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This is a double entendre. It refers to:
A shoulder shrug (meaning that if people feel “iffy” about what you do), don’t “cry” or feel negative…
And to the common phrase “a shoulder to cry on”. When someone gives a person their shoulder, they’re expressing sympathy for the person.

Either way, Drake is saying to stay strong and independent…

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The “Me So Horny” part is a sound bite from the movie “Full Metal Jacket”, where Joker (the main protagonist) was tempted by a Vietnamese prostitute.

It was also famously used in a song by 2 Live Crew that has the same name.

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When his friend, Troy Dixon (1967-1990) died, CL Smooth was 22 years old.

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At the rate at which technology is evolving, especially in the area of computers, society is moving toward a Technological Singularity. But there’ll never be a computer that replaces Rap Genius editors, right? Right?

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Wordplay on the proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” The idea behind it is that, because two parties have a common enemy, they can work with each other to advance their common goals.

However, Lupe believes that using a common enemy as the basis for an allegiance is problematic, as the question of what happens when the enemy doesn’t exist anymore comes into play…

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Playing off the previous line: he says that he be rockin' Tisa; Tisa (from the previous line) sounds like tees (as in golf tees)…

The term “birdie”, in golf, means that a hole was played in one stroke under par. In reality, Woods probably woulda hit an eagle (two under par)…

The obvious realization is that Big Sean intends to create a pun about Tiger Woods boning a girl in his closet…

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Diddy created a double entendre here. Saying that another day has gone by, waking up in the morning with another girl. However, in this case, dawn could also refer to the girl’s name, “Dawn”.

He carries on the wordplay for the next line, specifically using the name “Keisha” as a euphemistic way of saying “ho”…

This could also be a hidden reference to The Notorious B.I.G.’s big hit Everyday Struggle:

“Another day, another struggle”.

Fun Fact: Diddy’s sister is called Keisha.

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“Right Thurr” is Chingy’s 4th track off the album, Jackpot.

It’s the first song he ever recorded, and still his most successful song to date. It would’ve reached #1 on the Top 40 charts had it not been for Beyoncé’s mega-hit, “Crazy in Love”. Chingy’s hit consequently stayed at #2 for 4 consecutive weeks.

See the following video for the alternate music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zps_CgXhPk

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He doesn’t really hate the songs he says he hates; they just make him feel guilty.

“Tears of a Clown” (a song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles) is about someone who outwardly shows no emotion when a loved one leaves him/her and acts like they’re content, when in reality they are still hurt inside.

Diddy feels like the song is talking to him, because though he’s putting on a happy face, he doesn’t feel happy inside and isn’t happy with his life. He’s going through the motions and entertaining people, but he’s still torn up about Biggie’s death and the way he’s living his life, and there’s no one that can see it.

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Diddy is saying that he and many others have serious problems that they avoid by drinking and partying; rather than come to terms with Biggie’s death, he suppresses his pain (the tone in his voice and the way he say “ballin'” in the video suggest it’s a criticism of the inability to properly cope with problems).

Some could also argue that this duplet is an ode to 2Pac seeing how he was talking about The Notorious B.I.G. in the last line. He mentions “pouring out a little liquor”“, and him “still ballin'”.

It should also be noted that he may be concealing the “bawling” homophone in these two lines in order to send a message to people to basically stay strong, keep the head up, and “keep ballin'”.

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