while it doesn’t offer the fictionalised glory that the drug game does, swallowing your pride and taking a job in fast food is probably a better prospect for many wannabe drug dealers.

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TV depicts drug dealing as a glamorous occupation, leading to abundant wealth and nice threads. The reality is never as pretty, though.

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Ali attributes rampant beefing in rap to upstarts not being willing to pay the dues that are required for success and respect in hip hop.

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before finalising a title, the album Us was initially to be Street Preacher, a title that a fan once bestowed upon Ali that he was particularly endeared to.

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Ali continues the BDP shoutouts by putting his own spin on another KRS-One line.

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Ali shouts out a golden-age classic, My Philosophy, specifically the following line(s):

I’m not insane, in fact I’m kinda rational
When I be asking, yo, who is more dramatical?

Slug, of Atmosphere, Ali’s label mates, actually put his own twist on this line a few years prior

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before Ali had a family, and before he was a Muslim, he loved hip-hop. In fact, it was the words of Chuck D of Public Enemy that lead him to read the writings of Malcolm X, and eventually find his religion.

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“catastrophe damn near ended her life”. The 35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed in 2007 and BK-One’s wife survived it

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A shoutout to the Californian, pioneering indie rap crew that MURS got started with, Living Legends.

(top left!)

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The first of a series of sly references to Atmosphere in this verse. This one refers to the cryptic The Woman With The Tattooed Hands off of Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs.

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