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Well for the 2012-2013 NBA season, the New Jersey Nets franchise moved to play in Brooklyn. The Nets played in Surf’s hometown, Newark.
So even thought the NBA team is gone, he is still ballin' in the sense that he got money and the material objects… even tho the NBA team ain’t ballin' in Jersey no more.
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Surf uses wordplay here;
The Money Team is a clothing brand founded by Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ray J the R&B singer, is apart of The Money Team currently, but was kicked out before.
So Surf is saying that he is getting money with his homies/gang (team).
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A reference to NBA player Ray Allen, the player who has made the most 3 point shots of all time in the NBA, with 2,868 a few games into the 2013-14 season.
Ray was traded to the Boston Celtics in 2007. The Boston Celtics main color is of course, green, so they can be referred to as “The Green”. Green is also a slang term for money.
So Surf is saying he was involved in criminal activity to obtain money before 2007, as of course shooting in his case means shooting guns, in Ray’s case it means shooting basketballs.
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Loccin' is a term that means you’re gang banging with the Crips. Tsu Surf claims to still being a Crip even tho he has a buzz (some popularity) due to being a battle rapper in the Ultimate Rap League.
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Being “clapped” means being shot at… so if someone wants you clapped, it means they want you dead essentially.
Surf is saying that with the life he used to live gave him a life-long paranoia that his former competition and enemies still want him dead.
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Surf is implying that he lived this life as well, and in fact has friends that still do.
Being in the trap means you’re on the corner (drug strip, etc.) selling drugs, and the phrase “flipping birds” means selling kilos of cocaine. So he still got homies in the trap working hard for money (grinding).
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Tsu Surf was borned and raised in Newark, New Jersey. So he is saying he was a product of his environment which made him a goon.
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Surf is filling in his friend in on his family;
His daughter is doing very well in school, since well… An A is the best grade you can get in school. “Straight A’s” means you gettin' an A in all (or most) of your subjects.
