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Yeah you can rhyme, but Juelz got money, cars, and a house from this – THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING!

Similar to the poker players' maxim: “the best poker player of all time is the player who has won the most money”

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What are these things without the other, nothing. So without Big L Rap ain’t the same

“The Village without dykes” refers to Greenich Village, Chelsea, and the East Village are Manhattan’s gay districts.

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A heroin metaphor from Jay-Z. Thousand little dudes is referring to a key of heroin. Lil dude is a common street code for heroin. A thousand little dudes is obviously a thousand gram of heroin.

Jay’s personal plane

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We in Brooklyn NYC.

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Ace catches a glimpse of the shooters fleeing. Later you find out (from context clues; the shooter is in a car see Verse 2) that the kids he saw fleeing were actually the targets.

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