Sex, Drugs, Dykes: Syd Tha Kid's "Cocaine" Music Video

Posted byriese

on November 2, 2011

All I know about Odd Future is that hipsters like them, a lot of people including Sara Quin find Tyler the Creator offensive and they've got a lesbian member named Syd Tha Kid. Syd, along with Odd Future's Matt Martian, are releasing a "mutant-R&B project" called "The Internet" from which they've released two tracks already -- "Love Song -1" and "They Say."

Now they have released this video. This video for their song "Cocaine" features Syd at the carnival with a pretty girl, doing lines and having a time. It's really sweet and special until the end, but I'm fresh out of fucks to give this week so I'll have to leave that part to you. What do you think of the video? Have you ever done cocaine that made you hallucinate and get droopy-eyed? That is some fucked-up cocaine. Cocaine sure can make you act like a heartless bastard though, that much is true. Don't do drugs, kids! Seriously don't.

(via @stereogum)

79 responses to “Sex, Drugs, Dykes: Syd Tha Kid's "Cocaine" Music Video”

Steph M. (member)
November 2, 2011 at 11:46 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Really? That pisses me off. What the hell.

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Christine (member)
November 2, 2011 at 12:10 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

that’s one hell of a first date!

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fragola (member)
November 2, 2011 at 12:16 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Yeah, that was dumb. The music and the video. Also, I think they took ecstasy and that’s where the hallucinations came from? Who knows.

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dizzy (member)
November 2, 2011 at 12:39 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Well, that was mediocre on every level.

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Melissa
November 2, 2011 at 12:45 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

The fuck? I was totally with that till the end where my mind briefly lapsed into a coma and I don’t ever want to remember that bit. Also I did not like the music

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L.
November 2, 2011 at 12:47 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Why are her earphones in? RUDE.

I should try to put some intelligent comment about Tyler, the Creator or Odd Future here but they just piss me off so yeah.

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1. YumeLook (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 12:51 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  I also noticed that too! But bad editing made them appear and
  Disappear many times
  
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YumeLook (member)
November 2, 2011 at 12:49 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Wtf? Agree it was mediocre on every level. Seriously bad song. And hallucinations do not make sense with cocaine at all. And why would someone just leave a girl like that?!

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kameko g
November 2, 2011 at 12:54 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

It was LAME.. But hello this is the same person who said THIS:

“When i started, like, fucking with odd future heavy ; my dad was like “really?” like, “they talk about, like, some crazy shit. And as a female, like, you are slapping alot of other females in the face.”

And I’m like :

That’s what I do – I slap bitches… DAAAAD”

Nice Syd….

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1. Salicet
  November 2, 2011 at 3:50 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  Yeah, I remember that quote. It’s still horrible the second time around. What a narrow-minded misogynist.
  
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Emy (member)
November 2, 2011 at 1:13 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I think cocaine is needed to get through that..

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Cait
November 2, 2011 at 1:16 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I don’t… even… what.

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Brodie (member)
November 2, 2011 at 1:17 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

The first two minutes were cute and then they started taking drugs. I mean, who takes drugs at a carnival? Clowns are scary enough as it is without adding hallucinogens. Also, the end when she chucks her out of the car. What the fuck was that?

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1. Brodie (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 1:23 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  On second thought, maybe it’s an anti drug campaign. Don’t do drugs kids. You’ll have hallucinations (even when you’re not taking hallucinogens), get seduced by an evil lesbian and then she’ll dump you on the side of the road.
  
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perl (member)
November 2, 2011 at 1:20 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

WOW.
i’m speechless.

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SuperNaye (member)
November 2, 2011 at 1:46 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Golfwang

OFGWKTA!!! Video isn’t too bad. I like the song though. Cant help it

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ΔΔΔϛЃϿϼЋΔΔΔ (member)
November 2, 2011 at 1:48 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Hahah they ate some bad pills. This blows though.

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Sara (member)
November 2, 2011 at 2:03 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Cocaine’s a hell of a drug.

/obligatory

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1. riese (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 8:47 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  i love you for this
  
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Ashley (member)
November 2, 2011 at 2:04 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

well, that’s 3 minutes and 27 seconds of my life i’m never getting back…

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1. riese (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 8:48 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  people say that to me and haviland on youtube a lot
  
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  1. Amber (member)
    November 2, 2011 at 11:39 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    If it makes you feel better I think i’ve probably watched your vlogs at least 50 times each because of how hilarious you guys are, and wouldn’t want a single second back! Just sayinn.
    
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2. Sophie (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 2:41 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Has anyone actually found a way to get time back?
  
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Carol Ann
November 2, 2011 at 2:38 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Yeah, it’s no “White Lines.”

