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Still not givin' a fuck, sold the game
In '04 showed you how to be a +Bad Man!+ on 3:16
And I showed you +The Pain+
Had to +Freak These Tales+ up with +Trevor An' Them+
And I +H.U.S.T.L.E.+ the same
+Walk Like A Man+, spit like an +Animal+ Murs & 9th Wonder – 3:16 Pt. 2
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Back in 2004 Murs released his first collaboration album with 9th Wonder called Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition to which he drops multiple references. “3:16” could both refer to the album and the track of the same name. The album’s tracklisting went as following:
- Intro
- Bad Man!
- 3:16
- The Pain
- Trevor an' Them
- Freak These Tales
- H-U-S-T-L-E
- Walk Like a Man
- And This Is For…
- The Animal
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The rebellion William Tell is a Swiss folk hero. As the legends go, Tell assassinated the Vogt Albrecht Gessler with his amazing crossbow skills. This action resulted on a larger scale to the independence of Switzerland. In this line Tajai compares his accurate rhyming skills to Tell’s crossbow skills.
Now we more fucked, stuck with a mayor named Giuliani AZ – Rather Unique
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A “moulinyan”, “moolie” or “mulignanes” is a noted Italian racial slur for black people. Basically the Italian’s equivalent of the slur “nigger”. AZ goes onto mention that “mulignanes” were even in a worse situation back then with the Italian mayor Giuliani of New York whose policies seemed to disfavor black people as a whole.
You show up in my rear-view mirror Hilary Duff – The Getaway
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Note the car reference in “You show up in my rear-view mirror”. The guy comes running back to Hilary, making her unable to forget about him and leave him behind.
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Now you say you need me
Giving mixed signals and signs Hilary Duff – The Getaway
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“Mixed signals and signs” is another traffic reference. Basically, it sums up the two preceded lines. “First you wanna be free / Now you say you need me”
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AZ’s autobiography and therefor life includes some amazing things. From struggling in the hood to becoming an idol; a symbol like Malcolm X, but for rap. Because of his rapping he has accomplished success and gotten lots of money, women, and expensive clothing. Clothes of Gore-Tex and clothing by designer Donna Karan and the clothing line Guess
Clothing by Karan from Spring 2012
Another way of saying “Money, Clothes, and Hoes” (maybe)
Instead of sharing a photo from 2012, why not share a photo from the 90s.. when Donna Karan aka DKNY actually had the lines AZ’s talking about