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At this line in the video, Kembe points at his forehead, indicating the location of his “odd eye”

More commonly referred to as a “third eye”, this is the location of one of the body’s seven chakras, centers of the body’s spiritual powers

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Credited as the youngest aritst to ever appear on a Billboard charted record

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Six of those playoff appearances were with the Nets (before Hov moved them to BK), and the three others were with the Hawks

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This furthers the religious connection Olds draws.

She claims that these people she is writing about actually have a better perspective on sex than most do — that the pleasure derived from it is actually from their own pleasure, not a product of the partner. The partner is merely a mechanism to create that pleasure; a mechanism that is not unique

This is parallel to religious people who realize that the enlightenment they feel from worship comes directly from God, not from the priest who helped them get there

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Ahhh, the product of capitalism: the rich getting richer

Kweli sympathizes with the “fans” not financially supporting artists when they can just as easily get the music for free, because they feel like the artists don’t really need the money. This is supported and perhaps even perpetuated by flashy hip-hop songs like “Bughatti”, cleverly alluded to here

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A reference to Jay-Z and Beyonce’s famous trip to Cuba — spawning a spur-of-the-moment track and even a response from the White House

Despite all that, Kweli kind of belittles their vacation, and claims to have set the precedent for that type of trip

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Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army, and other African American activist groups. She was arrested stemming from a shootout, and has been exercising political asylum in Cuba after escaping prison in 1979 since 1984

She is a bit of a hip-hop icon, not only because of her involvement as an activist, but also because she is 2Pac’s step-aunt (and rumored by conspiracy theorists to be housing the “still-living 2Pac”)

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The young ones that still live with their mommas — Cudi doesn’t discriminate

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"No more iron horses cause I'm buying Porsches" (Big L – M.V.P.) | accepted

He goes from this:

To this:

Maybe it’s a play on words: if the sky falls, the sky will no longer be consider “high”. So, Wayne may be saying he’ll stay in the air longer than the sky.

"We makin’ noise like a stampede" (Mac Miller – All Around The World) | accepted

You may need some of these:

But then again, you couldn’t hear Mac’s great music…

"She see the real in me, and the bitch in you" (Chris Brown – Marvin's Room Remix) | accepted

Real:

Girly:

XV isn’t saying that just as a reference to Twitter, but the line isn’t completely about Twitter.
He’s saying that because there are so many different view points and opinions in the world currently, that no one can old completely firmly in their beliefs because so many other people are trying to sway him from their opinions

"Yea, yea, yea, Dear Mrs. Bill Collector" (J. Cole – Problems) | accepted

It’s ironic that he would write bars dissing bill collectors, considering that before his rap career, he worked as a bill collector.

"Pull the mask down like a mascot" (Pusha T – Trouble on My Mind) | accepted

Or, as insinuated by the video, he’s pulling a ski mask down to hide his face, as criminals do during robberies. He’s just using the mascot line as a metaphor to fit into the rhyme scheme.

"I never seen a star on a red rug" (Big KRIT – The Vent) | accepted

Also, calling the red carpet a “red rug” de-glamorizes it a little bit, which shows even more that he doesn’t really believe in the bright lights.

"To A.D." (Wale – The Problem) | rejected

Wale’s debut album

Instead of “Thuggin' in this btch” it’s “Thugga in this btch” Thugga is Shell’s nickname. Shell is a rapper from New Orleans, and Weezy’s close with all the New Orleans rappers