Another song on his album, ‘O.P.M.’ (Other People’s Money)

Jay explained the thinking behind these lines to NPR:

So for the most part, people on the street were making more than rappers. So for me, I addressed this in the book as well. There’s a song called “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” and it sounds like I’m saying, you can’t knock my hustle. But what -who I was talking to was the guys on the street because rap was my hustle and like, at the time street – the streets was my job. So when I was telling people yeah, I want to be a rap – I want to do this, they were like man, why do you want to be a rapper? Those guys get taken advantage of. Everybody takes their money.

It can be expanded to include anything that makes money, but may be seen poorly by those around you. If a person is putting work and attempting to better themselves, there’s really nothing anyone can say against them.

Monster Island is the name of the fictional island where the creatures in the Godzilla franchise live. The group, Monsta Island Czars, that are featured on this track have a name based on this island and the rappers in the group are named after after these monsters. DOOM adopted the alter ego of King Ghidorah in “Who You Think I Am?”

“Jet lag” is a phenomenon that alters a person’s circadian rhythms when they travel across multiple time zones. As a result, MF claims that he is tired and would use that state of mind like a drug to fuel his rhyming. It is also a play on MF Grimm’s Monsta Island persona, Jet Jaguar.

“Get U Now” is a 2001 song from a group that DOOM was formerly in, KMD. It comes from their controversial sophomore album, Black Bastards that was recorded in 1993 but not released until 8 years later as a result of the death of member and DOOM’s brother, DJ Subroc.

“Get U Now” is also a backronym for gun as well and Ceasar also refers to it as his “homie.”