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The line is sung similarly to the way it is sung on the Isley Brother’s song “Shout,” from the album of the same name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kke9kaV9sMU#t=132s

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This line is sampled from Isley Brothers‘ '59 song “Shout”, from their album Shout!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kke9kaV9sMU#t=205s

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King Just sampled this in his ‘95 song “No Flows on the Rodeo”, from his album Mystics of the Gods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aJnhwXvwyeE#t=115s

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These lyrics are sampled from Jackie Wilson’s ‘58 single “Lonely Teardrops”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jgyl_LBdcxo#t=131s

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This line was used as the opening line of James Brown & The Famous Flames' “Shout and Shimmy”, the “Shout” concept is also used in the whole song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5xU7rMEnebQ#t=14s

The line itself was sampled in Girl Talk’s “Make Me Wanna” too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9DBmMoW5lSs#t=288s

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Tall is Engels voor lange, lange verwijst dus naar Too Tall

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A reference to Usher & Young Jeezy’s ‘08 single “Love in This Club”, from Usher’s album Here I Stand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqXxGNJgJA&ob=av2n

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Cockroaches and rats are usually pictured as horrible animals because they carry diseases, one of the most popular being the plague.

When the plague was in effect in the United Kingdom the people were very poor and a lot of people were dying because of it. – Both these animals are also pictured in poor habitats because of this.

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Some claim that this song is, lyrically and musically, a sequel to “Hit It and Quit It”, which was the previous track on the album Maggot Brain.

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