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Lupe will tone down the complexity of his rhymes so the industry can go back to being ignorant and oblivious.

Also, turn-down service is something fancier hotels offer where they will pull back the sheets on your bed and usually put a little mint on your pillow, dim the lights down, tidy the room up a little, put your jammies out, put on some light jazz in the CD player, which is nice to return to after a long day. One thing it does is: “Make you want to go to sleep!”

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Rose Wood Suit refers to Kanye West’s Rosewood Movement (named after the Rosewood Massacre of 1923) refers to the general decorum that all G.O.O.D. Music employees must adhere to. The primary rule being wearing matching Dior Homme Black Classic Skinny Suits in public



Read more about Kanye West’s Rosweood Movement

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This line is borrowed from one of Notorious B.I.G’s verses on Jay-Z’s Brooklyn’s Finest:

Who shot ya? Mob ties like Sinatra
Peruvians tried to do me in, I ain’t paid them yet
Tryin to push 700’s, they ain’t made them yet

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Kanye does it for the dudes that keep it trill, but also for all those sexy ass females out there. Kanye has struggled with staying faithful in the past, probably because he views “she was too fine to say no” as a valid excuse to cheat.

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“Polly” is a generic name for a parrot (as in “Polly want a cracker?”). Parrots often have an idiosyncratic way of moving their head back in forth constantly. So do that, and give Em a beej

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Mike Tomlin is the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers whose colors are Black and Yellow. In fact, every professional athletics team in Pittsburgh uses Black and Yellow as their colors: Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, which makes it a very fitting title for Wiz Khalifa’s hometown anthem



Mike Tomlin

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Contrary to this excellent multi-syllabic punchline’s intended meaning, humidifiers don’t actually “clear the air.” They just increase humidity to help out with nasal congestion and dry skin and lips…( maybe Gucci Mane should have his own personal humidifier with him at all times?). Perhaps he meant to say “exhaust fan,” but he grossly misspelled it while typing on his Blackberry

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Lupe’s father passed away during the recording of The Cool.

Additionally, this refers to the African-American fathers who actively defy the stereotype of the “missing Black father figure.”

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The first “Six Deuce” is a clever nickname for rapper Six-Two, who appears later on this song. The second “six deuce” refers to a 1962 Chevy Impala, pimped out with plush seats.

A modified 1962 Chevy Impala

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Two meanings here from Macro-Sean:

1)“Every day’s a Friday” references G.O.O.D. Friday, Kanye West’s songs series whereby a new track is released every Friday up until his album drops

2)“Every day’s a Friday” meaning that he doesn’t have a 9 to 5 job. Friday’s are notoriously party nights as most people do not have to go to work on Saturdays

Also, vagina is heavily present in Big Sean’s world, because he’s “Finally Famous”

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