So much money that even the federal government is questions where it came from.

Maybe a bit of an overstatement, because by this time, Cube had starred in multiple movies and had released multiple chart topping albums (including this one)… He’s got that Hollywood money.

Cube, who frequently refers to himself as “The Don” or “Don Mega” insists that someone leave his presence.

That someone is in fact a peon, which as we all know is someone of low quality, true definition being “unskilled laborer.” Which definitely fits into what this song refers to… Cube giving advice to these new rappers (unskilled laborers).

Cube opens with, “Once upon a time”, which lets the listener know that what we’re going to hear is a narrative. It’s a phrase that has been the opening for countless stories since 1380. It’s most commonly used in children stories and typically ends with “happily ever after” (or something along those lines).

A simple Urban Dictionary search tells us:
Projects
Usually a group of dirty buildings made for really poor/homeless people to live in. Projects are dangerous,very dirty,filled with gangsters,drug dealers,pimps,hookers and such. The first set of projects made(Starret City,made in 1963) where made for Blacks to live in,but over the years people of all races started to live in projects.

So it’s official… Cube’s story begins in a bad neighborhood.

Cube caught that MC Hammer bug.

Gambino’s words remain hard… Like dicks! Dicks on Viagra! Because Viagra makes dicks hard!

Classy stuff.

Mr. Gambino uses some (mediocre) wordplay here to inform us that he’s got it going on downstairs and that, much like Coach Bombay, he is Mr. Big Stuff.

As of the 18th of December, 2011, all American troops have been pulled out of Iraq, ending the Iraq War which dragged on for 8 years and 273 days. 4,487 American soldiers gave their life for this war, another 32,226 wounded.

Oh, and thousands of security contractors (i.e., mercenary soldiers) remain in Iraq, mostly in defense of the world’s largest embassy.

Also referring to the pill that he is coming down on being in control (in the driver’s seat). The pill he took provided a pleasent experience hence referring to it as a ‘bad little bitch’.

The obvious point is that he’s going to keep making money until he’s seriously rich sure, but more importantly the the statement specifically references two legendary Rap albums: Kool G Rap’s Road to the Riches and Rakim’s Paid in Full

His shit is famous, being praised by millions; whereas yours is hanging in a chain restaurant… Not so cool…