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Scopes are found on snipers to better aim a gun at a long-distance target.
When somebody is “on Ren’s scope” then the gun is pointed right at them and the end is near.
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The song starts off with a calling out to all rappers who do not have Hip-Hop’s best interests in mind. It’s wordplay on the idiom, “Too many chiefs, not enough Indians”, which brings up the point that there are too many people who want to be considered the “leader”, but there aren’t enough people willing to follow to do the hard work; if everyone was a chief, there’d be no one to lead.
The inverse use of this statement, “Too many Indians and no chiefs” refers to how no one is willing to step up in the rap game and take control of it.
In addition, @BGIRL would also like to point out the inherent racism in this bar:
We are Native Americans and there can never be too many of us. ;)
You see, I go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons I'll tell you why Sugarhill Gang – Rapper's Delight
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This is the introduction of emcee Big Bank Hank, who was the friend and manager of Grandmaster Caz of the legendary Cold Crush Brothers.
When Big Bank Hank took this couplet from the rhyme book of Grandmaster Caz (who was also known as Casanova Fly within his crew), Hank ignorantly and hastily blurted out that rhyme that he didn’t even bother to notice that he was using Caz’s name in what people imply to be “his” rhyme.
Grandmaster Caz talks about it in further detail here:
(As you can hear in the video, he is rapping along to what he rapped before decades ago… before Rapper’s Delight came out.)
This is probably the most obvious and significant snippet of evidence that Big Bank Hank was what people in hip-hop call a biter (someone who copies, follows, etc.) for this particular song.
One of the lessons that the rap game didn’t teach you in (what is considered to be) “the song that first popularized hip-hop” is to give the other artist/emcee some respect (i.e. “Shout out to…”).
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One trait that scorpios are known for is using sex as a tool of communication.
Lil Wayne is a Libra (born September 27).
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This track was recorded right before he was sentenced to a year in prison on a sexual assault charge.
Tupac’s mother was pregnant with him whilst she was in jail. This line is most likely referring to him being in her womb whilst she was in a jail cell.
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No matter how much trouble you get in, you will always run to your mom for help