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He’s obviously from NYC, a city well known for it’s high stakes crimes and frequent bank robberies. N.Y. Times actually said this is the U.S.’s 1st Bank Robbery in recorded history! Ironically, it is Wall Street that robs N.Y. citizens now, causing more chain-robberies than ever before!
To his REAL LEFT is the other guest on this track, who is a legend and fellow NYC native
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Sounds like he’s in the process of committing a robbery of one of the world’s largest financial service corporations and take over the CEO’s position by force.
- If this is what he means then it would tie in well with his emcee name “Brinx Billions”, which refers to the “Brinks Banking and Armored Truck Corp.” His name is a reference to 1 of the 5 biggest Armored Car robberies in U.S. History, that happened in N.Y. in 1993. This is the kind of truck from which the reported 7.4 million was stolen from
- This happened around 10 years ago therefore Brinx might be alluding to outdoing them and going for the “Billions,” such as his name suggests.
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- Brinx is the “King of Diamonds” because literally he has more diamonds than anybody else.
- In terms of cards it refers the “A King of Diamonds”. This is not the most powerful nor impressive hand. However, this is Rap not some card game! Brinx is still ballin'!
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Brinx’s underground debut and technically 1st time rapping with Nicki.
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This is Brinx’s first appearance on a mainstream rap song, they (Brinx and Nicki Minaj) met each other in a Long Island studio found in their hometown of NY (in progress of being established). Him and Busta Rhymes knew each other for years and go way back, the same with Nicki and Wayne. They collaborated with him on her Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape back in 09' with this money maker!
In 2012 Nicki signed Brinx to her record label. He’s yet to release his solo debut project which is supposed to have Gucci Mane, Busta, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and many others.
Runnin' with my money, son, go out with a blast Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More
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Busta is telling up the story of how he’s in the process of robbing a snitch he knows:
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- “Flash with a rash”: when you’re stuck up, or being “flashed” by a robber’s gun, you in turn get “flashed” with a rash, as robbed victims often go into a panic and look mortified (they see Death flashing their life before their eyes)
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- “Gimme my cash, flickin my ash”: what a robber demands, and they often smoke cigarettes while waiting. “Flickin' my ash” could refer to how the situation will play out in his hand as “ash” could mean gunpowder if he doesn’t get his money.
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- He spared the guy, but after he took his money he “flicked his ash” and decided to kill him anyways–“out with a blast”!
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She shows some character development and being cultured in other country’s national values and mores, to detail her learning experience from touring globe and meeting people.
This, reveals Nicki playing on an old expression "You can take the girl out the country, but you can’t take the country out the girl". It’s a modern way of saying:
"You can leave where you are from, but you can’t remove your roots, being the product of your environment.Be aware, of her keen use of prepositions:
She is NOT saying was "I’m in Sydney, Australia" she said "what was IN ME, etc." This means she has got the "ways of the people" from there, having inherited the identity of the natives there.Australians, much like their regional terrain are: rough on the edges, daring, fearless, and very resilient, not to mention outlandishly wild
Nicki has thus in someway, in their acceptance became "Aussie" in manners and behavior. Note the transition of her being from the hood, yet she now has traveled to places all overall, to discover herself as an individual.
Nicki really appreciated what she lived in Sydney, Australia when she was in her Pink Friday Tour, means that nobody will erase her time out there.
Nigga stop your hating, get off your ass
Worrying about the next nigga, that’ll cost your ass
Go get on your grind nigga and off the pad
Slow grind until the top, but you’re falling fast Meek Mill – Hate Is My Motivator
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Hatred isn’t productive, except only to the hated’s benefit. Talk about “feeding the troll”
Another way to look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BZA5ceF21U0#t=94
It’s like Sisyphus (1:34, the golden statue above Dante, in the video) who was punished in Tartarus and had to roll a boulder up a steep ramp, only to have it roll back on him every time. It’s a futile effort yet most people do it anyway. Hatred in a nutshell! Who’d thought the price of it is free?
Hate on me I volunteer
Lowest points, man I been there Meek Mill – Hate Is My Motivator
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He’s openly inviting haters to come at him
a clever, deceptive take on how MLK Jr. used “Nonviolence” to protest the advancement of Civil Rights. This begins to go in the story and powerfully assert the theme of the song.
This couldn’t be anymore fitting:
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A. She’s indeed world famous as a superstar
- Commercials
- Business
- Fashion
- Movie Industry
C. She is so ahead of her time, that she’s living in “tomarrah” (tomorrow)! Just teasing them by saying it’s unlikely she’ll pay attention to them in the future, let alone the present.
When she says “Starrah” she’s also referring to, Starrah, who is a credited songwriter and has worked with many artists. She’s making it clear that she writes her raps with this line.