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This line is referring to the next line “think harder, you know this nigga, Jay-Z, Shawn Carter”: Now that he’s rich and flossin bitches don’t recognize him or don’t believe its the same guy they used to say was ugly and would touch
The Blair Witch Project was a movie about three film students who set out one weekend to get video evidence of supernatural events. More specifically they want to film the Blair Witch who was part of an old folk legend about a witch who haunted a town formerly known as Blair.
Roc is saying that his rhymes will always be rare like the Blair Witch or other accounts of supernatural events
Roc is going to ‘spray’ (shoot) you with a tec-9 (with air vents on the barrel) and ‘rinse’ your gear with blood.
Even if Jay gets pinched theres no stopping him thinking up ways to get out of the situation. An example would be him “Forgetting all he ever knew”
Can’t Knock the Hustle
Roc makes it clear that in his previous line he was talking about cocaine, seeing as you have to knock the 8-Ball (billiard) but you can’t knock his way of making paper (dealing cocaine)
It is also very often mistaken for diamond, Roc is saying that since he has so much jewelry (the previous line) he can tell cubic zirconia from real diamonds
Birds is also slang for a brick of cocaine
Nucky Thompson was a politician and a gangster. He brought those two worlds together and used one lifestyle as an advantage to the other to maximize his success. DZA saying he is the real life version of Nucky Thompson
When you end up in the morgue they put a tag on your toe
This is also a reference to this line from the original Tony Story saying that Tony has let the money & power that he got after killing Tony get to him and now hes stunting every night
Seeing as Action Bronson was a chef before he was a rapper it wouldn’t be a surprise if it actually was the actual filo in the suitcase or money
Brian Urlacher is a line backer for the Chicago Bears and one of the best in the league
The girl hes with is big so Bronsolino is going to have to tackle her Urlacher style
John Smith was one of the earliest explorers from england to touch down in North America and since there are a lot of fishermen & sailors in Nova Scotia this refers to the “..place of mayflowers..” part of the line
Jane Doe is a term used to describe a female who’s identity is unknown or has to be concealed for whatever reason and so this refers to the “A bunch of nobodies..” part of the line. John Doe is the male name for this term however John Smith is also used for the term