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Meryl Streep steeze cause my style's just so hard to doubt Skizzy Mars – Douchebag
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Meryl Streep was the lead actress in the 2008 film Doubt

As well as a vicious fashion magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada

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Back in Shaker Heights Kid Cudi – Solo Dolo (Nightmare)
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Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Established in 1912, Shaker Heights was a planned community developed in by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned the community as a suburban retreat from the industrial inner-city of Cleveland.

Shaker Heights is one of Greater Cleveland’s older inner-ring or “first” suburbs, and borders Cleveland. The city was 55.0% White, 37.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races in 2010. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population .

Shaker Heights is also home to fellow rapper MGK

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Look it, cops are just as crooked as the niggas they chasin' 2Pac (Ft. Outlawz) – They Don’t Give A Fuck About Us
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Cops are corrupt and just as bad as the people they chase.

One study of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department proposed that certain forms of police corruption may be the norm, rather than the exception, in American policing.

The Rampart Scandal found more than 70 police officers implicated in some form of misconduct, making it one of the most widespread cases of documented police misconduct in United States history. The convicted offenses include unprovoked shootings, unprovoked beatings, planting of false evidence, framing of suspects, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury, and the covering up of evidence of these activities.

The Rampart Scandal is notable in popular culture because at least three LAPD officers implicated in the scandal were found to be on the payroll of hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight of Death Row Records, a convicted felon with known ties to the Bloods street gang. Moreover, LAPD investigators alleged Rampart CRASH officers Nino Durden, Rafael Pérez and David Mack were involved in the 1997 drive-by murder of recording artist Notorious B.I.G.

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The lyrics should read “Coppers”.

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Scientists claim we came from apes, but they lies though
That was part of our conversation Nas – Dance
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Anne Jones was a devout Christian. He seems to be recounting a conversation they had about God rather than saying that he himself doesn’t believe in evolution.

Nas' own take on religion isn’t quite as clear. On his debut album, he questioned the existence of any god with the line “won’t even run about Gods/ I don’t believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards” but later on in an interview he was asked:

AP: What was your main religious influence, your denomination growing up?

Nas: I was surrounded by Christians … my grandmothers, all my family was from the South, Baptist. As I got older I got into the 5 Percent Nation, and then that pushed me toward Islam. But (I’m not any) religion.

AP: Would you consider yourself agnostic?

Nas: I consider myself (pauses) I know there’s a higher power.

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@proerainurarea Uh, because the creationist “position” (lol) IS ignorance?? There is no debate. Get that “bOtH sIdEs” nonsense out of here.

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It’s kinda funny because the line that got him on the radar was “When I was 12 I went to Hell for snuffin' Jesus”

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@BRetroGamer If you think that somebody believing in one side of the creation argument is “complete and utter ignorance*”, you are the ignorant one here. Get out of here with that.

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@BRetroGamer
No one cares. You’re a worthless piece of garbage

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I think it’s to show that even though they didn’t see eye to eye with everything, he still loved her. That’s why he mentions that it was part of the conversation afterwards to sort of reassure people that it’s not his belief.

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This is the only line I hate in this song. Saying evolution is a lie is complete and utter ignorence. Still love you nas.

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If you a obstacle, she just drop you cold
Cause one monkey don't stop the show The Roots (Ft. Cody ChesnuTT) – The Seed (2.0)
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“She” in the song is referring to Hip-Hop. The hip hop game doesn’t have time for artists who don’t feed into the popularity aspect of lyrics and if they do they will soon be removed from the game.

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She (the record company) will drop you if you don’t make hits and earn money for them. they don’t have the intention to follow ‘one monkey’, they want The Roots to do their thing

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0-7DPCvIhQ

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