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Nas was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn then moved and grew up in Queensbridge, which was an underprivileged neighborhood when he was a kid. Luckily now, the city is coming back, with the homicide rate severly decreasing since the 1970’s.

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Referring to the massive world sanctions placed on North Korea ever since it was put on George Bush’s “Axis of Evil” list after 9/11.

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They’d come with guns, specifically TEC-9s

Also a reference to the rapper of the same name
#Tech N9ne

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En français : “Plus on s'élève, plus dure sera la chute”.

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“Brick Napoléon”

“Brick” est un surnom pour l'état du New Jersey. Redman dit qu'il est Napoléon du ghetto./“Brick” is a nickname for the state of New Jersey. Redman is saying he’s Napoleon of the hood.

L'analogie établie se pose sur le parallélisme des méthodes avec lesquelles Napoléon et Freeman ont bâti leurs empires.
Napoléon ; grand conquérant a unifié de vastes terres avec ses troupes, et Freeman a conquit le New Jersey avec ses sons.

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“L'union fait la force” ; au contraire de l'individualiste qui amène vanité et orgueil.

Il fait référence ici au milieu du 19ème siècle, lorsque le Japon a centralisé ses pouvoirs en unissant ses provinces, dans le but de devenir plus fort.

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Le Japon était en guerre civile depuis 400 ans

Cette phrase s'applique aux jeunes de cité, obligé de vivre dans un état permanent de guerre vis à vis des jeunes des quartiers rivaux mais aussi vis à vis de leurs propres amis.

Comme l'a si bien dit Kery James : Regarde comment ton meilleur ami peut vite devenir ton pire ennemi.

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A figure of speech that derives from the legend of the Sword of Daomcles. In this case, Chávez means to say that the United States is a great danger (like a sword) to the nations (or heads) of the world.

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A possible reference to the coinciding of this Inauguration Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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Si tu veux être honnête, tu dois être vulgaire.

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