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MoWii’s going wild doing his dance in the club. An acorn is a type of nut, a fine example of hashtag rap

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Sampled from his verse on Snoop Dogg’s “Drop it like it’s hot”.

Don’t try to run up on my ear talking all that raspy shit
Tryna ask me shit

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It finally hits Jay that things are moving WAAAYYYY too fast! He barely knows her and this is seen by the fact that he doesn’t even know her name. In the video it appears that he was daydreaming about a girl that he was physically attracted to be really didn’t know.

This line is inspired by the movie “Catch Me If You Can”, the character Frank was on the run from the cops and getting ready to jump out of the window when his girlfriend asked him his true name

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There are rumours that 2pac was raped whilst imprisoned on Rikers island. Other New York rappers also exploited this rumour for their diss tracks, e.g. Biggie on “Long Kiss Goodnight”:

Heard through the grapevine you got fucked four times
Damn that three to nine, fucked you up for real though

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Red bone means light skin and tropic meaning she is exotic looking like Brazillian.

This line and the next were sampled for the hook to “Redbone” by Timbaland, Petey Pablo and Sebastian.

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Wordplay between the words primadonna and Madonna.

PrimadonnaOriginally used in opera or Commedia dell'arte companies, “prima donna” is Italian for “first lady”

Madonna – The main artist on this song.

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Sideburns are on someone’s head. To go at someone’s head is to attack them with full force. Wayne is going after other rappers.

Nicki went on to reference this line on “BedRock”, a collaborative single between everyone on Young Money

OK, I get it, let me think, I guess it’s my turn
Maybe it’s time to put this pussy on your sideburns

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