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The feds could be tapping into his phone line so Wayne needs to be careful. Their code word on the phone for a coke sale is “blow job” (a clever pun since “blow” means coke).

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“Weight” means drugs, and Lil Wayne doesn’t have a hard time selling a lot of drugs (someone might “struggle” when lifting weights at the gym)

Also might be a reference to the fact that he settles disagreements by simply “lifting” his gun and shooting, so he doesn’t have to “struggle” with putting up with disagreeable people / lifting weights at the gym to get strong

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Wayne refers to his mentor Birdman as his “pa” and calls himself Birdman Jr. (or just “J.R.”)

Weezy was not exactly born with a silver spoon in his mouth – although he did become famous at 15 (maybe he doesn’t remember the Poor Days..)

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