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Self-esteem makes me super, superb and supreme Eric B. & Rakim – Follow the Leader
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This is alliteration (with the opening S’s) AND consonance (with the middle P’s). Another example of how Rakim was way ahead of his time.

This is also a play on Five-Percenter slang, so it might allude to the fact that his self-esteem powered by his belief in God make him supreme to all others.

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The 5% Nation of Gods and Earths LANGUAGE is not “slang”. It is Supreme Mathematics. And Rakim Allah does NOT have a “belief in God”, he IS God, because the Blackman is God—

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Found the body dead in the isles Nas – Who Killed It?
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I think the real line may be, “als”, as in alleys. Typical body drop point. If it is really, “isles” then it’s probably New York, the birthplace of hip-hop; the whole city is spread out over three islands..

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Fuck, this is for hip-hop, gassed up like a quick stop J. Cole – Water Break (Interlude)
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Cole’s ready to blow up; “gassed up”: his tank is full, like when a race car is filled up with gas at a pit stop to get ready to get back in the game.

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