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Kanye West Lyric based on Golden Child???

posted 19 years ago by dcb11
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In "Gone" on the new Kanye West album "Late Registration," Kanye raps this verse:

You sweat her and I ain't talkin 'bout a Coogi
You a big L and I ain't talkin 'bout Cool J
See me at the airport at least 20 Louis
Treat me like the Prince and this my sweet brother Numpsay

Now doesn't Eddie Murphy call the bad guy in this movie Brother Numpsay? Furthermore, doesn't he first call him that in an airport? I can't remember if that's true; I haven't seen the movie for awhile, but if it is, that's a pretty damn obscure topic for a rap lyric. Pretty cool!

I couldn't find any references to "Brother Numpsay" online other than lyrics to Kanye's song by the way, so this reference is obviously very obscure, but I'm not sure if it originates in this movie or if the movie and Kanye got it from somewhere else. Anyone know?

[–] georgehimself 19 years ago

yeah, he says it in the movie. I kinda laughed when I heard that lyric.

[–] charcoalchicken 15 years ago

I wouldn't say it's that obscure he obviously liked this flick and just gave it a shout out and thought he'd try to be clever with it.