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Tone Tank is holding a mock press conference announcing his intent to run for Borough President of Queens. He reminisces about the 1986 Mets to pander to the Queens voters.

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Aesop spits imagery and nostalgia from his youth, typical of an 80s/90s kid like him. Mainly cartoons, games, or youth foods that anyone of this era can recall were dope times. It was also common for characters from these and similar media to appear in graffiti.

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“Capital quotes” refers to Karl Marx’s seminal study of Capitalism, Das Kapital.

P.O.S is throwing scare quotes around “leaders” because he does not believe that official political leaders are actual, effective leaders.

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The “lack of a muzzle” means that he raps without any filter, whether self-imposed or otherwise. His style is “irrational” by standard definitions.

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Aesop Rock claims that mankind will pay in the future for not respecting the enviroment and themselves, but then it will be too late to be sorry.

Riverside Park Tunnel, also known as Freedom Tunnel, was a haven for homeless New Yorkers especially during the 1980s. Its occupants (and similarly situated people) are the last people who are actually living free.

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An allusion to the 1983 Christmas comedy film A Christmas Story in which Ralphie’s little brother is found under the kitchen sink crying “Daddy’s gonna kill Ralphie.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xKaXfsfgYg

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Jake Plummer, NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos, had a career completion percentage of 59.1%, which is .2% below the NFL average.

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Samples Annette Peacock’s song “Survival”.
First appeared on “Braggin' Writes” b/w “Hush the Crowd” as a vinyl twelve inch. Premier scratches the lyrics

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This song is the first leaked off his Rare Gems2: Black gold Project Dopeness Mixtape. It it produced by Harry Fraud and heavily samples “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear, a song which Das Racist had mentioned on an earlier track.
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American General William Alexander was charged with defending the Gowanus Road during the Battle of Long Island.

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