Alchemist cut the record down, to the bone Evidence (Ft. Raekwon & Ras Kass) – The Red Carpet

The Alchemist is like Ev’s brother. Together they form “StepBrothers.” Oh and Alchemist produced this beat.

Also a Run DMC reference: “Sucker MCs”: (“Jay cut the record down to the bone…”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXVFNs0piP8

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[Intro]
Why do you have an umbrella
Because the weather man said you have to have one at all times
Because it's going to rain cats and dogs Evidence (Ft. Aloe Blacc) – The Liner Notes

One of Evidence’s nicknames is “The Weatherman” (which is also his first solo album title), and this song is the intro to this album, Cats & Dogs, so Ev is showing the transition from The Weatherman LP to Cats & Dogs

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My music and my graf are livin' separate lifes
One gets me paid, the other's payin' the price Evidence – It Wasn't Me

Evidence is a graffiti artist as well as a rapper, and while Ev gets money from rap, he pays fines for the graffiti he does

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EV see’s his graffiti and music two totally separate activities that he does in his life. One get’s paid (Music) and the other he pays for (graffiti).

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EV means that he spends all the time for rap and he has let the graffiti aside.

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I never thought about fame
I just thought about if KRS would know my name Evidence – It Wasn't Me

Evidence didn’t get into the rap game for the fame, he got in it for respect, so that legends like KRS-ONE would know his name

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Ev is referencing the KRS-One song “Out For Fame” which is about graffiti artists and their struggle to get noticed for their art within the graffiti community. He is saying he never thought about becoming famous from rapping, only worried about achieving fame from his graffiti.

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LA made him, LA grazed him then LA saved him Evidence (Ft. Aloe Blacc) – The Liner Notes

Evidence is L.A. born and raised, and it is evident that he is in love with his city, his logo is inspired by the LA Dodger’s symbol, and he shouts out to LA in a lot of his album artworks.

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My Momma opposite of Sarah Palin
With no gat from Russia looking back like, quit playing
Ev is here, staying Evidence (Ft. Aloe Blacc) – The Liner Notes

Ev’s mom is a Russian immigrant, and Ev says this by using Sarah Palin’s iconic quote “I can see Russia from my house” and flipping it, so that Ev’s mom saw America from Russia, which really means that Ev’s mom immigrated from Russia to the US

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[Hook]
You ain't got no
Evidence, evidence, evidence, evidence Evidence – It Wasn't Me

Referring to people thinking that he is Buket, the famous spray painter from LA. The confusion comes from this video, where he co-signs Buket in the beginning.

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Named by Will.I.Am
Maybe made a milli, maybe I don't give a damn (True)
I thought of Evident
He mispronounced it, Evidence Evidence – It Wasn't Me

Evidence originally came up with the name “Evident” for himself, but Will.I.Am (of the Black Eyed Peas) mispronounced the name “Evidence” and he’s stuck to the name since.

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He’s name comes from Will.I.AM (of the Black Eyed Peas)
He made a lot of money but I don’t give a damn
I came up with the name Evident for myself
He mispronounced it Evidence
“Fast forward, here we are, standing in the present tense”– The name stuck

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Like no one ever does Domo Genesis – Smokemon

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Hella-people telling me to stop it Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire (Ft. Danny Brown, Das Racist, Despot & El-P) – The Last Huzzah (Remix)

Das Racist has a lot of haters

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