Why is it important to understand the whole context? The Story of O.J. - Jay Z

Why is it important to understand the whole context? @jayzz_official, when ask how he reacted to the people being upset to him regarding the song The Story of O.J.
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[JA-guro]

Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga
Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga
Still nigga, still nigga
I like that second one

Poor everybody skipped over the story of OJ, went straight to Jews

[maxjones]

It's not even a diss.

It's like "them Jews be swimming in money, and you can too"

[PrinceSaheed]

He Makes a great point about no one being appalled by the black atrocities depicted in the video but they got butt hurt about one small statement that was really a compliment

[thelatenightgamer]

The statement is true any one crying just is not seeing facts

[thebotuberengejourney]

I thought the same. There were almost no jews 100 years ago in America who were rich. They worked their ass of to make wealth and generational wealth at that. That was the context of what he was referring to.

[rockmybones]

I don’t know if Jay Z meant it that way but I understand it like this: Jewish people, in a historical perspective, got always disenfranchised. Jewish people did it like this .. in the next line he says, financial freedom my only hope .. and that is how they took power over their destiny, in becoming financial independent, overcoming the burdens that the society around them placed upon them ..

[justinmacdonald]

1. Jay z
2. nas
3. MF DOOM
4. Joey bada$$
5. lil wayne

this is my personal favorites list

[Amariiiiie]

Some people wake up in the morning planning how they will hate on others just because they are sour about their own life.

[clownmode]

They get upset because they don’t want you to know that

[suprememenaceworldwide]

He's a lyricist...and he's basically saying....one line, one thing connects to another and it's SUPPOSE to paint a whole picture....whether or not you can deCode it on
if you can accept reverse opposites....as long as it doesn't affect Can't Miss The Context Of The Song!

[Dhander]

I'm a proud Jewish person.

I can tell you, without question, there's 0 anti semitism in that line.

He's making an example of a structure to emulate. The fact that he said "Jewish people" and not "Jews" in the song - imo absolutely shows his intentions and my guts gut is telling me there is absolutely no Ill will, anger or hate towards Jewish people.

He's saying look at we've done and emulate it for the same success our culture has seen, at least financially. There's tons of other issues in the Jewish community and tons of us aren't wealthy at all.

But structurally, absolutely apt comparison with no negative intentions in my opinion as a Jewish person.

[GeeB-biid]

Jay Z is beyond smart !Credit that how they did it! Finicail freedom my only hope! F looking rich and dying broke!

[cesarvialpando]

If you from Brooklyn yk jayz was spittin facts 😮‍💨🙌🏽

[charlieyork]

This why Jay is the G.O.A.T alongside Nas.

[don]

A lot of rap fans miss the context in Jay-Z's music, and they'll resort to saying he's biting another rapper or that Nas beat him up because they don't know how to decipher rap music

[beautifulcaramelman]

2 gentile businessmen walk up to one another. One asks "how's business?". The other replies "Great!".

[timothycarnagie]

I know this song made me resign from the previous place I worked. I was always taking salary advance

[ScoobyDrew]

He isn’t saying Jewish people are wealthy snobs. He’s saying they got rich and successful after being in the same situation as blacks worldwide and came back and got rich.

[saxshton]

As a Jew, the hate towards this lyric is completely ridiculous

[RichardZNot]

People who felt upset about that part are literally the target of the criticism in the song to begin with