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Backwoods are cigars that you can buy at your local convenience store. The tobacco in is usually emptied out so the wrap can be used for blunts.
“Backwood, that good”, is borrowed from his song Druggys Wit Hoes Again.
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Somebody needs to tell the doctor that Kendrick is sick as in he’s the shit.
A head doctor or “head nurse” is like a chick that loves giving “head” like it’s her job. so he’s gonna need her lips.
This is a reference to rapper Lil Wayne’s song Mrs. Officer, off of his Tha Carter III album, which Kendrick Lamar re-did for his mixtape C4.
Specifically, it is referencing these bars:
I said “Lady, whats your number?” She said “911,
Emergency only!”
Head doctor perform surgery on me
And now I’m healed
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Cole told everyone that he was going to make a miraculous come back (going with sports theme of the previous line) ASAP (As Soon As Possible). This plays off the song “ASAP” by T.I.
Also a play on the book Aesop’s Fables: A fable isn’t real (fake/fiction). Cole knows other rappers are spitting about things they aren’t really living.
This is also a reference to “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” by Nas, in which he raps:
The buddha monk’s in your trunk, turn the bass up
Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up
The references to Illmatic, the album that “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” is on, continue in the hook.
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He just called you a shitty rapper and disrespected your manhood, you just gonna take that?
Your rap status is eerily similar to the demeanor of a Sour Patch Kid.
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He sells coke and drops it in a pot to make crack (purified form of cocaine), after he sells all that dope just sit back and watch him make his money and eat good.
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Captain Murphy apparently has a taste for Russian orchestra music. Murphy only listens to Sergei Rachmaninoff, a famous Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff was considered one of the greatest pianist of his time.
(Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Now that it’s been revealed that Captain Murphy is the alter-ego of producer Flying Lotus, this was a big hint on who Captain Murphy was. Flying Lotus known for making instrumentals, like Sergei Rachmaninoff, and wasn’t known for rapping.
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This line has a double meaning:
“Burning bush” refers to weed; Chip thanks God for making weed
In Exodus 3 God appeared to Moses as a burning bush in order to lead the Israelites against the Egyptians, to whom they were enslaved, so this could be a thanks for a sign on where to go in life
It is no coincidence that this is Exodus 3:13 which is immediately followed by Exodus 3:14, in which God tells Moses “I am who I am.” Clearly the title (“Just What I Am”) is a reference to this biblical scene. In this, Cudi argues that his addiction to marijuana is an inherent flaw—it is part of the human condition!
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