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Sugar Ray Leonard is a former professional boxer who was named “Boxer of the Decade” for the 80’s.
This is a reference to the April 6, 1987 fight between him and Marvin Hagler, where although many agree Hagler deserved to win, in the 12th round, Ray won the match by a disputed split decision.
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Leon Spinks is a former boxer. He took a 3 year gap in 1988 and had a pretty average career. His final record was 26-17-3.
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Naseem Hamed, or Prince Naseem, is an English retired boxer. He retired after losing his Lost Lineal featherweight title. Some consider him a beast, because of his 36-1-0 record, but Rugged disagrees.
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Roberto Duran is a former Panamanian boxer, considered one of the greatest to ever box and the greatest lightweight ever. His final record was 104-16-0.
Funny enough, he lost to Vinny Paz, twice.
If my grandmother hit him on the chin, he'd probably hit the floor R.A. The Rugged Man – Boxing Freestyle
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R.A. will eat these other rappers for lunch, with his lyrical ability. This is a reference to Mike Tyson’s speech after the match with Savarese on June 24, 2000 in which Mike Tyson won after only 38 seconds of play, where he said:
There’s no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious… I want your heart! I want to eat his children!
And you overprotected, never been in no real test R.A. The Rugged Man – Boxing Freestyle
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Sugar Ray Robinson is a former professional boxer, and “pound for pound” is a term used in boxing to describe one boxer’s value in relation to boxers of different weight classes. Robinson is often considered to be one of the greatest “pound for pound” boxers of all time.
Pound for Pound is also the title of a documentary that describes the life of Sugar Ray Robinson. It is also called A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson.
R.A. is like this great legendary boxer in comparison to other rappers who have never been in no real test.
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So damn smooth
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A bar exam is a test someone has to take to become a lawyer that the normal person can only properly prepare for by going to law school. Wayne, however, didn’t need to go.
The type of bars he specializes in are segments of time in musical notation; for example, we at RapGenius have separated Lil Wayne’s lyrics on this song into lines the length of a bar.
This could also be a triple entendre. Let’s not forget that the original 2010 album “I Am Not A Human Being” was released while he was carrying out his prison sentence… behind bars.
Also could allude to raising (“passing”) the BAR of rap!