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Wax rocks (commands) a microphone like MC Hammer rocked (wore) British Knights. MC Hammer starred in several British Knights commercials.

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Wax spits over the classic Souls of Mischief Instrumental “93' Til Infinity.” This was originally a free verse shot in his car for a YouTube video, but reworked for the album because of its dopeness.

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Common’s 2007 Def Poetry Jam poem about the governmental abuse of power as viewed through the eyes of the underprivileged (watch a video breakdown of Common’s performance).

When invited to a poetry reading at the White House, Fox News made a big deal about it, calling Common a “vile rapper” and citing these lyrics as a reason why we shouldn’t allow someone who promotes violence against police to be at the White House.

Pundits frequently took the lyrics out of context, discussing only the killing cops part and not taking into account the patois accent Common uses to deliver some of his lines (suggesting a dramatic monologue).

Rap Genius would like it to be noted that “vile rappers” usually don’t appear in GAP ads or in romantic comedies with Queen Latifah.

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Soulja Boy is most likely referring to the fact that he’s buying the bar and “Everybody’s drinks are on me”… but it’s possible that literally everything is on him: MILFs, gay dudes, bed bugs, scabies, etc.

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When Charles life\career started falling apart
shortly around his last official blog post, he was going through hard times, He and his uncle Jeff (sensei) moved in with a family in Southern California and while he got his head on straight the Family became like his second family.

During the Recording of Normalcy the Families Nephew(Alex Capozza) was killed in a drunk driving accident (he got in a car with a drunk driver), & Charles witnessed his families mourning and pain first hand.Though not knowing Alex himself Charles feels Alex was with him During the recording of the song.

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A pun on a weed reference: he’s blazing chronic by “putting it in the air”.

In this instance, the weed is the basketball that gets thrown up in the air, for, presumably, Shaq to catch the weed and dunk it on Jeff Foster…

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11th track of Wax’s “Scrublife Mixtape.” Theme of the song is that life is so good that he wouldn’t leave it for heaven in a “goddamn flying limousine” (literally, any awesome reason). Roll up and smoke to this one.

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“Music and Liquor” chronicles Wax’s love affair with music and alcohol and the destruction it caused.

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Young star gets rich, grows up, and takes drugs: It’s a showbiz story about as old as time, and in rap music right now, seemingly no young star is taking as many drugs as Soulja Boy. Weed, syrup, pills, and who knows what else are his muses, and this year he’s found a woozy place where life seems perpetually submerged in a Styrofoam cup. The slow-mo re-work of Zan With That Lean gives you the full double-cup treatment, but it’s on the original where Soulja finds bliss in pure pop.

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6th track off Wax’s Scrublife Mixtape. Wax and Dumbfoundead (Collectively known as Clockwise) praise music for getting them through shitty day jobs.

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