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The Jordan Concord XI’s are obviously a favorite retro sneaker of Wale’s. He namedrops the movie Oceans 11 to play off the ‘11’ in both titles and to describe how clean the shoes are.
He’s playing on “wet:”
1. As in new.
2. Oceans are always wet and full of water.
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Run the house like she living, like she live with the Simmons Genetikk (Ft. Method Man & Tiarra Monet) – Let's Go
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Meth likes a woman who can stand up for herself and take charge when needed. This plays off the television series, Run’s House, which starred Rev Run (Joseph Simmons) and his family.
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Damon Dash was one of the founding members of Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995. Crooked plays with the ‘rock’ homophone, and is referring to crack rocks.
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Jewelry is referred to as ice, which is cold. Though, the metaphor isn’t quite full since Charlie Brown preferred polos rather than sweaters.
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Allusion to both the Leaning Tower of Pisa and purple drank, which is often called ‘lean’; promethazine is one of the main ingredients in the lean mixture.
Since he’s leaning like the tower pictured, then we know he’s definitely getting fucked up.
Leaning like the Tower of Pisa from emphysema