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A golden egg is extremely valuable. Naturally having the goose, gives you control over the flow of the money. This is a allusion to RZA’s skill as a producer. He is the goose that laid the Wu-Tang egg and is now reaping the rewards.
He’s also making an allusion to Grey Goose, considering his references to various drinks in the preceding and following lines.
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To all the kids out there a cd was a small disk that played music, when combined with a device known as a cd player. People would carry these around with them and change them when they wanted to change songs. I know, those were strange times!
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Nine original members of the Wu. Here out and about shopping or something.
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By this stage, 2006, the wu had a HUGE history. From ODB’s various ‘shenanigans’ to Ghostface so say throwing 50 down stairs the wu was an entity that inspired legends.
The ‘lightning victory’ references Hitler’s blitzkrieg tactics as well as the WU themselves. They struck the music industry and shocked everyone. At the time, no one believed that a nine man, self produced unit could make it as a successful group, let alone launch several major careers.
Continuing the lightning theme, here is the most child friendly poster of the wu that can be found
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And New York is the city that we know don't sleep
And we all know that L.A. and Philly stay jiggy
But on the sneak, Miami bringin' heat for real Will Smith – Miami
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Smith gives some cities a shout-out. One of New York’s nicknames is “the city that never sleeps”. Chicago and LA presumably are mentioned because they are the also on the list of the largest metropolitan areas in America. Philadelphia, of course, gets tacked on as a shout out to Smith’s hometown.
But this song is about giving props to Miami and their NBA basketball team the “Heat.”
Also note the reference to his other hit “Gettin Jiggy With It”.
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WTF! bright? I am guessing that means he likes a girl who uses some sort of brightening cream, But at least Chamillionaire does not discriminate. He likes people who tan or use bronzing creme to darken their skin.
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Nice use of alliteration here, using the letter E.
Perhaps GFK means it’s about to get as wild as being on an ecstasy pill and drinking Malt Liquor (Old English).
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He says eat with the English, ie. he pays his bills with rap.
Has to mean more than just alliteration? Probably using E like a grading scale letter, saying he’s efficient in enlightening. And maybe that he’s an expert in eliminating styles of other rappers.
He says eat with the english.
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I actually heard “eat with the English” – the conflict between “the English and the Dutch” (the two colonial founders of New York City) is a recurring theme in Wu Tang’s content.
If I could hazard a guess as to what Ghost means, it would probably mean that he’s proficient in English vocabulary, and he’s on the radical end of the spectrum when it comes to dispensing with opposing rapper’s styles (in that he kills them, lyrically or otherwise).