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Courtney D
November 2, 2011 at 2:44 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

first of all they have no musical talent at all.. I could make that on my computer right now.. second WHAT THE FUCK! that girl needs a reality check asap

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Sarah
November 2, 2011 at 3:00 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I guess I’m the only one that likes this, haha. Kind of reminds me of Frank Ocean or The Weeknd…

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1. Melody (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 6:03 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Yeah, I really dig this track too. The rap verse is horrible (“Let’s snort”?), but the production’s great – sounds almost like The Weeknd channeling Tortoise.
  
  I have mixed feelings about OFWGKTA, but I often get the impression that most of their biggest critics don’t listen to any hip-hop or R&B, or don’t pile on the same criticisms lyrical-content wise on other genres that also use “shock” subjects (death metal, horror core, etc…)
  
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  1. magiclovemuffin (member)
    November 2, 2011 at 7:26 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
    
    I love hip-hop. I can appreciate the uniqueness of their production — simple beats with repetitive trance-like melodies that flip-flop with smooth bridges and rhyme phrasing and cadence that ties it altogether. The problem is, while I find myself listening all the way through instead of turning it off immediately, why the fuck would I want to listen to it again? It’s not catchy, fun, deep, introspective, poignant, clever, uplifting, or any of the above. It’s slightly odd beats that sound under-produced with shock lyrics with no other meaning. It’s the surface cringe and “huh, that beat is unique/weird” and that’s it. Zero replayability.
    
    And I want to meet the person who chooses to hear callous, graphic fantasies of rape, murder, cannibalism. I know music affects my mood. Why would anyone WANT to listen to that shit repeatedly is beyond me. Like I said before, it’s immature little shits who think not caring and being weird is cool. And the difference between, as you say, other “shock” subjects and this is that death metal and “horror core” are inherently seen as weird-ass shock shit. It’s not mainstream. But Tyler the Creator, for instance, mostly sounds like hip-hop anyone might make, except he is rapping about murdering women and committing necrophilia. Then again, I could never understand why anyone would enjoy a movie like American Psycho that strikes me as gratuitous with little to no commentary or meaning, other than the stupid gimmicky “did it all actually happen” ending.
    
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mle
November 2, 2011 at 3:10 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

oh my god this is awful. agreed…this is NOT what coke does to you!…they just blew some acid or something dude wtf…also the end? are you KIDDING ME? i truly hope this is not the direction in which lezzie music is going or i might as well just give up now :/

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roszs (member)
November 2, 2011 at 3:26 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I think someone sold them ketamine instead of cocaine. They should write a strongly-worded letter.

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1. dizzy (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 6:22 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  But is Syd tha Kid literate? That is the question.
  
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  1. jacketsleeve
    November 22, 2011 at 12:43 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
    
    Ya black people totally can’t read man. ahahahah
    
    Idiot.
    
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    1. Dugie Dug
      October 30, 2012 at 2:59 pm Permalink
      
      It’s not about the drug. It’s about lesbian rappers displaying the same callous cold nature as Male Rappers and exposed their image for what it is.
      
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L.
November 2, 2011 at 4:09 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Also, is the girl dead at the end or blacked out? I mean the end result still sucks.

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1. YumeLook (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Syd apparently didnt care. Black out or dead you apparently deserve to be abondoned for not being able to put out (at least that was how I felt)
  
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  1. L
    November 2, 2011 at 7:43 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
    
    Yeah, I got the same not able to put out, get out of my car idea there.
    
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Leila (member)
November 2, 2011 at 4:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

OFWGKTA is like… Hip Hop’s very own Marilyn Manson.

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1. Tori (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 7:42 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Def not. Marilyn Manson is actually a relally smart guy.
  
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Dana
November 2, 2011 at 4:15 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Nope, Marilyn Manson is actually intelligent.

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birobot (member)
November 2, 2011 at 4:42 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Were the real effects of cocaine not scary enough that they had to make these up? Also, for a song about a stimulant, this song was slow, boring, and bland.

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kimbit
November 2, 2011 at 4:48 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

oh, what the hell.

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Lina (member)
November 2, 2011 at 5:04 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

even if it would have been a lesbian fairy tale with hugs and kisses and a happy end in which they ‘commitment ceremony’ each other….
sara quin is awesome therefore I will not like anything about odd future.

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magiclovemuffin (member)
November 2, 2011 at 5:12 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

I don’t give a fuck if there’s a lesbian in the group. Those guys rap about raping women for the hell of it. It’s about weird shit for the sake of being weird. Shock rap without not a whole lot of message or meaning. They have a unique musical style that is interesting and experimental, but sounds ultimately amateurish and unfinished. How these guys ever got known is a mystery to me. If I had to guess, it’s image. They don’t sound like anyone else or look like anyone else and as a group they are unified and consistent in their messaging/image — and they self-promote a hell of a lot. I’d be a lot more OK with this video — maybe even excited about a lesbian rapper being associated with a known group — if the group she’s with wasn’t so misogynistic. Leaving some girl who may have just died is par for the course with this group and really pales in comparison to some of their lyrics, so whatever. Not to sound all old and whatever, but these are punk little shits who think not giving a fuck about anyone or anything is cool.

