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In the original, Dorrough’s first line is “Rolling like a big shot”

Mimicking the original, Wayne references drinking “syrup” – the cough syrup drink he is addicted to – mixed with “Big Shot” soda (a popular soda brand in Southern Louisiana)

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From the No Ceilings mixtape, October 2009

The beat is from Ice Cream Paint Job by Dorrough

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Cam is such a big-time drug dealer that he sold your mom some crack (which explains why she’s had so much extra energy lately!).

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The first single from Til the Casket Drops is classic braggadocio rap; Pusha and Malice are joined by the King of Humility himself, Kanye West, who uses his verse to brag about hooking up with a retarded girl (not “retarded”, literally retarded).

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Originating from the film Geronimo, based on the Native American leader, saying “Geronimo!” is usually accompanied by some kind of high jump, in this case souls making the jump into hell when Pusha kills somebody.

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Clipse, like many rap artists, are enamored with the concept of self-sufficiency even in very unfavorable circumstances (see here and here (“droughts” are periods of time in which a drug dealer’s supply runs out and it’s hard to get more to sell)

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Even in the state of the economy following the 2008 financial crisis, Pusha is spending a lot of money – a blessed act of economic stimulus, and a sign of the blessed ballerness of Pusha’s life.

One can quibble, though, that if he had invested his 100 thou in the market then, that he’d have made sizable returns on his investment by now. So in that case, Pusha’s expenditures were Kinda Like a Bad Deal.

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“Unbelievable” and “Warning” are classic songs by The Notorious B.I.G.

Pusha is still surprised at his fame, watching old fiends shake when his name gets dropped.

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Police are about to make an imminent arrest. A reference to Coolio’s song “Too Hot”

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Bernard Madoff (pronounced “made-off”) was arrested for defrauding investors in a massive Ponzi scheme, he “made off” with their money

So, Jay means that the girl defrauded him emotionally

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