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Reference to the Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli whose works 2Pac read and inspired his name change for the 7 Day Theory to Makaveli.

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Pac knew The Notorious B.I.G. for years. He alludes to how they grew up together, along with Biggie’s debut album, Ready To Die. Biggie turned on Tupac and planned to kill him along with his friends.

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Pac’s last lines saying to the haters stop worrying about him and that he has his group the Outlawz to help him.

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T.I. is saying that he will live like Pac minus the tattoos but he will be quick to lose it when he’s pissed (just like Pac).

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Tupac created the rap group, Outlawz in late 1995 after he was released from prison. Other members include Yaki Kadafi and Young Noble

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The guy who killed the old man attempted to flee the scene of the crime, but was caught and apprehended by the homicide investigation unit of the NYPD.

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A guy, let’s also call him the Shyheim name: “Mr. Hard-y” for clarity’s sake, is a fake gangsta, he talks about guns and killing but isn’t actually committing such violent crimes.

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The girl mentioned before turned to prostitution to make money, having sex with groups of men to make another buck.

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Kenan & Kel was an old Nickelodeon program in the mid-to-late ‘90s that gained acclaim for Kenan’s (Kenan Thompson, now on SNL) clumsiness

ACCEPTED COMMENT: Kenan and Kel were very goofy and not to be taken serious. They were teenagers in the show, Royce feels like he’s battling goofy kids when he battles D12.

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