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Uptown NYC is a very fashion-minded neighborhood with little tourism. Being a fashion connoisseur himself, Drake must spend a lot of time in the Uptown area.
There is also a large Hispanic population in Upper Manhattan, specifically in Washington Heights or the upper-western side of Manhattan, which ties in with the next line about Spanish girls loving him.
Also a reference to Drizzy’s song “Uptown” off of So Far Gone.
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Moufy’s mother was dissapointed when he was kicked out of the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School during his junior year.
After he was expelled he went to boarding school in New Hampshire at Tilton Academy.
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Boston is also known as “The Bean” or “Beantown”, known for its baked beans. Also, each Boston team has won a championship (or more) in the past decade.
Tell 'em quit the riff raff bitchin' with your bitch ass A$AP Rocky – Goldie
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A$AP Rocky has expressed how he feels about people bitching before, like in the opening lines of “Peso” where he said.
Tell my niggas quit the bitching and we gon' make it in a second
Now people are even bitching about Rocky’s rolling papers.
Zig Zag is a French brand of cigarette rolling papers.
It is also to cover of Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” (1992)
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A$AP is a well known Fashion Killa and does a play on the name of famous clothing brand Hugo Boss.
Also, a possible reference to the 1974 classic cult Western film “Boss Nigger”.
And we could turn this to a nightmare: Elm Street The Weeknd – House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
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The line “I’m a nice dude with some nice dreams” is quoted from Pharrell’s lines in “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” Abel’s a nice guy, but he won’t hesitate to put somebody in their place if they retaliate against Abel hooking up with their girl.
Abel directly references horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street in which character Freddy Kruger attacks and murders victims in their nightmares.
With a handful of pills, no chasers The Weeknd – House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
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Ironically, they’re chasing their drugs by dry swallowing pills without a liquid of some kind, as pills are usually swallowed with a substance to ease the process and dissipate any tastes.
“Chasers” were also over-the-counter pills one could take to prevent hangover. They have since been discontinued from retail. When they were legally sold, it didn’t matter to Abel and the crew; they only popped illegal pills.
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Reference to another song of Rocky’s called Kissin' Pink, named after that purple drink he celebrates so often. The more cough syrup you put in the mixture, the darker (more purple) the mixture.
As A$AP Drizzy so eloquently puts it:
Kissing pink also refers to eating pussy