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Wayne asks his enemies not to shoot him down from his throne in hip-hop, while at the same time declaring he has no competition and that you couldn’t even hit him if you tried

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To be backwards is to be behind in something, but Wayne says that they are behind him – meaning that not only are they behind on the times, they are also literally behind Wayne because they aren’t his competition.
This line comes pretty close to the elusive triple entendre

Backwards=fucked up (Mentally)
Backwards=Moving backwards(doing shit thats aready done)
Backwards=behind him (lil wayne)

Triple Entendre

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A “colossus”, in modern English, is a gigantic construction, and while it’s a bit unusual to use the noun form rather than the adjective “colossal” here, Mos’s meaning is certainly more than clear.

But we should remember the origin of the term: the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios, erected in the Greek city of Rhodes in 280 B.C. This giant statue — 32 m in height — was dubbed one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, but was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 B.C. and was never rebuilt. The Colossus was supposedly a model for New York’s Statue of Liberty.

Mos seems to be drawing a parallel between this famous statue and our own skyscrapers — marvels of our technical knowledge but also monuments to our boundless vanity. The Colossus of Rhodes must have seemed indestructible and imperishable when it was built, but lasted only the blink of an eye in the history of human civilization. We should not imagine that our own constructions are any more immortal.

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The repetitive use of “What’s the deal” is an allusion to Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy routine in which he asks “what’s the deal with ____?”

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A continuation of the weather theme, and a reference to the movie Little Miss Sunshine, which had become popular the year prior to this song’s release. “Little Ms. Sunshine” is also a play on Rihanna’s debut album Music of the Sun, which was a reference to her tropical Island Bajan roots.

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His previous album 808s & Heartbreak showed his emotional/soft side, as multiple events had affected and distressed him during the previous year. Many of the songs' lyrics contain themes such as love, loneliness, and heartache.

Amber told ‘Ye that she wasn’t the “right girl” for him. I would have agreed, as well: a stripper isn’t really your ideal girl that you’d like to bring to your parents and call your fiancee.

Amber Rose is a hood chick from Philly and Kanye is more of an articulate person. Amber wasn’t Kanye’s type, and he wasn’t her type. They both knew they were complete opposites but still stuck together.

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Lupe declares that he’ll comply with what the people in the industry want him to do, but only in order to use them to get he wants – like a Jedi Mind Trick.
The name is additionally a reference to the rap group Jedi Mind Tricks as Lupe raps here over a loop of the intro from their 3rd album, Legacy Of Blood.

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The A.U. stand for the Atlanta University Center – the home of most of the universities in Atlanta. Big Boi meets up with one of these college girls in her dorm room, and she gives him a blow job – and swallowed!

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Pusha might be referring to a graduation at the historically black Hampton University and his current girlfriend both studied.

However, this might also be in reverance to the 2007 game-changing classic that was Kanye’s Graduation, who happened to be sitting right next to him at the time.

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The song is loosely based on the Slim Thug song of the same name. In this version, Andy describes the life of being a boss.

Seems normal at first, but everything heads south as the day progresses. The antics range from being mildly funny (“My own bathroom”), perverted (“Hit on Debra”), dark (“Buy a gun…in my mouth”), insane (“suck my own dick”) to physically impossible (“turn into a jet”).

The music video features Seth Rogen as the interviewer for Mr. Samberg’s performance review. He does not appear on the album version.

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