- published: 02 Apr 2015
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A mansion is a large dwelling house.
The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this way (compare a Roman or medieval villa). 'Manor' comes from the same root—territorial holdings granted to a lord who would remain there—hence it is easy to see how the word 'Mansion' came to have its meaning.
Within an ancient Roman city, patrician dwellings might be very extensive, and luxurious. Such mansions on one hill in Rome became so extensive that the term palatial was actually derived from the name Palatine hill and is the etymological origin of "palace".
Following the fall of Rome the practice of building unfortified villas ceased. Today, the oldest inhabited mansions around the world usually began their existence as fortified castles in the middle ages. As social conditions slowly changed and stabilised fortifications were able to be reduced, and over the centuries gave way to comfort. It became fashionable and possible for homes to be beautiful rather than grim and forbidding allowing for the development of the modern mansion.
I, I, I wanna go back to my mansion
Not the one in Cleavland, the one in the Hamptons
You can take the Lambo, We takin' the Phantom
My girl got some friends, she said she want me to grab em
Yeah, I keep that new Porsche prancin'
Where the hoes at, and why they not dancin'?
I had an asthma attack in that trailer
Down south where I was at and I had to wake up gaspin'
Matter of fact, I ain't wake up for a few days
IV's, had them mothafuckas in two veins
And momma ain't know what to do
Baby boy laid out on the couch not breathin'
Momma start screamin'
But when she dialed Nine-Eleven
She just heard the tone
Cause' we was in a small town called (Idea?)
Where people had to call on god for the heal
Meanwhile, here I am, half dead on the couch
Momma ran out, bangin' on everybody's house
But less than a minute later, momma was back
With T, he had a truck, tossed me off in the back
But if momma ain't wake up
Then I wouldn't have woke up
And Cleavland wouldn't have had a reason to have its hope up
Slip in the coma right back to my fantasy
Back to all the beautiful bitches attacking me
Sippin' them dacharies, couple of hoes fannin' me
And two bitches laid out butt naked up on the canopy
Back to them Lamborghinis and the Bugattis
And enough of that Benihana's bet I can do karate
And, back to my mansion like you promised me
I'mma see my grandma, and she proud me
Im on the streets of gold, you can't stop me
Please doctor, don't shock me
I dont wanna