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Pimp C here is alluding to the AIDS epidemic in the US that in part was caused by unprotected sexual intercourse. The mention of the year 1996 in particular since it was the first year since 1987 that HIV/AIDS related-death stagnated due to the introduction of three-drug anti-HIV treatments.

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A climax is stylistic device of rather contentual nature. It refers to the intentional build-up of a sentence, a paragraph etc. that ends in a climax.
An example is Caesar famous:

I came, saw, conquered

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The main theme of this spoken word section is to strike nostalgia.

It follows the memories of a rather old man, named Murray Ostril and the experiences he made on Coney Island, New York when still young. He reminisces about the prosperous and thriving state of Coney Island as a place of joy, warmth, and solace, which took a turn for the worse after World War II.

Despite being an amusement park that attracted visitors across the world, it was also home to immigrants who mainly came from Eastern Europe, hence its nickname: “the playground of the world.”

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This line is so dope. Because reign is a homophone for rain, and drizzle means raining lightly, so in other words, Juice hasn’t even got it started, he is just giving a sample.

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This is the first single released off of the new Ratking album So It Goes.Their last effort was released in 2012 and was called Wiki93
Hence the saying, “New Ratking!”

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He is paying respects to Kriss Kross, as Chris Kelly died in 2013. Furthermore a homage to their probably iconic song “Jump”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPB84Plv8tc

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This leads into his next song on the mixtape, “Fuck the Club”.
Also an allusion to the song “Or Nah” by Ty Dolla $ign.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2d3uzAHSiY

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Bun B comments on stereotypes towards black in the first four lines of this song. The image of a rapper, or rather a person who makes rap music as Bun B puts it, is often intertwined with the image of a Black man. An even though he tries to fight against this stereotypes among others he still has to face racism.

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Bun B here gives away the motivation of the robber who is interested in the drugs he is moving in his car. But instead of giving away his precious freight Bun B mocks the attacker and further provokes him.

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Some folks surrounding Pimp C act in certain manner towards him that he doesn’t approve. As he states in the next line this behavior that manifests itself in i.e. looks might also put his life in danger and might be caused by jealousy due to his wealth . To prevent such dramatic outcome he tries to express his strength and possibly also takes countermeasures.

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