This song is a tough one to interpret because it's mostly metaphor, but you're absolutely right--you don't have to understand it to FEEL her music. ❤ #HOG
Nova went from Edmonton to Toronto living atop her suitcase under railway and atop staircases of peoples houses. She did this in order to get to NY, because she had heard a label was interested. Once she got to NY she was signed by a subsidiary of Mercury records called Island records. There they made her an understudy of the beastie boys. That was until Mercury went under. To cover some of their debt, they sold some of their contracts. Of which Nova was with Island, and Def Jam purchased her contract. They moved Nova out to Crenshaw. Their they were rigorous in Nova's scheduling in and out of the booth. She wrote, so much, and record execs wouldn't like a bar here, wording there and titles of tracks. They hired ghost writers to rewrite her work. They got excessive when it came to making videos ... camera, lighting, wardrobe, catering, extras, etc ... Nova knew something was up, because they put her 60k in debt, but for side money she was assisting a guy make commercials as a 2 person team. She knew everything could be consolidated to a smaller crew. Def Jam wanted to turn her into a Britney Spears carbon copy. But Nova wasn't about that as she is a rapper, not a pop star. Also they wanted a radio hit. They got what they wanted. She got the lead track of a tween movie soundtrack (the D.U.F.F.). Then one day she was evicted. The label quit paying her rent. She was headed down to record that day anyway, so she would ask and find out. She went to the studio, and she realized everyone was being cold to her. Since the higher ups wasn't there she decided to call. Nobody answered her call. At this moment Nova had enough. She sent a box of live crickets to the record execs. Next she started sending inflatable lizards on the daily to the label. Next she would talk bad about the label at her gigs whether if they were or not. Finally they called her in to let her know that they shelved her 2nd album, and she had been fired months ago, but someone dropped the ball and hadn't informed her. Wishing Well and Hey You are 2 middle fingers to Def Jam for messing with her psychie.
