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Magnolia is a public housing project in New Orleans, and he is repping his residence.
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Rolex is a Swiss watchmaking manufacturer of high-quality, luxury wristwatches. With luxury, comes a cost. Which Ricky Ross can pay
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I don't fight no more, all I do is bust my guns Big L – Back Up Off Me
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To get the name of a man imprinted permanently on your chest shows a great obsession.
The chest is also a highly symbolical place for a tattoo, related to emotions and love – see the “we should be together too” ambiguous final line of this verse.
In the music video, the name on Stan’s chest is “Slim Shady,” as if Stan can’t even distinguish that Slim Shady is just a character.
Later they found him hangin' from a chandelier Big L – Devil's Son
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Don'’t fuck with L
“Yo, Saddam, I told you not to roll through the Danger Zone.”
Another great example of L’s creative use of double syllable rhyme scheme
A nigga hit me with a can of beer, then he ran in fear
Later they found him hanging from a chandelier
Can/Ran/Chand
and
Beer/Fear/Lier
Uses mosaic rhyme (Can of beer/Ran in fear), then combines them at the end with Chandelier, breaking it up to create double syllable rhyme
So you know if I hate fucking' water sprinklers, I don't love the hose (Oh) Bad Meets Evil (Ft. Claret Jai) – Above the Law
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