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alice (member)
November 2, 2011 at 5:17 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

ummm, yeah. i feel like this is a ‘don’t do drugs kid, look what can happen’ sort of thing. but on accident. XD i am really disturbed by the whole thing, not to mention the song is pretty lame. and what kind of message are they sending when they dump the girl out of the car in the end? p.s. clowns are scary enough w/o adding drugs!

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1. Emma (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 5:56 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Maybe that is why hipsters like them, because they are “ironic”
  I just think they are gross.
  
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bra
November 2, 2011 at 5:56 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

“but I’m fresh out of fucks to give this week ”

This a million times.

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1. riese (member)
  November 2, 2011 at 8:50 pm Permalink Log in to reply.
  
  thank you for understanding where i’m coming from w/r/t the everything
  
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Silvana (member)
November 2, 2011 at 6:43 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

um, what? what the hell was that ending?

This whole video was ridiculous and should have never happened.

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Michelle
November 2, 2011 at 8:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I feel so bad for educators out there. They are trying so hard to teach kids that drugs are bad and there’s nothing “cool” about them, then kids go home and listen to a song with the lyrics “just try it once, don’t worry” Doesn’t matter that the girl passes out/dies in the video, they’ve just listened to 3:27 of how fun coke can be.

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1. novastar (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 1:54 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Nobody does drugs because a song makes it sound fun. Sorry, no.
  
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  1. viv
    November 3, 2011 at 5:47 am Permalink Log in to reply.
    
    Obviously not one song on its own, but do you seriously think that, for example, the connection between drugs and rock musicians didn’t play a part in getting a lot of clueless teens (already desperate to be cool) to try them?
    Alcohol, cigarets, drugs… a lot of teens try them just because they want to be cool. Let me tell you, they don’t think it’s cool because their mother told them so…
    
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    1. fragola (member)
      November 3, 2011 at 10:04 am Permalink
      
      A lot of teens try drugs because they have lots of feelings they don’t know how to express, they’re bored, they’re interested in experimenting, they’re trying to figure themselves out, and anti-drug programs lie so they don’t trust them. I’m sort of sick of this “people only do drugs to be cool” thing. I think any educator working with kids to stop them from using drugs should definitely know how to look deeper than that.
      
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sholo
November 2, 2011 at 8:30 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

i saw this and thought wow dodged a bullet with the last girl i dated…….

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Alice
November 3, 2011 at 12:41 am Permalink Log in to reply.

I think it’s funny how they don’t even have any “clever” lyrical euphemisms for drugs and just outright say “do you wanna do some cocaine?”

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easy e
November 3, 2011 at 2:03 am Permalink Log in to reply.

I like odd future and I like this song. Yeah, they are super offensive, and I can see how it’s not for everyone… But its an just an act, it’s supposed to evoke emotion and get a reaction. It’s a story, it’s not reality and you shouldn’t take it (or most things you hear in rap music) literally. Would you get mad at an actor for playing the part of a rapist or homophobe in a film? I’m not saying anyone is wrong FYI, just my opinion

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1. fragola (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 10:05 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  I would get mad at an actor for playing a rapist or homophobe in a film (well I would probably just get mad at the people who created the film) if the film was glorifying rape and homophobia, yes.
  
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greenbird9183
November 3, 2011 at 7:58 am Permalink Log in to reply.

The song is fun.

As for the video, it’s alright-until the end.

The ending is DISGUSTING. Does anyone who thinks this video’s ending is okay agree with other extremely derogatory video’s such as Kanye West’s “Monster”? Look it up on youtube if you want to be depressed.

The more videos that are out there normalizing this “fuck a bitch and leave her” mentality are lowering the levels of respect in society.

(steps off of soapbox. This kind of shit just pisses me off)

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Sophia (member)
November 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

People keep shouting at me for liking Odd Future….and I cry when people shout at me…soooooo….

I’m totally offended / outraged / underwhelmed by this song. My fist is well and truly shaken and I certainly don’t have it on my mp3 player.

I’m lying, I do. But I also have Bette Midler, Marilyn Manson and Damien Rice so I don’t think you can take an awful lot from my music taste.

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1. Sophia (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 1:51 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  Bette Midler, Marilyn Manson and Damien Rice RESPECTIVELY. Not a collaboration….
  
  Although can you imagine?
  Jizzed.
  
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2. Lina (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 2:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user
  
  I like Damien Rice.
  
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ya
November 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I dunno. I kind of liked it.

