  The dude shows up with a duffel bag full of cash at the dealership. And then the guy literally has
[00:01:27]  a silver platter with all the keys for his cars ready.
[00:01:31]  Is this how it works for rappers?
[00:01:32]  Is this what it means to be a rapper?
[00:01:33]  That that's how it works when you go to a car dealership?
[00:01:35]  I suggest you get started on the paperwork.
[00:01:38]  I bought a pickup truck a couple months ago, and I was there for hours.
[00:01:41]  I was doing paperwork, going through the warranty plans.
[00:01:45]  They never talk about warranties.
[00:01:46]  Financing.
[00:01:48]  All that?
[00:01:49]  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.
[00:01:55]  Peace out.
[00:01:56]  And then peeled out in the car.
[00:01:59]  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.
[00:02:04]  That's not enough to buy a car.
[00:02:06]  Anyway, but Polo G has more money to throw around than I do, you know, admittedly, and that's fine.
[00:02:11]  And he's buying rides for all his homies, which is great.
[00:02:14]  Very sweet of him.
[00:02:16]  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?
[00:02:28]  I don't want to spend every other day for the next seven years at a car wash, if you don't mind.
[00:02:32]  I'd be a little ungrateful, though, I guess.
[00:02:34]  All right, let's keep listening.
[00:02:35]  Okay, I gotta stop it already.
[00:02:36]  I mean, it does kind of sound like you're kidding.
[00:02:38]  $2,000 a minute?
[00:02:38]  I've been making like two thousand a minute.
[00:02:40]  So high up...
[00:02:41]  Okay, I gotta stop it already.
[00:02:42]  I mean, it does kind of sound like you're kidding.
[00:02:45]  Two thousand a minute?
[00:02:48]  You've been making two thousand dollars a minute is what you tell us, Polo G.
[00:02:53]  That's...
[00:02:55]  I need a calculator.
[00:02:57]  So it's 2,000 a minute, 120 grand an hour, 24 hours in a day.
[00:03:02]  Someone help me out with the math.
[00:03:04]  So that's like what, like 2.8 million a day, right?
[00:03:08]  Let's call it 3 million.
[00:03:09]  Maybe Polo G's been a little bit modest.
[00:03:11]  So we're talking, this guy is making over a billion dollars a year.
[00:03:17]  Who is, is this Jeff, is this what Jeff Bezos looks like?
[00:03:21]  Not what I expected, to be honest.
[00:03:24]  Not to stereotype, okay?
[00:03:25]  Okay, don't take that the wrong way.
[00:03:27]  [Music]
[00:03:29]  [Music]
[00:03:58]  Okay, let's check out the lyrics here.
[00:04:01]  Um, he's a good guy.
[00:04:02]  He says, I won't love a hoe after we have sexual relations.
[00:04:08]  She can't get near me.
[00:04:09]  Only bitch I give a conversation to is Siri.
[00:04:12]  My pants am eerie.
[00:04:13]  Yes, I'm winning clearly.
[00:04:15]  I'm the chosen one.
[00:04:16]  See my potential so they fear me.
[00:04:18]  Lately I've been praying God.
[00:04:20]  I wonder, can you hear me?
[00:04:21]  Thinking about the old me.
[00:04:22]  I swear I miss you dearly.
[00:04:24]  Stay down till you come up.
[00:04:25]  I've been sticking to that theory.
[00:04:26]  Every day a battle.
[00:04:27]  I'm exhausted.
[00:04:29]  And I'm weary.
[00:04:30]  Now this is great.
[00:04:31]  I love how he goes from bragging about all his hoes and bragging about the brand name of his pants.
[00:04:38]  He's proud of his pants, and then in the next line, he's crying out to God in agony.
[00:04:42]  I, too, am extraordinarily humble.
[00:04:44]  That's quite an emotional rollercoaster that he has us on.
[00:04:49]  Every day's a battle.
[00:04:50]  It's a struggle.
[00:04:51]  In my $10,000 pants, on my private jet, after I just bought 10 BMWs for no reason, I'm str- God!
[00:04:58]  Why hast thou forsaken me?
[00:04:59]  me.
[00:05:00]  Alright, let's continue.
[00:05:01]  Public went along, my eyes teary.
[00:05:02]  I fought through it all, but that shit hurt me severely.
[00:05:03]  I been getting high to hide behind my insecurities.
[00:05:04]  Taking different pills, but I know what I am.
[00:05:05]  Copped a BMW, new deposit, I picked up another bag.
