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From Hertz car rental advertising (“Let Hertz put you in the driver’s seat”).

States that the revolution will be led by you (as it requires individuals taking charge of their futures to bring about significant change).

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Listerine advertisement slogan. Listerine was willing to run “Black” versions of their ads like this one from May 1960’s Ebony, which back in May 1960 was pretty progressive stuff. Well, sorry Listerine, it’s 1970 now, and Scott-Heron is telling you, we’re not going to smile and thank you for half-measures any more.

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Call Eminem what you want, but he is damn creative at inventing clever insults, and they never seem to stop coming. Even in 2014, he still continues with ease.

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Eminem knows that his critics view his music as dangerous, so much so that they think putting it on the radio is “polluting” the minds of its listeners. It isn’t surprising that the airwaves never really gave Slim Shady much airtime, but that has changed in the 2010’s.

Possible reference to Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”

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Eminem depicts himself as a visionary; he is very intelligent and has a plan for the future. The problem is, the vision that he has is going to upset a lot of parents, so the idea that someone like Eminem is going to control the future scares them.

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Biggie either has a notorious reputation (mind the bad pun), or is simply well-armed and well-connected enough that he doesn’t care that the victim’s boyfriend knows he was the robber.

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Coral reefs are great spots to see beautiful fish, and also decent body dumps

On a related note, the Coral Reef Academy was the Samoan boarding school where Earl resided during his hiatus.

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“Box Logo” is what Odd Future says to refer to Supreme. It also is a reference to “Blacc Friday”:

With a white box logo with a couple stains
From a black creampie in a whitey, make it light gray

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The crux of the song. Waiting your whole life for something, and when it finally comes it is, quite frankly, terrifying. Even Dracula has to feel extreme apprehension now that, after all these years waiting to find the perfect bride to bite (and thus transform into a vampire, to be his spouse for the rest of their immortal lives), he has suddenly found her.

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A stake in the heart is often portrayed as the only way for a human to permanently kill a vampire, thus Andre/Dracula is reasonably sensitive to the use of the term. Kelis' character had an unfortunate slip of the tongue trying to describe the gravity of the situation.

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