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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the worldwide governing body of association football, also known as soccer. With revenues of around $1.3bn and huge cash reserves, it’s a big business.
In recent years, FIFA has come to be associated with corruption. Top officials have been accused of racketeering, money laundering, and bribery, as if they were drug lords. In other words, they’re moving money like footballers kick balls around.
Pusha is a notable fan of the sport: he wore a Manchester United shirt in the official video for the Re-Up Gang’s 2008 song “Fast Life;” he was seen wearing a Real Madrid jersey in an interview and at concerts; finally, he was once spotted wearing a modified AC Milan tee while performing in Italy (with the name of an Italian criminal organization on the back: Camorra).
Also, a very basic metaphor is how soccer balls are physically kicked around.
Looking over their allowances
Building prisons where the mountains is Pusha T (Ft. Jill Scott) – Sunshine
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Shouting out the track’s producer, fellow Virginia native Timbaland (who also produced “Untouchable” and “Got Em' Covered” on this album), as well as a nod to Kanye West and Jay-Z single “Otis” from Watch the Throne.
In the video, Ye and Hov chopped and customized a Maybach 57 and drove around with pure weathly glee with four models in the backseat.
You're probably well preserved until you get served BJ the Chicago Kid (Ft. Kendrick Lamar, Punch & ScHoolboy Q) – It's True (Remix)
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In tennis, “serving” is what starts a point (or match); the ball and therefore the odds stay the same until one or the other scores against their opponent.
Like tennis, Kendrick says one may be better off temporarily until it’s do-or-die time. When the ball is in their court, that means it calls on them to take action, even if fatally in Kendrick’s sense.
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Perdition refers to “the state of being in hell forever as punishment after death.”
Similar to the previous line, Jay parallels his own rise to fame with that of a film plot. Road to Perdition stars Tom Hanks as a mob enforcer who takes revenge on those who killed his family. While the killings seem easy in the moment, the consequences of his actions lead to darker outcomes than he ever imagined. Jay’s no killer, but succeeding in the music industry comes with it’s fair share of vices.
Jay is a film buff who frequently features movies in his work. His first offering Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) was built from Jon Brion’s soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and featured samples from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and “Abracadabra” is titled after a quote from The Prestige and samples dialogue from the movie. The three Act structure of his projects is also patterned after the format for magic tricks in the movie.
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