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Obviously traveling and doing shows includes paying for transportation and gas. But also doubles here as Logic saying that he’s about to refuel for a longer trip in the game.
This could be viewed as a metaphor, like the station is meant as a radio station and gas can be seen as new songs and passion to do music
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Raheem DeVaughn is an R&B singer that was known for his song “You.”
Logic and DeVaughn teamed up in this project when the latter was featured on “Take It Slow.”
As stated by Logic in an interview, he wrote this song while traveling to South by Southwest (SXSW) in Texas, and DeVaughn was caught sleeping during the trip.
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This line is a play on one of Jay-Z’s nicknames, Hov.
Logic listens to Hov while in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane.
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Logic is a huge Sinatra fan, hence the name Young Sinatra for his mixtape and sampling Sinatra in songs like “One”. Frank Sinatra’s female fans were referred to as “bobbysoxers” because Frank and the rest of the Rat Pack would often play shows at College and High School gyms. These girls, who wore poodle skirts and high socks with heels, would be asked to take off their shoes, and be only in the their socks, hence the name.
Logic’s real name is Robert Bryson Hall II, hence the “Bobby” part of the BobbySoxer pun.
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It's Kanye, but some of my plaques, they still say "Kayne" Kanye West – Diamonds from Sierra Leone
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Kanye was winning plaques for producing hits like JAY-Z’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” well before he was a household name for rapping. Despite being a hitmaker, he was receiving awards that misspelled his name as “Kayne” or maybe “Kane.”
In fact, President George W. Bush once referred to him as “Kanway West” (before correcting himself)
This line is also often misheard as Kanye say “plastics” instead of “plaques"—though it’s highly unlikely Kanye would have credit cards with his name spelled wrong.
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Lupe addresses the same problem he does in “The Instrumental”: television addiction.
Lupe could also be saying that what he sees on TV, e.g. the news/violence/nonsense hurts him