10 Hip-Hop Songs That Reference Popular Video Games

5. Aesop Rock - Babies With Guns (2004)

Aesop Rock is a big name in hip-hop, but isn't necessarily a household name. Despite the fact he's statistically the rapper with the largest used vocabulary, much of his appreciation from fans goes back to 2000's album Float, his first mainstream release.

In the later release, Bazooka Tooth, the song Babies with Guns featured the usual dense lyricism from Aesop Rock, referencing everything from regional governmental corruption to young wannabe gangsters carrying guns and the video game reference comes in the form of The Legend of Zelda.

"Unruly mayor souse, who piggy jammy happy shooting at the bladed mouth,

Bazooka Tooth zoo-keep the paper route with janky funds and favours

Cradled by twelve empty Zelda heart containers."

You'd be hard-pressed to find the absolute meaning of these lines, but it seems to suggest that the flow of money into a city (through the mayor's office) is janky - maybe messed up or corrupt and that those in power have empty hearts (hence Zelda) to run such corrupt scams at the expense of the people.

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Bryan Langley’s first console was the Super Nintendo and he hasn’t stopped using his opposable thumbs since. He is based in Bristol, UK and is still searchin' for them glory days he never had.