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Following stating life he states death.
Telling you that if your mind chases spiritual gold and becomes elevated in consciousness your soul will live forever in another plane.

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AK’s saying that your hating because he has your girl copying his every whim on beat like a metronome.

A metronome is a device that produces regular, metrical ticks(beats, clicks) — settable in beats per minute. These ticks represent a fixed, regular aural pulse; some metronomes also include synchronized visual motion.

Metronome

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Might be a small double entendre:

  • Every time he spits a new track (record) is made
  • Every time he raps there is literally a new record set

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June 11th, 2013

“gotta wreck it yo”

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Ironically Issa tired of the slums of NY takes a trip to the West side. He’s also calling his team the best boast because they smoke the best weed.

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June 11th, 2013

He’s calling the West Side (California) best coast because Cali. is known for having the best weed

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Issa’s dreams are now reality with his mass amount of success.

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What it is what you want kid, the classic ghetto rock Hip-Hop full of passion and love, STAND UP!

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This is a continuation of the previous lines. Now that children develop their bad eating habits; their blood pressure reaches astounding height’s that otherwise would never be reached or at least at a much later age.

Kind of ironic with Rick Ross on the track huh?

Lupe, however, is in his early 30’s (as of 2013 he is 31), but he is still in a good physical shape and has good health. He’s a contradiction to the typical person who normally isn’t in good health by this age.

All of this is basically plays into the good/poor decisions thing. Lupe makes the right choices. Even with food.

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Here Lupe states maybe he could make a part 2 that would state a more postive outcome for the people who make decisions, the people who make decisions that get them ahead in life.

But considering this is Lupe….he might be stating here that he’s throwing out the idea of actually continuing Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt.1 and could make Pt.2.

Of course as you remember he canceled it, and considering Lupe with his statement’s (ahem retiring cough) I doubt it could mean much.

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In a game of cards each person is dealt a specific collection of cards, called “hand”. Here the hand is being compared to the talents and abilities that you inherit at birth.

Some people use their surroundings as an excuse not to make something out of their lives. They focus the negative without realizing that they too have abilities (whole hand) that they could be utilized to make a better life.

Going back to the previous lines, the “bull” could also be the system, that puts down the people and denies them a well suited job even if they have the adequate skills (the whole hand).

In a clever line using both the literal and figurative meanings of bullshit, Lupe argues that this is straight up bs, coming directly from the source.

Also, bullshit is the name of a card game, where every time someone suspects you of bluffing your cards, they say “bullshit”. Lupe is really going crazy with these card references.

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More of the cards metaphor. In poker folding is giving up the game prematurely.

Lupe is saying that if you hold strong with what you have you’ll never be brought down.

Also, Lupe pronounces “close” like “clothes”, which is a play on the word “fold”, and ties into the previous line about keeping out the cold, since clothes keep us warm.

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"Mind on the club just to find a little love, my regards" (Wale – Poor Decisions) | rejected

The club/card reference is also a double entendre.

  • Actual clubs
  • The card suite, continued in the metaphor.

T-Rex is a battle rapper and he always starts his verse by saying “Grown man bars is something you gotta deal with”

T-Rex

He calls him Beloved, taking a page out of Loaded Lux’s book, who calls his opponents his beloveds upon battling.
Also a reference to the line used by Loaded Lux at 36:55 of his battle against Calicoe.

Which you can peep right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u1-z2hxXxKg

This line also begins the card metaphor Lupe uses throughout the song. Saying that life is something you have to deal with.

Double Entendre:
– Life is a gamble, like in poker and rely’s on things such as luck.
– Dealing in poker is to distribute cards to players in accordance with the rules of the game being played, so he is in turn starting the metaphor.

Dealing

This line ties in to the previous lines with the card metaphor. Stating that even the simplest and most fragile things can protect you in life’s harsh moments.

A Full House is a hand that contains three matching cards of one rank and two matching cards of another rank.

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Full House

"C'est la vie" (The Underachievers – May's Patience) | pending

Considering this is The Underachievers, saying you only live once makes no sense in context of there movement.

“C'est la vie”/“This Is Life” is used to reference the fact that they’re living life to the fullest as mentioned previously.

Also notice how many girl’s he’s getting on the specific day.
Three on Wednesday, Four on Thursday, and Five on Friday.

"The double entendre monster" (Joey BADA$$ – Catharsis) | pending

Pretty sure that’s Lupe….of course Joey’s still nice and addresses this later in the song.

"God bless us everyone / We're a broken people living unde..." (Linkin Park – The Catalyst) | accepted

He’s asking God to bless the rebellion which are living under government oppression.

With rap’s this sick there is only one word you can call this, DOPE.

"Fly like a dove / That come from up above" (Yasiin Bey – Undeniable) | accepted

My man is not only fly on the mic but he brings positive message’s from a higher power (Allah).