I wrote this shortly after the passing of Steve Jobs, so I was implying he took an iPod passed the Gates of heaven… but also, during his time alive he came up with the idea for an iPod before Bill Gates, so he took it passed him too.

There’s a lot of wack rappers around not too concerned about improving or switching up their flow.

the verses of the Noble Qur'an are written in a poetic structure, and it is believed to be the book of divine guidance for humanity. I’m not divine, but i do guide through rhyme

as a beat maker and instrumentalist, i hit keys and pull strings to produce musical notes, like a C for example. a C-note is also a bill worth a hundred dollars, and you know, that’s what i work for

The truth is, Frank Lucas was pretty ruthless. (Ha, see what i did there?)

Let’s face it; there are dreams money can buy

He puts his trust only in the money to represent his needs in life

a play on words: If he comes in first place, he and the money are going to last for a while

A play on the saying “ashes to ashes”. He means he needs to set the game on fire before turning to ash in death

He prefers to leave events from the past in the past. to keep with the rhyme, instead of saying ‘fast-forwarding’ he goes ‘forwarding fast’