[00:05:06]  Like, "Fuck it, I'ma count while I'm in it."
[00:05:07]  I heard planes flying, crowds screaming, money counter chains.
[00:05:08]  Clanking shit, I guess that's how it sound when you winning.
[00:05:09]  I ain't joking, do it sound like I'm kidding.
[00:05:10]  I been making like two thousand a minute.
[00:05:16]  So high up through the clouds, I was swimming.
[00:05:30]  I'm probably gonna drown when I'm in it.
[00:05:34]  I bet she gonna get loud when I'm in it.
[00:05:35]  And we might have a child when I'm finished.
[00:05:36]  They say I'm part reverse, never put out a weak verse.
[00:05:37]  Homicides when we lurk, I'm stuck 'til my feet hurt.
[00:05:38]  I'm stuck 'til my feet hurt.
[00:05:43]  Okay, let's review here for a moment what has happened so far.
[00:05:47]  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.
[00:05:54]  I mean, he's holding his own child, presumably, while he raps the following.
[00:06:00]  I ain't jokin', do it sound like I'm kiddin'?
[00:06:02]  I've been makin' like 2,000 a minute.
[00:06:04]  So high up through the clouds I was swimmin'.
[00:06:07]  I'm probably gonna drown when I'm in it.
[00:06:09]  I bet she gon' get loud when I'm in it.
[00:06:11]  And we might have a child when I'm finished.
[00:06:14]  They say I'm pock rebirth, never put out a week first.
[00:06:17]  Homicides when we lurk, I'ma step till my feet hurt.
[00:06:20]  Okay, now in fairness, the kid, he wasn't there for the last two lines, so that's good.
[00:06:26]  You know, that is responsible parenting.
[00:06:29]  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.
[00:06:36]  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.
[00:06:43]  Is this his version of the birds and the bees talk?
[00:06:47]  Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina.
[00:06:50]  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.
[00:06:55]  Take your child to the rap video set.
[00:06:57]  But maybe bring him in for a song that isn't about, you know, having sex with hoes and killing your enemies.
[00:07:05]  I realize that might eliminate every song in Polo G's catalog, but either way, just a little parenting tip.
[00:07:12]  Far be it for me to dull out advice, but there it is.
[00:07:33]  So he says, anxiety killing me, I just want to leave earth.
[00:07:37]  ♪ I mean, please don't talk ♪ ♪ I done been through too much ♪
[00:07:40]  ♪ And I don't need another loss ♪ ♪ Put that on every war scarf ♪
[00:07:43]  ♪ Every battle out the BMW ♪ ♪ New deposit, I picked up another bag ♪
[00:07:47]  ♪ Like, f*** it, I'm a cow while I'm in it ♪ - Okay, I think we get the idea.
[00:07:51]  So he says, "Anxiety killing me, I just wanna leave Earth.
[00:07:55]  "When they ask if I'm okay, "I just make everything seem worse."
[00:08:00]  This is like a 14-year-old girl's diary entry.
[00:08:03]  Trying to explain your feelings sounds like something you rehearsed.
[00:08:07]  Stab me in my back with a clean smirk.
[00:08:09]  Looking so deep into your eyes, I can read your thoughts, so shut the F. I mean, please don't talk.
[00:08:15]  I done been through too much.
[00:08:17]  I don't need another loss.
[00:08:19]  Put that on every war scar for every battle I fought.
[00:08:22]  You know what, in all seriousness, he does, I'll say this, he does a pretty good job of rhyming here.
[00:08:28]  And even rhyming in multiple syllables, so credit where it's due.
[00:08:33]  And I guess the message I'm getting here from the song is that, listen, you know, gangstas have feelings too, I guess.
[00:08:40]  Which is also the plot of The Sopranos, incidentally.
[00:08:43]  You know what?
[00:08:44]  I wet my ass with your feelings.
[00:08:45]  Thanks.
[00:08:45]  Thanks a lot.
[00:08:46]  The point is, yes, you know, they have the women.
[00:08:49]  Yes, they have the money.
[00:08:50]  Yes, they have the private jet.
[00:08:51]  Yes, they're busting cabs in various asses and so forth.
[00:08:54]  But at the end of the day, they just want to feel loved.
[00:09:00]  And that, well, that's a message.
[00:09:02]  I'm not sure how relatable it is or worthwhile, but it is a message.
[00:09:09]  You know, and so that's an improvement over many other rap songs, which don't seem to be saying really anything at all.