Bars: I'll do it by myself ("Handsome", by Dave East)

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

As hungry and motivated as you think you are, those around you can be uninspiring, lazy and not willing to attack. This is most likely frustrating to you - it will, and can, cause you to spend too much time complaining and whining about how nobody is as hungry as you.

In Dave East's new song 'Handsome", he explains a different philosophy. The mindset of going out to get it, by yourself, regardless of who's with you. Take a listen. #BARS

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0:00.8	Welcome to the Sports Motivation podcast.
0:03.2	This is your host, Nees Shobo, and this is another episode of bars.
0:06.8	It's where I break down excerpts from my favorite books, bars from lyrics, 98% of the time from rap lyrics.
0:14.6	And this is an artist who has quickly become one of my favorite artists out right now.
0:19.7	And it's crazy because he just keeps
0:22.3	getting better and better. And I just did an episode on Dave East not too long ago. And he just came
0:30.5	out with another song. And what I love about his lyrics, and he's very similar to Nipsey in his way.
0:35.4	He'll say very simple things that just resonate very deeply and powerfully
0:39.4	and almost create visuals and images of my mind where I can relate to exactly what he's saying.
0:46.3	And I want to share with you apart from his new track.
0:50.1	It's called Handsome and tell you the power that I felt and analyzed in this lyric.
0:58.4	All right?
0:58.9	So, B. Croc, go ahead and drop it.
1:05.0	I won't break the code.
1:06.1	Young niggins trying out to die.
1:07.4	We just play that we get old.
1:08.6	My niggas is gone.
1:09.6	If they was not in the field, I won't put their name in a song.
1:12.2	I've been in the zone.
1:13.2	Calling my niggas from child.
1:14.4	Just praying they pick up the phone.
1:15.9	Try to get niggas to come get it with me.
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