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Is he a Blood, is he Crip?
Is he that, is he this? JAY-Z & Beanie Sigel – Streets Is Talking
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The bloods and the crips are two of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles, represented by the colors red and blue.

With this intro Jay Z takes a shot at all the people that want to “label” him somehow, linking him to some gang (The bloods and the crips) or just by making up random facts (Is he that, is he this).

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EGL11 Rosters Game Genius Archives (Ft. Alessio Fanelli & EGL) – EGL11 Rosters
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EGL11 confirmed teams, props to Decerto.net for the list.

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felt pads Ernest Hemingway – Hills Like White Elephants
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The felt pads are what we use as coasters today. They go under the beer to keep it from sliding around on the train.

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The characters are not on the train now, though. The coasters absorb the “sweat” from cold beers and hot atmosphere and keep the beer glass from dripping on you as you drink.

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"The Luckiest Man In The World" Alessio Fanelli – "The Luckiest Man In The World"
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All of the quotes included are taken from Fade to Black if not specified otherwise.

The bold quotes are all from Jay Z himself.

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Fatboy Slim "proprio ora proprio qui" (Ehi) En?gma – Olimpiade
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Riferimento alla canzone “Right here, right now” di Fatboy Slim.

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Ma faccio rap Gump, quindi corro fino a che non spezzo l'handicap (Ahah) En?gma – Olimpiade
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Riferimento al film “Forrest Gump”, dove il protagonista vince il suo handicap proprio grazie alle sue incredibili doti nella corsa.

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Inoltre, nel primo momento in cui scopre le doti di corsa, lui rompe letteralmente le protesi esterne che lo assistevano nella deambulazione, causandogli una andatura goffa (veniva bullizzato per ciò).

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Never take a "L" i skip over the letter right after the "K" Sway Boy – 5AM in Paris
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A L in sports (And in the RapGenius forums!) means a loss. Sway Boy never lost in his career, when he was at the K, the letter before the L in the alphabet, he’d skip directly to the M.

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We're all stuck here Childish Gambino – Open Letter on Instagram
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No matter where we want to be, we’re all stuck in life so we have to try and be there for each other when needed!

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Niggas don't want it with Jig, 'cause something’s got to give
I got homes where you hide, I hustle where you live JAY-Z – Ride Or Die
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No one wants to start a fight with Jay; if they try to attack first, they’ll be outsmarted by Jay (it happened before!), but even if they wait for him it won’t be better

I go to the block and pitch
I go with the Glock and click, I go with the pop I’m sick
I go with you hard; I ain’t gon' stop for shit

Jay Z owns hosues in foreign islands (where criminals often hide due to the fact that there’s no extradition) and his hustle doesn’t know boundaries, he’s not restricted to a single block, so he’s probably dealing around your house as well.

Y'all can’t fuck with Hov

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