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on taffe soir et matin mec FELA (Ft. Don Martin, Lou Kastro & Tonto Noiza) – Music Please
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We smoke day and night, bro

“taffe”, french slang for smoking a blunt

“Taffer” also mean “work”

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Wu-Tang ruckus bringer Wu Block (Ft. Inspectah Deck) – Bust Shots
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And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus
Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuttin ta fuck with

In the Wu earlier days, the Clan used to fight in a lot of their shows. RZA said in the Wu-Tang manual that ghost could take on 5 men alone, which got him the alias Ironman. Also, Ghost brang a lot of “ruckus” to some Wu-haters. One example: he broke Mase’s jaw.

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only rapper that steered a G5 Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Ab-Soul & Jay Rock) – The Heart Pt. 3 (Will You Let It Die?)
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He’s referring to his destiny as a G5, which links this line to the Aaliyah’s line: She died in a plane crash.

He’s the only rapper who can control his own destiny, thus meaning he can steer the “g5”.

“G5” is a metaphor for his career. He controls it, he wont let it crash.

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Also, if you are steering (the jet/plane), you are the pilot. This could reference Kendrick being the most creative force, piloting, new and fresh ideas in the rap industry.

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G5 its short for G550 a business Gulfstream Business Jet. This might be the kind of private jet he has since he has rapped about it in songs like Control, ELEMENT., and lately in Tints where he features Anderson Paak.

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And fuck Five Mics, I don't need no mic!
What?! Bring it! Shut 'em down! Onyx (Ft. DMX) – Shut ’Em Down
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Onyx’s previous album, All We Got Iz Us was rated 3 ½ mics by The Source magazine.

Bacdafucup also had 3 ½ mics.

Sticky is mad because Onyx’s 2 last albums didn’t get the allmighty “5 mics” rating.

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Return of the Mack (There it is)
Return of the Mack (Come on)
Return of the Mack (Oh my God)
You know that I'll be back (Here I am)
Return of the Mack (Once again)
Return of the Mack (Top of the world)
Return of the Mack (Watch my flow)
You know that I'll be back (Here I go) Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack
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He fell in love, went softer than he was. That girl broke his heart which made his heart go rock solid again.

It’s the return of the mack, the one who gets a lot of bitches, and don’t give a fuck.

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and he seems excited for that to return so

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He tried his best to change his ways from playing females to actually falling in love and caring about a girl, so when she broke his heart the only way to cope with this pain is to go back to his old ways as a player and he seems exited for that to return so… it’s return of the Mack!

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[Sample] Joe Budden (Ft. Emanny) – More of Me
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Cardiak sampled Willie Hutch’s Mother’s Theme (Mama)“.

That track is also sampled in:

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Come and spar with a titan
If you ain't knew it's true I'm Zeus and I marvel at lightning Joe Budden (Ft. Ab-Soul) – Cut from a Different Cloth
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In Greek mythology, Titans had a war with Zeus, called Titanomachy

First Ab-Soul compares himself to a titan, then Zeus, the god of the gods, which sides with those who won The War of The Titans.

Cleverly done, Soulo claims he’s number 1, he marvels people at what he do (Zeus excels at throwing lightning while Ab does the same with rap) lyrically killing everyone.

Zeus is also a character in Marvel Comics

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captain marvel referance to..
Shazzzaam

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metaphor, and 1 Joe Budden (Ft. Ab-Soul) – Cut from a Different Cloth
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Could be seen as “metaphor, plus another one”, meaning his songs contains a lot of metaphors, after one comes another one.

Also, in Greek, the prefix meta- is generally less esoteric than in English; Greek meta- is equivalent to the Latin words post- or ad-.

Therefore, after four (phor), comes 5. Ab-Soul could continue with his album line: Control System sold 5 500 copies in 3 days (or first week), maybe he pushed another one thousand right after.

Also an “And 1” in basketball is when you score and get fouled on the play, Soul refers to his extra metaphor as an “And 1”

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Ain't Nuttin' Changed Blaq Poet – Ain't Nuttin' Changed
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Blaq Poet rapping about how nothing changed in his hood since the day he began rapping.

Produced by DJ Premier.

Contains a sample of Akon’s voice, present on 50 Cent’s Still Kill.

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Except the chedda, except a nigga got betta Blaq Poet – Ain't Nuttin' Changed
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Nothing changed except that Blaq Poet piled that money (slang: cheddar) and he improved his rapping abilities.

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