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about this song
The concept of “Green Power” revolves around the use of the word “Green” as metonymy, “a word or phrase that is substituted for a more formal word or phrase to which it is related.” In this case, “Green” primarily refers to weed and money, though the meaning changes later on in the song. The first verse is a one-sided conversation between Quasimoto and an unidentified person about the pursuit of green in an urban community, while the second verse illuminates the listener to Madlib’s own alternative definition for the word.