TRENDSETTER opens with a request for codeine before claiming that without him, trends themselves would be delayed, money swinging 'like a pendulum' as proof of being first.
Meaning
The song mixes school-day mundanity with drug use and self-mythology: he claims to have taken two exams on codeine and scored perfectly, then escalates into calling himself an alien and referencing Ben 10, tying it back to being 'psycho' and 'trendsetter' at once.
Lyrical Read
The exam detail is the most concrete image in the song, 'Am dat două teze pe codeină, am luat zece' (I took two tests on codeine, got a 10), a specific, verifiable-sounding claim that grounds the otherwise abstract trendsetting boast.
Structure & Efficacy
Anchoring the trend-setting claim in one small, almost mundane scene, a school exam, instead of pure abstraction, keeps the boast from floating away into generic flex language.
Signature
A perfect exam score on codeine as proof of being ahead of everyone.
Final
TRENDSETTER grounds its biggest claim in its smallest, strangest detail.