Pusha is arguing against King’s ideas for the black civil rights movement. How can someone who is famous face racism with the public watching and turn the other cheek? Pusha thinks that King only addressed working class blacks. Is the Pusha agreeing with Malcolm X? Or maybe his G.O.O.D Music companion Kanye West, the “fly Malcolm X”

Intros on albums are generally considered throwaways, and don’t really have any sort of meaningful message. They are just there to start the album. However, his intro (even though this really isn’t the intro, Friday Night Lights is) is deeper lyrically than usual and is actually worth something. Since we are used to the throwaway intro, he’s saying that this might not really be a good “intro” because of this notion we all have. However, if you look past this “intro stereotype” and you feel this is perfect, good, because this is how he’s presenting himself.

Mac just graduated high school recently and at that time he was nothing.
But of course, once he gets some buzz all these biddies want some love.

Nice line. Stroking can mean sex or swimming (backstroke,breastroke). In this instance, she asks him who he’s stroking(having sex with). He replies with the swimming meaning by saying that the pool is closed. Meaning that no stroking is going on (sex or swimming wise).

This is a reference to a girl that Tyler used to date; she became a lesbian after breaking up with him.

Sylvia Robinson is known as the driving force behind commercial rap music with Rapper’s Delight & The Message.

Nas is saying that rap has not changed because of commercialization or a lack of talent but ‘because we can’t see ourselves as the boss’

Fast money (drug money) can’t be put in the bank. So a person like Wayne making a lot of fast money has to hoard it in his house in order to have room for it all.

He feels like he’s about to get his legs clipped out from under him by getting fired or laid off from his job.

He is saying that even though he knows the words to “De Colores” (A song that most Americans do not know of) He is still putting it out there that even though he’s American, he has other worldly knowledge.

He is also legitimately proud to be a part of America.

He wants to say some controversial shit to see peoples reactions.