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Sampled from The New Style by the Beastie Boys, off of their critically acclaimed Licensed to Ill.
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Canibus will be using one of these:
And go straight for your nuts.
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A snitch is someone who informs cops about illegal activities/crimes, and police labradors (K-9 units) are made to sniff out drugs. So when K-9 dogs bark, they inform the cops about the location of drugs, or help in capturing those in possession of drugs, like a snitch with info.
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Nitrous Oxide is supposed to provide an increase to the power output of an engine, which ties back into the reference of torque. Simply put, Canibus has super-powerful bars.
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Nas is telling to whomever he is speaking to that the world belongs to them and Nas himself.
Also a slight allusion to his famous song The World is Yours
Also of course this term is famously used in one of the most iconic movies of all time as well:
(Hint: It’s Scarface)
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The Tuskegee airmen were a group of African-American pilots in World War II. Lupe is making an air pun, using the Tuskegee Airmen in connection to the air mentioned in the previous lines. Lupe is alluding the fact that the USA had Blacks fight their wars for them yet still wouldn’t give them equality as shown by him stating “they ain’t sharing” in the line above.
The Tuskegee Airmen themselves.
ACCEPTED COMMENT: Tuskegee Airmen info, in case you want to learn more about them
Word to God, man he gave me breath Trae tha Truth (Ft. Lupe Fiasco & Poo Bear) – Driven
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