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Violence and cold-hearted acts keep the world in order.

And his zig-zag behavior has left him with a constant flow of incredible songs.

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He’s using a metaphor to describe the ridiculous temperature of how hot his tracks are by comparing his talents to lava. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at temperatures from 700 to 1,200 °C, so his tracks are pretty hot! Also, since lava essentially destroys anything in its path, Rejjie may also be alluding to how great his actual MC'ing skill is.

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Bad Meets Evil is a Hip-Hop duo consisting of Eminem and Royce Da 5'9

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Big L was known for his intense battling skills in Harlem.

He once battled 12 guys all at once. And defeated every one of them. So him saying that he’s running through rappers is quite justified.

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He couldn’t care less about how many CD’s he’s sold and whether or not he went platinum.

He is also not distracted by the women that fame brings.

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Asiatic is a reference to an Asian person and in the following line he mentions geographics, which could be him talking about his biggest following being of Asiatic descent and him returning just for them, which makes the song seem that much more personal.

Mathematics is also a reference to Islamic knowledge which he is sharing with the listener. Also during Islamic prohibition, depiction of the human form was forbidden which fostered a movement that raised mathematics to the form of art with geometrical patterns which may be a reference Rakim is using to describe the clandestine knowledge he possesses and is distributing through rhymes.

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Due to his return and legendary status he’s constantly surrounded by beautiful people.
Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh that ruled Egypt, and Rakim is pointing out that his rhymes have gained him the required status to be around these people.

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Joseph Kony is a Ugandan Guerilla leader.

But earlier this year he was accused of selling and kidnapping children.

Rejjie is saying that he’s chilling with Kony.

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Clever wordplay.

Ape-shit/Guerilla broads.

Gorilla means jungle animal yet a Guerilla is a member of an armed force that combats others, usually the police or other armies. But this could be a reference to ratchet girls.. who are part of the “Gorilla/Guerilla” looking ratchet army and are known to be masculine as fuck.

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The dutch is a slang word for joint.

Spitting fire flames in Prada is wordplay based off “The Devil Wears Prada”. And his rhymes are at the same calibre as Prada fashion-wear.

ACCEPTED SUGGESTION: This is a a play off the last line, with the ‘Dutch assassin’ referring to Sneijder, and Prada because it is a high end fashion label from Italy, where Wesley plays his football.

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