The eyes on high, the water's boiling in the pot Clipse – Numb It Down
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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.
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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.
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Leprosy used to be a very rampant disease which would affect the skin and make it look horribly disfigured. Those with the disease were often shunned because contact would make you immediately contract the illness. Mal uses this simile to explain exactly how much he’s separated from his competition and those with less money.
Street nigga version of (C'mon, ugh)
Numb It Down (Ugh, let's go) Clipse – Numb It Down
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Push is reffering to the infamous D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy in World War II which resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides of the battle. Just like Push can destroy a track, he just as easily could destroy someone who tries to take him on.
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It does whatever they want to do Boogie Down Productions – Illegal Business
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This line was later sampled in the hook for Prince Paul’s “Men in Blue”, a track which goes in depth on the true corruption of the police department and their racist attitudes.
Everybody know that you love those lights GLC (Ft. Kanye West) – The Big Screen
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Retreating back to the hook which speaks about Kanye’s symbolism with lights. Here, he’s specifically talking about his girl who loves all the glitz and glamour that Hollywood and the paparazzi flashes provide.
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Look at that
I— hey, I don't need no cue cards
They got the engineers holdin' up cue cards
What's that say— What that say?
Oh, they say, just talk, don't sing Common – Forever Begins
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