Long as the villain win JAY-Z – Dead Presidents II
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Detective deceptive, receptive of fouls Cam'ron – Harlem Streets
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Some niggas like lynchin', but I just watch 'em hang Dr. Dre (Ft. Jewell) – Let Me Ride
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And if I set it, the cocksucker won't forget it The Notorious B.I.G. – Gimme the Loot
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If the boyfriend tries to stand up to the robbers instead of apologizing for his girlfriend’s behaviour, they will inflict some kind of serious violence on him, likely by firing or “setting off” their weapons
This is a play on the famous “Set it and forget it” infomercials for the Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ Oven
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In the song “Just to Get a Rep” by Gangstarr which this song samples, Guru raps the line “Give up the Rolex watch or you won’t see another day”
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This sounds like a shot at Mobb Deep, whose song “Project Hallways” talks about, well, being in the project all day. Jay famously feuded with Mobb Deep in 2001, when he basically ended Mobb Deep’s career by putting a picture of Mobb Deep member Prodigy wearing a ballet outfit as a child on the big screen at SummerJam
What I want to know is: what’s so bad about doing ballet as a boy? It builds poise!
However, judging by the relevancy of Mobb Deep these days, it seems more likely a shot at rappers who still rap about the projects when they live in mansions. Rappers like Wayne and Birdman are guilty of this, leading to people questioning their music as a whole.
Just another bite from Biggie’s lyrics. He did it twice in this song, first on the second verse biting “You’re nobody till somebody kills you” (“stop your bloodclot crying, the kid, the dog, everybody dying, no lying”) and in this verse with the “Things done changed” bite that goes like…“smoking blunts in the project hallway, shooting dice all day…”
Come on, Jigga….that’s just lazy….R.I.P, Biggie