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A shoe box is a common place for people to hide their money instead of storing it in a bank.
Storing money in shoe boxes is a well used reference by several rappers, including:
Jay Z’s “Roc Boys (And the Winner is)” – “The Nike shoe box for holding all this cash”
Kid Ink’s “Shoe box money, I don’t need a bank”
Rick Ross’s “Shoe box, no shoes in them”
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Dude, I’m way out, I’m talking way out Yelawolf – Way Out
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The Masta prefers to keep his emotions to himself, similar to having a poker face expression. Today, he can’t hold it back, he’s feeling good, kinda like fellow rapper Scarface does when he acknowledge the “gangster feeling.”
He didn’t feel this good yesterday..
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Double entendre!
Dressed to kill, as in wearing designer clothes, in other words he’s a “fashion killer”.
Could simply imply that he’s wearing clothes that aren’t shy for a little blood, hence “kill”.
Fun fact: Dressed To Kill was a 1980 movie from the director of movie Scarface.
Fun fact 2: Rapper Scarface featured on DJ Kay Slay track alongside Raekwon.
If you got the sickest watch, or the baddest ring Masta Ace – Last Bref
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The masses so to speak, is the mainstream. They are often more enthused by rappers that are being heavily promoted.
Rappers coming into the game with a better base, or having the right contacts from the start (read: Chingy), usually find platinum status more reachable – Thus leave them favorable by the masses as they are often seen wearing expensive jewelry, something you can afford when you’re living off of a platinum-selling record.
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These rappers create songs that don’t enlighten Ace. Even if he had installed 8 clappers; A device that allows you to turn on the light switch by making a clapping noise. Usually it’s enough with 1 clapper to turn the light switch – meaning these songs are so bad, he’d need to clap 8 times, hence they need to be 8 times better.
