Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, You're Far Too Kind

I was listening to Jay-Z (of course), I really like what he says in Verse 3 of Thank You. It’s a real statement about what happened to the first responders at 9/11, a clever way to compare how Jay-Z has “killed” (translation: defeated) his competition slowly, just as 9/11 did to the first responders.

“I was gon' 9/11 'em, but they didn't need the help

And they did a good job them boys is talented as hell

Cuz not only did they brick they put a building up as well

They ran a plane into that building and when that building fell

Ran to the crash site with no masks and inhaled

Toxins deep inside their lungs until both of them was filled
Blew a cloud out like a L into a jar then took a smell

Cuz they heard that second hand smoke kills

N***** thought they was ill found out they was...ELLLLL”

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