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Albert Pujols is an American baseball player. If you get too close to the game here, he’ll take you out with a Louisville bat.
Additionally, at the time this song was released, Pujols was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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A Slug is a special type of bullet that is meant to penetrate deeper than other bullets. It is primarily known as the ‘cop killer’ because it has power to injure someone through a bullet-proof vest.
This is most likely in reference to the man Kanye sees as dressing feminine, and doesn’t see the vest he has on as a good style.
If this is the case, Kanye can be seen as somewhat of a hypocrite.
In my eyes, you'se the fag
You're like a hermaphrodite dyke dressed in drag Kanye West (Ft. DJ Boom) – Freestyle
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I can't buy water around niggas too thirsty Kanye West (Ft. DJ Boom) – Freestyle
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To be thirsty is a form of lust or want for something. Kanye being the big shot that he is, everyone in his hometown wants to get a piece of him.
He uses wordplay with water – a drink known to quench thirst – to show exactly how tough it can be to go unnoticed.
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Instead of going to poetry jams and open mic contests to get noticed, Kanye was out in the world and making business connections to find someone to sign him. He took the world head on with his charisma and confidence and ended up with a deal.
Come up out your auto
Mobile, before I pull more steel than Soprano Kanye West (Ft. DJ Boom) – Freestyle
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‘Ye makes a reference to both the video game Grand Theft Auto and television show The Sopranos. When Kanye comes up and steals your car like the characters in Grand Theft Auto, he pulls his gun out, just like a Soprano character – someone who’s a mobster.
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He can change at the snap of a finger; one moment he’s calm and collected, the next he’s ready to bust on you. The altering he’s referring to is similar to a character like a werewolf who is a man by day and a beast by night.
Altered Beast is an old video game where the characters change into different beasts in each level.