It’s true, when Kanye was a youngster Shwinn was one of the best bicycle companies, and an owner of one of these bikes would show that someone’s a big shot.
The Schwinn Company is based in Chicago if that means anything to you.
Morphine is a chemical that gives one an incredible high, and makes them almost impervious to pain. Here, the word is used as a synonym for ‘dope’, e.g., Malice is always dropping dope music.
Though Malice is now rich and can afford expensive cars to drive off of auto lots, he’s still connected with his drug-dealing past. This is symbolized by the boiling water, which is 100% necessary when cooking up that white.
The fans saw that Malice just got too focused on making business plans and wasn’t really caring about music anymore. The fans wanted him to come back, and he did so with this mixtape and subsequent album Til the Casket Drops.
The graffiti on the halls shows how poor and impoverished the schools were where he grew up. By the ‘X marking the spot’, he could be stating his wish to go back to where he grew up — just to see it all again.
By Malice & Co. owning and running Re-Up Gang Records, he’s gone from a simple drug rapper to a Jay-Z-esque businessman.
In something quite similar to the Biggie line, Malice uses the supposed motto of the post office to show how dealers will always be pushing their product — no matter what the condition.
Rodeo Drive out in Beverly Hills is the shopping hot spot of Los Angeles with an immense amount of expensive stores. Only the richest of the rich can afford to regularly shop there.
