I know you know what a mural is, so I wont insult your intelligence there, but the concept is a pretty straight one. He is talking about all the things that embodies him as a person, and describing it as if it was some big ass mural.
this part talks about his childhood, eating breakfast watching saturday morning cartoons
I like my pancakes cut in swirls
Moroccan moles and undercover squirrels
I like cartoons, southern cities with large moons
Faith healers, ex-female drug dealers and art booms
Apologize for my weird mix
Lupe always talks about his affinity for the south, mainly Texas, as evidenced by the song "hip hop saved my life" which was loosely based on Bun B. He talks about his infatuation with chicks who in the dope game, as evidenced by multiple references in previous works, but more notably, "gold watch" off the cool. And the art boom shit is about him getting delving more into art as evidenced by him using a project he worked on as the cover for "tetsuo and youth"
Apologize for my weird mix
What taste like hot dogs and tear drips
And looks like pantomime and clear bricks
And smells like shotguns and deer piss
On the surface, someone might think, what in the world does all this have in common? Lupe's reply is simply nothing. Apologize for my weird mix though.
Do you think hot dog water and tear drips taste the same? I do. They both salty. You and Claffy Duck go on and on about how salty he is of other rappers success and why he cant get the recognition, which is one end of the spectrum, or it could be the perceived hate he feels he gets from people who dont like his music as them being salty.
You know what Pantomine performance is? Clear bricks? man...He does another couple of bars after this about salty references.
