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LL starts off answering Canibus' lines about him in his original verse. This entire verse is a response to Canibus’s verse before he changed it. LL felt insulted that Canibus would ask for the mic on his arm as if they were on the same level and he wanted to remind him as well as all MC’s that he feels they are beneath him.

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Meth is in The Wu-Tang Clan aka The W. Meth has always been the loudest, most passionate member – hence why he is screaming it.

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The Game is saying that with his expensive clothes and lavish celebrity lifestyle, some of the bigger rockstars of the music industry can relate to how he feels. Puffy is also known for handing out slippers at his house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqy_zWGRyy8

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the sample explains the wu-tang themselves. While not as great as they once were( R.I.P Dirty) and the members have spun into other projects such as RZA’s directing or Meth’s acting, they could still get it back. This album signifies a return to form.

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Typical of a GZA extended metaphor, this line seems to continue RZA’s hyping the GZA on studio equipment, suggesting that your mind will flip out when you realize the capabilities of modern technology. RZA would push this to GZA as RZA is going in as his Bobby digital persona, as in his own words ‘It came from a really good bag of weed one day, right? I was in my studio. My birth name is Bobby Diggs. So at the time, creatively, I felt like I was in a digital frame. I felt like I was in high-speed, where everything was digital, in numbers, mathematics.’

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Comparing himself to Ken Griffey Jr. (legendary major league baseball player) Roy Jones Jr(one of the best boxers of the 90’s) LL says he is one of the best in the game. Pretty much a stupid move to make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR3qbQeo8nY

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His beard is overgrown and long. Also a reference to the three little pigs nursery rhyme.

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Red is saying that him and Meth are tough like leather, which is well known for being resistant. “Tougher than leather” was a flim made about Run-DMC linking to the reference

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Described like an old-time legend or a myth, Method Man paints an image of himself as the new rebel sheriff.

  • He is double strapped, packing two guns. (perhaps six-shooters given their recurrence and the cowboy imagery)
  • Known for smoking ‘shots’ of ‘shit’. (Has a reputation for taking hits off a pipe or bong)
  • Wanted dead or alive, like an outlaw (He is in demand, evading capture, running from the law, folks will pay good money to get their hands on him).
  • Wild. As in Wild West, (he is a loose cannon, an untamed rougue) concluding and capturing the stint of cowboy imagery.

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Johnny Blaze, Method Man’s alter ego. Also a Marvel Comics character who becomes Ghost Rider.

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