Make sure you're corporate, or they'll be calling your mother collect
from Kendrick Lamar (Ft. MC Eiht) – M.A.A.d City Lyrics on Rap Genius
Meaning
This line could be interpreted a variety of ways:
businessmen typically wear suits that are neutral colors, nothing like the red and blue that signal gang affiliation
you can either deal drugs or get a real job, but you can’t do both
if you’re not well-to-do, upon your death your mother will be told from a friend by payphone, instead of by the proper authorities, and
if you’re not surrounded by your homies, you’ll surely be targeted
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