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Let me tell you about the last beef
Ak-47 seven times seven feet
Gave that bitch a bloodbath Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap (Lost Intro)
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The last person to get on Ross’s bad side got shot and might’ve been buried 49 (7 x 7) feet in the ground.

This person was literally bathing in their own blood. He should’ve stayed dirty…

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Momma go to church and shit's so far from heavenly (Lord!) Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap (Lost Intro)
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Ms. Rozay is an avid churchgoer (she probably contributes to the collection plate, as well), but her life isn’t getting any better.

Notice the wordplay between “church” and “heavenly.” Ross’s word choice there is no accident.

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Lord forgive me for my sin but I have to serve (Lord!)
Starin' out of a Benz is what I deserve Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap (Lost Intro)
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Ross puns on “serve.” He both served his time in jail and served crack rocks to fiends.

Ross understands that drug pushing isn’t exactly a holy thing to do, but the Mercedes-Benz is calling his name.

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Took me to Dade County for a short stay
It was somethin' small, but chickens was my forte Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap (Lost Intro)
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After the police raided his parents' home, they arrested Ross and took him to Miami-Dade County Jail. It was for a relatively minor offense.

Ross was born to move chickens (cocaine rocks). Someone’s “forte” is a thing that they’re exceptionally good at.

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It's all about surviving, same old two-step
Try to stay alive when they be out robbing Nas – The Don
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Nas then says that there’s a routine to follow to stay alive, despite the bullets and the police cruelty.

Some resort to theft, while Nas’s hustle is MCing. Legal hustles are safer, anyway…

Like many rappers say, Doing rhymes beats doing crimes

The “same old two step” line here is a nod to one-time enemy 50 Cent’s song “Wanksta”

Be easy, stop the bullshit, you get your whole crew wet
We in the club doin' the same ol' two step

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If it's a white man's world, am I still a slave
To the minimum wage? Big K.R.I.T. – Down & Out
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Here, KRIT takes the phrase “it’s a white man’s world” to it’s next logical step and wonders what he’s a slave to, since African-Americans were enslaved in America, a white-dominated nation. The answer? Working (or “slaving”, as it’s sometimes called) at a low-paying job.

As Jay Electronica said on “Something To Hold Onto,”

Hard time three to nine in a jailhouse
Is no different from slaving nine to five in a warehouse

Also, see wage slavery.

Additionally, this might be a reference to “White Man’s World,” by Tupac (Makaveli).

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Hoping all those stars and planets align together Big K.R.I.T. – Country Rap Tunes
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KRIT hopes that the Fates won’t conspire against his success.

A bunch of New Age believers credit planet alignments (syzygies) with causing all sorts of natural disasters on Earth and with increasing one’s good fortune. To see a debunking of this notion, go here.

Also, see Astrology.

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Surah 115
I'm trying to find that missing note
While you niggas is at the club looking for pussy
I'm try- I'm looking for the missing note Jay Electronica – Something To Hold Onto
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Since there are only 114 surahs in the Qur'an, we can only assume that Jay believes that the 115th surah has been hidden, or is yet to be revealed to humanity.

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As Muhammad passed away he was going to reveal one last surah to the Quran, perhaps ayat, but shearing the bickering of his companions, he decided against it.

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Last year she had three abortions for the preacher Jay Electronica – Something To Hold Onto
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One needs look no further than megachurch preacher Eddie Long to see that some “men of God” have controversy surrounding them.

Also, see Arthur Dimmesdale, a character from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter.

In the novel, Dimmesdale, a prominent pastor, impregnates Hester Prynne. Hester is scorned for his adultery, while Dimmesdale isn’t known to have fornicated with her.

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My old dad left momdukes and scarred his seed
We all family, but seemingly these cats can't stand me Jay Electronica – Something To Hold Onto
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Jay’s dad left his family, which adversely affected Jay; “seed” = a child.

Jay has expressed this feeling of being the black sheep of his family elsewhere.

House full of flowers, but I was the only Thedford
I remember my dad, but I was always a stepson
You know how the story go

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