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The Department of Homeland Security issues alerts for terrorism. K'naan’s basically saying “Imagine if there was no terrorism, and no government to keep us scared about it.”
With a flow so sick K'naan – Does It Really Matter
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Twista is a Chicago rapper known mostly for his really fast flow, which K'naan imitates in this stanza.
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Men don’t want women to talk to them or challenge them (get in their face), they just want the women to get on their knees, which symbolizes two things:
1. They want women to be submissive
2. They want the women to give them sexual pleasure in the form of oral sex
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Figure Four Lock is a wrestling move, and monday night raw is the TV show of WWE – World Wrestling Entertainment. So, just like the wrestlers pin each other with Figure 4 Locks, he has the rap game on lock and can pin down any of his enemies with ease.
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He is shouting out Cash Money Records, his record label, which is owned by Birdman.
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Just like Reggie Bush shook up and destroyed the Colts when he won the Superbowl against them with the Saints, Game has all the bitch rappers & fake gangsters shook when he drives through their hood, because they are scared of him as he is a real G.
Except as a punishment for crime
Be where of the party shall have been duely convicted
Shall exist within the United States
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude
Except as a punishment for crime
Be where of the party shall have been duely convicted
Shall exist within the United States Gravediggaz – End of the World
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14th amendment of the U.S. constitution outlawing racial discrimination. This along with the downtrodden beat and lyrics emphasize the obvious ongoing strife that minorities, specifically Blacks (who are under false impressions should they choose to believe the word-for-word facade of this law) suffer.
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Reference to Martin Lawrence and Will Smith who are the actors in the movie, Bad Boys. Since Fab is signed to Bad Boy Records and Diddy owns it, they are making a ton of money, just like the actors in Bad Boys.
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Even though he was a small time baller, allowing him to drive a luxury Lexus, which requires a key to start, he still hadn’t reached his potential. But now that he has finally reached his potential he can afford the ultimate luxury car, a Bentley which doesn’t even need a key to start.
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Even though the people in his old home did not have a lot they were still happy with it because they didn’t know there was anything more in life than the simple things they lived with.
