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He’s mocking the hook on Nuthin' But A ‘G’ Thang (1992), a classic song by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucoK6KN1dzU

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He’s just near the church (since he only passed by it) ‘cause he couldn’t muster the will to get in. Although he does need the pastor’s service, because he’s so tired of his life path leading him nowhere (treading water is stationary swimming) that he can’t stay on the surface anymore.
Thus asking the Lord for a miracle (this dawg wanna be jesusin' and shit) to rescue him from drowning, as linked to the hook.

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Soon as he got signed and did his victory parade (pa-raded/“raided”) he got mad cash raining over him (raiding on him) and all of a sudden he got calls from the cousin he never met, reaching out for bread.

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The haters are looking at his watch, perhaps a gold Presidential Day Date Rolex, and making faces. They’re mad that he’s #winning.
Double meaning in the sens where they’re frowning (stressed) at his watch of'em through the fish tanks. One frowns when smelling stink (hence the watch/wrist stink wordplay).

French > Ils froncent les sourcils pendant que je les observe comme si mon poignet puait

Jeu de mot en anglais impossible à traduire en français.

“At my watch” peut signifier “pendant mon observation” et aussi “sur ma montre”. Les haineux se sentent stressés quand il les observe à travers le métaphorique aquarium, et froncent les sourcils avec frustration comme si son poignet puait (sa montre est sur le poignet, et on fronce les sourcils quand on sent un odeur qui pue).

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Ryan is well aware of the well-wishers and people who smile in his face but talk behind his back. He is a good judge of character, and he sees through them as if they were literally transparent, like a fish tank.

French > Je peux clairement voir à travers ces haters, comme des aquariums

Il peut voir leurs intentions cachées aussi clairement que des poissons à travers la transparence d'un aquarium.

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It’s not hard to divine which finger Em is referring to here, but he dropped a few more hints for anyone who might still be confused in “The Way I Am”:

…not the index or pinkie
Or the ring or the thumb, it’s the one you put up
When you don’t give a fuck, when you won’t just put up
With the bullshit they pull, ‘cause they full of shit too

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He comes up with so many abstract and “out of this world” bars that he and the rest of Black Hippy crew actually barbecue in outer space (cook up fiery lyrics with sun heat). In a similar nod, on Black Lip Bastard (Remix) Ab-Soul pens the line

Solar system, grab a space shuttle and stay subtle

The Black Hippy crew are frequent space travelers.

Also sounds like “Sold the system and barbecue”. The rapper sells his sound system and barbecue because he’s struggling financially and he’s got to liquidate the things that bring him joy (music and food/celebration).

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Lots of rappers from where he came from, none of'em really blew out ‘cause they don’t know the formula of success (which was probably putting out mainstream shit around that time).

50 Cent is known to be a fine business man, he knew how to handle his shit to make himself rich and famous.

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50 is very fond of high risk, high reward situations. Skill of a refined gambler.

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His words are like a blizzard that passes fast and wipes/freezes everything in his way, so you better listen fast to understand him (or read on Genius).

“Blizzard” also adds to the weather phenomena mentioned a few lines earlier.

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