Long ago, I used the metaphor Jay-Z employed in his legendary 2006 freestyle over Kanye’s “Grammy Family” beat — “How I’m ‘sposed to win, they got me fightin’ ghosts?” — to describe Jeff Driskel’s plight as a Florida quarterback asked to live up to the past greatness of Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, and Tim Tebow.
Today, I would like to use another of Beyonce’s husband’s lyrics, this one from “Ignorant Shit” off his 2007 album American Gangster, inspired by the movie of the same name.
They’re all actors, lookin’ at themselves in the mirror backwards
Can’t even face themselves, don’t fear no rappers
They’re all weirdos, DeNiros in practice
So don’t believe everythin’ your earlobe captures, it’s mostly backwards
Unless it happens to be as accurate as me
And everythin’ said in song you happen to see
Then?