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Everyone wants to be like celebrities, almost as if they’re a role model to them. A lot of people have blamed rappers for influencing kids to misbehave to authority figures such in a school.

By looking through binoculars, B.o.B is referring to how kids obsess and analyze every little thing they do, as if under a microscope.

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A lot of people claim to want to be famous. But they really don’t want the full experience. Most people really just want 15 minutes of fame, or to hang out with the stars. B.o.B has undergone the true pressures of fame, and warns us against it.

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He’s fond of this exclamation, having made a song of that name. As Jay said himself:

abra (אברה) means “to create” and cadabra (כדברא) means “as I say”.

He’s creating miracles (such as that of the previous line) and doing the impossible.

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He was living a simple and typical life and practicing dangerous habits.

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Meaning he will probably never be impressed.

Going with the boots comparison, single knotting requires shoes to be re-tied soon, while double knotting and the extreme triple knotting allows you to ignore this task for a good while, or maybe even forever.

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If you go on YouTube, many people make videos trying to “prove” that rappers are in the Illuminati/Freemasons. And people actually believe that all rappers/musicians are part of the Illuminati/Freemasons. People believe that they killed Tupac for exposing the Illuminati. And B.o.B. says it sarcastically here, basically trying to say, “You say all of us rappers are part of the Illuminati/Freemasons, but hey, I’m not. So fuck off” The “fuck off” part comes partially from the next line in the song.

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A continuation from the previous line, referencing how even though his last album The Old Prince sold decently, he’s still not loose with his money. This also sets up the string of money/credit references that follow below.

This is also a reference to “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”, a song from the mentioned album, which is about saving money and not being a big spender.

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This displays childhood innocence. So many things BoB can’t explain come and go around with such swiftness. All he knew was that he didn’t like it, he didn’t belong in that world.

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He is saying that death is constantly getting closer and closer to everybody, specifically at the “worshippers of towers” as they are simply wasting their time/being stupid

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Crocodile Dundee goes on a “walkabout” to clear his mind, get things straight, and decide on how to proceed.

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