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And i don't respect no so-called thug that will kill his brother for little or nothing but submit to these crooked ass police Jay Electronica – Twitter Rant

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It’s a common story of people in urban communities killing one another day in and day out with nothing to show for it but a pat on the back or jail time from corrupt law enforcement officers that are sworn to uphold justice.

Though the rates have slightly decreased in recent years, Jay Electronica’s birthplace of New Orleans continues to be one of the deadliest cities in the United States.

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Now blast that Act II real loud and twist the spliff up The New Royales (Ft. Jay Electronica) – Minutes of Moog

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Original line in “Candy Man”:

Now blast that Carter III real loud and twist the shit up

However, Jay modified the lyric to be a reference to his long-delayed debut album, Act II: Patents of Nobility – The Turn. Could this be the year it finally releases, as he has promised?! Only time will tell.

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[Verse 1]
You look pretty today baby what you smiling at this time
You got a nigga hooked like salmon on the fishline
Smell like baby powder, strawberries, and cream
The candy man from New Orleans would like to dip you in the stream
Her rear view is panoramic
Let me hold your hand take you to my planet
Throw on some Atlantic
Starr, sippin on some glasses
Sit back relax watch time roll past ya
Now you caught up in the rapture
You better check the NASA, I'm out of this world
My dissertations be stumbling blocks with scholars at Yale
I had a double shot of Jack Daniels, no rocks with lemon
She said she couldn't trust me cause I know lots of women
"Plus, you might be too much with your alpha male syndrome"
Girl you something else with your caramel skintone
That Gucci got you feelin extra sassy
That Alexander McQueen is classy
How the hell you get pass me? The New Royales (Ft. Jay Electronica) – Minutes of Moog

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This verse, as well as most of the second, is from a previously released song “Candy Man” and “Googley Eyes”. Check them both here.

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This verse was slightly altered from the previous verse he had on Candyman.

[Verse 1]
You look pretty today baby what you smiling at this time
You got a nigga hooked like salmon on the fishline
Smell like baby powder, strawberries, and cream
The candy man from New Orleans would like to dip you in the stream
Her rear view is panoramic
Let me hold your hand take you to my planet
Throw on some Atlantic
Starr, or sip a glass or
Sit back relax and watch time roll past ya
Now you caught up in the rapture
You better check the NASA, I’m out of this world
My dissertations be like stumbling blocks with scholars at Yale
I had a double shot of Jack Daniels, no rocks with lemon
She said she couldn’t trust me cause I know lots of women
“Plus, you might be too much with your alpha male syndrome”
Girl you something else with your caramel skintone
That Gucci got you feelin extra sassy
That Alexander McQueen is classy
How the hell you get past me?

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Sayin what we don't mean
Stabbin each other in the heart through the back
And actin like the cuts just don't sting neither Slum Village (Ft. Dwele) – Call Me

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It’s extremely common to say very hurtful things to your loved ones out of anger when you are fighting with them. Though they may act like they understand why you said them in the heat of the moment, those words will still sting later on. They’ve learned to live with sneaking around and doing things that hurt one another and still put up the front that they are doing just fine regardless.

Though a knife wound may heal, it’ll take some time before the pain goes away.

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But BMF was sticking you for your fucking cheese (Whoa) Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Real

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Black Mafia Family (BMF) was a major African American crime organization that dealt most of its business with drug trafficking. In an attempt to legitimize itself, it began getting into the hip hop business, Young Jeezy being one of the major stars they helped to promote.

Also a reference to the track “B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)” by Snow’s former rival, Rick Ross.

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[Produced by Big K.R.I.T.] Big K.R.I.T. (Ft. A$AP Ferg) – Lac Lac

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The track samples “Now I Feel Ya” by Houston legend Scarface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yYwKYqtsU

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Both of these songs pull heavily from the Earth, Wind, and Fire song Devotion.

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I wanna get into it
Let’s do this
I wanna see you move it
So move it
So let’s just get into it
Let’s do this
Can you feel the music?
The music oh ah, can you feel the music, the music Common – Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World)

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“Nag Champa” is one of a few rare occurrences where J Dilla takes on the role of a singer.

Common later explained:

When I was working on Like Water for Chocolate I would go to Detroit like two to three times a month. When we would go to Jay Dee’s basement we would always burn nag champa incense, that’s where I got that title from. I was listening to Slum Village a lot, so I was influenced by them. With “Nag Champa,” which was either the first or the second song for Like Water for Chocolate, we had it for a long time with no chorus. We kept trying but there wasn’t nothing good coming out. I took T3 and them to the studio to work with me on the chorus; T3 started chanting something, he didn’t finish, but he had a little idea. Jay Dee heard and started really singing it and got it together. Jay had an incredible voice-he actually was going to do a singing album. We used to talk about that when he would stay in LA.

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dillas voice so beautiful

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"Thank you, Lord Jesus, for saving us with your precious blood," voices murmur, Pitchfork (Ft. Jayson Greene & Kendrick Lamar) – good kid, m.A.A.d city Album Review

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The intro to the tracks’s first song “Sherane aka Master Splinter’s Daughter”. Read the annotations here.

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I'm bugging out call pest control
Nigga vamamos Talib Kweli (Ft. eLZhi & Phonte) – No Competition

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There’s no stopping Tigallo when he spazzes out, especially with Breaking Bad references. Vamonos Pest is a pest control company in the critically acclaimed drama Breaking Bad that Walter White used as a front for meth distribution.