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Nina Ry
November 3, 2011 at 3:51 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

All of have to say about Sid The Kid can be summed up right here. It starts with I hate and ends with but really? http://queergrub.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/a-letter-a-rant-a-problem/

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V
November 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Is it a prerequisite of all drug trip scenes that they look dated within weeks of filming..?

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L.
November 3, 2011 at 10:57 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

someone from odd future attacked a female photographer at a show in new orleans recently, too.

/needs to stop googling, but is just confused and concerned.

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3WolfMoon
November 4, 2011 at 2:36 am Permalink Log in to reply.

What odd future is doing is nothing new. Eminem made shock rap he still does. People like it because it’s different and rebellious. I listen to horror core for the same reason why I watch horror movies, I like dark shit it’s appealing to me. Sometimes I’m in the mood for that. Or maybe sometimes I’m in the mood for happy J-Pop music. This video is awful though I mean the whole cocaine thing is weird and it’s there just because no one does it so it’s something new to many people. I’m a odd future fan but I don’t care too much for this track and video.

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Sophia (member)
November 4, 2011 at 3:17 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

OH OH OH I actually am offended by something Syd Tha Kid related:

“tha” ….I mean wtf is that? ‘Tha’ is cooler than ‘the’, isit? NO SYD! YOU SOUND LIKE A WALLY!

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Rhino221
November 4, 2011 at 9:09 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

It’s not even a good song. It’s terrible on every level. It is just people talking mostly. That “lesbian” should be ashamed of herself for how she acts. UGLY ASS BITCH

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Kate B (member)
November 4, 2011 at 10:09 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

Remember when the kids at the carnival shot Jenny? Watching that was about how I felt watching this video.

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Allegra B.
November 6, 2011 at 7:10 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I feel…sort of disappointed

I expected more from her, I really did.

But then again, as someone else said earlier “cocaine is one hell of a drug” especially if you have a shitty dealer that likes fucking with peoples brains. A strongly worded letter is most certainly in order.

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Emmertttshine
November 7, 2011 at 3:24 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I quite like this song and I quite like oddfuture and I’m not a bad person or a misogynist I just think it is a more accessible hip-hop and I find the lyrics are there to evoke a reaction the way family guy does with its humour. I’m not gonna go out there and rape someone and I do not think violence is good now. I’m still me.
What I do hate is when people say I’m bad for listening but will happily listen to eminem who is the poster child for domestic abuse. Consistency for critics please.

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Eric Richardson
November 15, 2011 at 4:29 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

It amazes me how bad you hate on them lmao. Like dam, let them do their thing. But I dont feel like going into a big argument about this I just felt like saying, no matter how you feel, they arent going anywhere. They have almost 400,000 views on a group they just came up with and didnt even promote haha.

Good shit OFWGKTA

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SexyGirl (member)
November 18, 2011 at 10:24 pm Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

LOL WOW!.. That’s All I Gotta Say About That..

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ceressco
November 18, 2011 at 11:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

WTF?!! Taking “cocaine” at a carnival? Cocaine makes you feel like superwoman for 30 minutes. Its a stimulating, mood-elevating, ego drug, not a hallucinogen. When it wears off you feel incredibly depressed, hence the need to “bump up”. Cocaine empties your mind, your body, your soul and your wallet. Just like this song, it’s a waste of time.

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Drew
March 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

How DON’T you like this video fym.. Its beast nd lesbians be cute as shit moee

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Kath
April 28, 2012 at 1:21 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

Not cool

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Ashley (member)
July 6, 2012 at 7:24 am Permalink Log in to reply.Report user

so I made my way here from the article posted recently about frank ocean and all i have to say is…..dafuq did i just watch

im upset now

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Turquoia
September 18, 2012 at 4:59 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

God you bitches are slow don’t disrespect a new genre if you dont like it don’t listen= common sense. Also she showing how peer pressure can lead you to chase a high you will never achieve she says so on her Tumblr. If you dont understand that (go die seriously) and do your research before you open your mouth. Bunch of stupids bitches who can’t interpret lyrics.

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Dugie Dug
October 30, 2012 at 2:56 pm Permalink Log in to reply.

I saw this video a couple a weeks ago, and was blown away! It’s powerful and it made me want to watch it again and again.
Of course the ending’s harsh, but so is the subject. Here are these two people wanting to have a good time, but the drug has to come in and be the medium that allows them to connect and break social barriers. Relationships built on that naturally crumble, but Syd Tha Kid doesn’t take the traditional feel good way out.
She ends the story the same way any stereotypical “No Homo” Pseudo-Macho Male Rapper would. If you can’t get off, leave her ass. It’s not nice, but the weighty subject Syd’s dealing with clearly shows why she is gaining a following outside of her band “Odd Future”.

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