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Scrooge McDuck is the uncle of Disney character Donald Duck and is the richest character in the Disney universe. He was first introduced in 1947, but was probably brought to the attention of Melachi the Nutcracker by his role in DuckTales, where he takes care of his great nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie and does ridiculous shit with his money, as seen in the following GIF:

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Melachi was one half of the mid-90s, Gang Starr Foundation-affiliated rap duo Group Home. Like everyone that was a part of the Gang Starr Foundation, Melachi and Group Home greatly benefited from in-house production by DJ Premier, arguably the greatest producer to ever pick up an MPC.

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Per Merriam-Webster, lukewarm means “slightly warm.” Luke cold is probably some shit that Chinx made up, but he basically means “slightly cold.”

Chinx is basically saying that he’s getting money and everyone else isn’t.

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GDP is a native of West Orange, NJ in Essex County, a suburb close to Seton Hall University and the city of Newark.

Here, he refers to it as “Wet Orange,” which is a reference to PCP, a topic he has touched on before. This record came out at the tail end of an era in underground hip-hop that was rife with PCP references from emcees like Cage and Tame One (who collectively formed a duo called the Leak Bros, a name that is also a PCP reference).

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You’d have a hard time telling from their faster, heavier songs like “Pay to Cum” and “Right Brigade,” but Bad Brains is actually made up of four Rastafarians.

Jah is the Rastafarian name for “God.”

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PMA is an acronym for “Positive Mental Attitude.” It’s always been a major theme in Bad Brains' music. There’s even a song about it on the same album as this song, entitled “Attitude.”

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If you couldn’t tell from the rest of the verse, DZA fucks with Polo heavy. He’s talking about his collection of stuff with the Polo Bear on it, which is very rare and has been out of production for years.

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Danny Brown is calling himself a prodigy, or a person with exceptional talents or powers. It’s also a reference to the rapper Prodigy, one half of the 90s hardcore rap duo Mobb Deep, who spit that “left clavicle” line on “What’s Ya Poison', a track off the Mobb’s 1999 album, Murda Muzik.

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STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM NOW WE HERE.
French started out as a mixtape guy who didn’t get much love outside of the Bronx. One thing led to another and he’s now signed to Bad Boy with his debut album, Excuse My French, on the way. He’s making absurd amounts of money and is doing absurd things with it, but he still wants to be a Hundred-Million Dollar Man. HAAAAAAAANH.

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French Montana and company have a lot of friends in prison (probably 100). They’ve visited them various times and have sent them pictures of life on the outside.

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