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And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
To tape off the scene of the slaughter N.W.A – Fuck tha Police
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In a tenebrous description of the consequences of his cop-killing behavior, Ice Cube refers to the ordinary yellow tape used to interdict crime scenes to hint at the murder of police officers.
It’s these kind of lines that triggered the phenomenon of selective hearing on the media, where they ignored the message of the song and just highlighted the violent and explicit lyrics.
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9MM pistol
'Fore your ribs get barbecued Lil Wayne (Ft. Mannie Fresh) – This Is the Carter
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And that was called recycling, r-e-reciting something
'Cause you just like it, so you say it just like it
Some say it's biting but I say it's enlightening
Besides, Dr. Kanye West is one of the brightest Lil Wayne – Dr. Carter
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Kanye West sang:
You can live through anything if Magic made it
Wayne is admitting that he stole the line from Kanye, but thinks that’s totally fine and borrowing from other artists is how rap evolves and moves forward. In any case, Kanye frequently collaborates with Wayne, including producing two tracks on this album (“Comfortable” and “Let The Beat Build”).
The line refers to Magic Johnson’s amazing survival for nearly two decades as an HIV-positive man. Speaking of which, what is that dude’s secret? Acai berries?
Long after this song dropped, on 11 May 2015, Kanye West was given an honorary doctoral degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
'Cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt Eminem – My Name Is
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The Spice Girls were a Margaret Thatcher-inspired world famous Brit pop girl band, and hate-fucking female pop stars is a theme in Eminem’s radio songs (see also the reference to Pamela Lee a couple lines down).
In “The Real Slim Shady” it’s Christina Aguilera, and in “I’m Back” it’s Jennifer Lopez.
Allegedly, this line was inspired by radio show DJ’s constantly asking Eminem which Spice Girl he would date if he had the choice. He got sick of this question and decided to parody it in his song.
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Could refer to a variety of common baller pastimes.
Popping magnums could mean opening magnums (1.5 litre bottles) of champagne, shooting a Magnum gun, or busting through Magnum condoms.
Bagging something could mean securing some drugs (most likely marijuana or coke or crack), or bagging a chick.
its also a restating of Jays verse as he says hes scoping out the bar with something nice to leave with Jay must have found her and bigs popping bottles having a good time.