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Rap Hezbollah we don't forgive or forget Binary Star – Slang Blade
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Hezbollah is a Lebanese terrorist group and political party that has a deep seeded hatred for the national state of Israel. This feud technically goes back thousands of years into Biblical times therefore, like Hezbollah, Binary Star wont forgive or forget your prior transgressions.

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Man, I remember Freezy Freakies MC Paul Barman – Old Paul
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“Old Paul” reminisces about the days of the the color-changing and totally bad-ass winter gloves, Freezy Freakies.

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Had the '89 vision, we didn't fuss or no fight Sublime – Jailhouse
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Bradley talks about KRS-ONE’s album Criminal Minded released in 1987 and his non-violence movement in ‘89, KRS-One began rapping about non-violence in the rap game before many others. Bradley obviously took this to heart and had the “'89 vision” towards hip-hop.

See: The Stop the Violence Movement founded by KRS-One in 1989

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Rec-tite on my ass and it makes me itch Sublime – Same in the End
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Rec-tite is fictional glue that has been the subject of multiple urban myths pertaining to the gluing of chicken or turkey anuses.

Bradley may be touching on the myth because of his opiate/heroin addiction which, during withdrawals, can bring persistent diarrhea.

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Rec-tite, as in tight rectum, as in constipation – a side effect of opiate/heroin use, & the itching could be referring to withdrawal

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It says “rec-tite” in the official lyrics sheet

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Red tide

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I believe the actual lyrics are:

Red tide on my ass and it make me itch.

Red tide is an algal bloom that causes skin and respiratory irritation that would be well known in the surf community.

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I'm a triple-rectified-ass son of a bitch Sublime – Same in the End
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Here Bradley sings of his Mesa/Boogie Rectifier amplifier set up. Introduced in the early 1990’s, the Mesa Rectifier amp had a triple rectifier head which converts AC electrical current to DC electrical current in an amplifier.

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I know the meaning of the word recfify. He isn’t singing of rectifying a situation. This is CLEARLY about his brand new amp that was released around the this time.

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Whereas it appears he is boasting about his bad ass Mesa/Boogie, he is actually boasting about his righteousness.

rec·ti·fy
1.to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
2.to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
3.Chemistry . to purify (especially a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
4.Electricity . to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.

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My movement soothes any space invader practice Aesop Rock – Mars Attacks
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References the movement of the alien invaders in the 1970’s/80’s game Space Invaders.

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labor days are major A, sir Aesop Rock – Mars Attacks
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Possibly references Aesop’s album Labor Days

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Major Aes, sir, leading to the next line he says this as onee would say"Major Aes, sir, reporting for duty" and prefaces that he (Aes) is the person catering to his subordinate in the next lines, offering a variety of weapons to choose for battle

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Line is wrong. “Labor days-er, Major Aes, sir”

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I'd rather take a punch from Ving Rhames
Than learn morals from King James Mac Lethal – Beatbox + iPhone + Guitar + Fast Rap = Win
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Yet another rap reference to actor Ving Rhames. Mac would rather get punched by Ving then to learn his morals from the King James Bible.

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And between me and the Westboro Baptist church
I'm the one paying taxes first! Mac Lethal – Beatbox + iPhone + Guitar + Fast Rap = Win
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The hate group, the Westboro Baptist Church, doesn’t have to pay taxes because of the US religious tax exemption. While he on the other hand does.

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I'm getting your mind so open, just like I'm Joe Rogan Mac Lethal – Beatbox + iPhone + Guitar + Fast Rap = Win
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Mac is speaking the truth just like the comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan. Rogan is also a recreational psychedelic drug user that frequently speaks about the benefits of psychedelic drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonzYQeWqis

Mac Lethal probably referenced Joe Rogan because Mac trains in and is a fan of UFC.

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