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Decipher the meaning of this song

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This is one of my favorite songs, but to this day I can't fully decipher the meaning. The video is even more puzzling. There's supposedly like 50 hidden messages in this song. I think I know some of the meaning, but I want to see if others are seeing the same things. The lyrics are below.





None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock

lyrics:



flash that buttery gold, jittery zeitgeist

wither by the watering hole, border patrol

what are we to heart huckabee art ****ery suddenly?

not enough young in his lung for the waterwing

colorfully vulgar poacher outta mulch

like i'm 'a pull the pulse out a soldier and bolt

fine

sign of the time we elapse

when a primate climb up a spine and attach

eye for an eye by the bog like swamps and vines

they get a rise out of frogs and flies

so when a dog-fight's hog-tied prize sorta costs a life

their mouths water on a fork and knife

and the allure isn't right, no score on a war torn beach

where the cash cow's actually beef

blood turns wine when it leak for police

like that's not a riot it's a feast, let's eat!



CHORUS:

and i will remember your name and face

on the day you are judged by the funhouse cast

and i will rejoice in your fall from grace

with a cane through the sky like none shall pass



aah, let me in! x2

none shall pass

aah, let me in! x2

none shall pass



if you never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix

you wouldn't relate to the rogue vocoder blitz

how he spoke through a no-doz motor on the fritz

cause he wouldn't play roll over fetch like a ****

and express no regrets, though he isn't worth a homeowner's piss

to the jokers who pose by the glitz.

fine

sign of the swine in the swarm

when a king is a whore who comply and conform

miles outside of the eye of the storm

with a siphon to lure out a prize and award

while avoiding the vile and bazaar that is violence and war

true blue triumph is more

like wait, let it snake up outta the centerfold

let it break the walls of jericho

ready? go! sat where the old cardboard city folk

swap tales with heads like every other penny throw



Chorus



you tried to trick me

you've gotta lot of nerve

i'm not trying to trick you

i'm -trust me- i'm -trust me- i'm trying to help



okay, woke to a grocery list

goes like this: duty and death

honey, when a jet comes stand in the way

you could be my little snake river canyon today

and i ran with a chain of commands

and a jet pack strap where the back-stab lands if it can

fine

sign of the vibe in the crowd

when i cut her belly open to find what climb out

what a bit of gusto he muster up

to make a dark horse rush like enough is enough

it musta struck a nerve so they huff and puff

'til all the king's men fluster and cluster***

and it's a beautiful thing

to my people who keep an impressive wingspan

even when the cubicle shrink

you gotta pull up the intruder by the root of the weed

NY chew thru the machine



Chorus



i'm trying to help
 
The first verse seems like a comment on the general rap industry.

The second verse is Aesop's desire to stay true to himself, despite any pressures made by mainstream criticisms.
 
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