Outside the Lines With Rap Genius - OTL 63: Loaded Lux Excerpt #1 "History and Battle Rap" lyrics

Loaded Lux: Studying different things, just, you know, watching prominent figures of history -- things that they did to surmount through injustices. Panthers were big on that, you know, especially they came at a time period, a revolutionary time period, you know what I'm saying. They were young too, you know, so I was tuned in to that and I thought it would be a dope angle in regards to the Battle with Hollow, you know what I'm saying, in terms of his content and his message as opposed to mine. I thought that would be dope in terms of the contrast. That was the whole thing behind that, and you know, always just trying to say something enlightening, to a degree SameOldShawn: Yeah, yeah. And it wasn't just the fashion, right, it's not just like "Oh I dress up like a Panther". Even in your battles you have very specific references to Panther leaders and to - you had that line about Hoover and Cointelpro, and all the stuff the FBI did to shut the Panthers down Loaded Lux: Yes, yes, yes. I just try to give you fact. You know what I'm saying, in terms of history, you go back and you search yourself. Always feel like we have those forums and those stages, it's always things of substance should come up. Meaningful stuff to be propagating. Keeping people in tune and aware, so that was my whole thing