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“Waymon Tisdale” (and not basketballer Wayman Tisdale) alludes to one of the characters in the movie Strictly Business. Which is what DZA is all about.

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This line is an allusion to the OutKast hit single “So Fresh, So Clean”, off of their Stankonia album.

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No, not the rap battle league called GrindTime. Bun B is referencing the label Grind Time Official, owned by fellow Southern rapper Killer Mike (Note: Mike/mic)

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In theory, the high KRIT’s getting off of the endo weed would be as high as heaven is from Earth, because he can hear God talk when his window is open.

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Chamillionaire here gives points out that it’s normal to watch him make moves, because he’s the best to do it and thereby the best person to watch moves from.

These two lines are sampled in both the delivery and rhyme structure fields from the OutKast song “Player’s Ball”. Andre 3000 spits the following lines, which virtually mean the same as Cham’s lines:

It’s beginning to look a lot like what, follow my every step
Take notes on how I crept, it’s bout to go in depth

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Auburn and “he” are synonyms; they’re exactly the same except for what both of them are called, and together they make up “they”. As Auburn said, you can’t think of one without the other because they have an affection.

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Note that the “-_____-” smiley and the full capitalization of “God” are things Auburn personally wrote in the song description on YouTube, in the lyrics she wrote down there. We just simply incorporated those

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The rose here is used as imagery for love. The love between Auburn and “him” doesn’t grow naturally, it needs something to fuel it, it needs something to extract it’s power out of.

“No gremlin” refers to the gremlin creatures in the movie Gremlins. Usually, they’re extremely cute, but they multiply when they come into contact with water, which of course also happens in the movie. This brings a lot of trouble, especially when the gremlins turn evil.

Note how Auburn sing “no gremlin”. If there were to be a gremlin and she would’ve added the “water” it would’ve turned out bad. Luckily this isn’t the case.

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In an interview with RapGenius Big K.R.I.T. told us what he meant by the term “live from the underground”. Watch his breakdown of the term and the rest of the interview below or here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jPoW1WwDz8&feature=player_detailpage#t=353s

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Chamillionaire is a natural superstar when it comes to balling. The claims about not needing practice refer to pro-basketballer Allen Iverson who was criticized for missing a lot of team practices in the early 00’s. He responded with a rant about practicing.

We’re sitting here, I’m supposed to be the franchise player, and we’re in here talking about practice.
- Iverson at the start of his rant

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