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A play on the Beyoncé song “Upgrade U”. In the song, Beyoncé upgrades the man, but Kanye reverses this and says he can upgrade the girl— specifically with breast implants.

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This is actually a poke at Chamillionaire, whose song this song parodies. At the time of “Ridin' Dirty”, Chamillionaire wore grills.

Braces, on the other hand, are considered uncool and are unusual for an adult to wear, with vanishingly few exceptions; generally, adult orthodontic treatments are designed to be as visually unobtrusive as possible (ie. Invisalign).

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She is so sophisticated since she is older than Andre, and much more sophisticated that the things he talks, which means they aren’t as sophisticated/ educated. This makes him feel like any adult trying to converse with a baby.

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The blacks will be part of the few left to inherit the country

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A lot of people say no.

Even Alanis joked about it herself in the revisited version of the song performed on the Late Show with James Corden with the line: “It’s singing "Ironic,” but there are no ironies"

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He doesn’t do it for the people in the music business

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His astrological sign is a lion, Leo.

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50 cooks up crack as easily as making Chef Boyardee microwavable meals.

Beanie Sigel claimed fiends called him “Chef Boy-ar-Beans” in “Beanie (Mac Bitch).”

“Co-d’s” is short for co-defendants and is slang for friends, since they’re willing to stand up for you in court.

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Here Nas claims to inherit, not the King of New York throne vacated by Biggie, but the black nationalist/radical throne vacated by Public Enemy.

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Even though the mother can physically touch and see him, she is unable to connect with him and convince him that he is making the wrong choices. In this way she can be by his side but not reach him. TLC is foreshadowing into the second part of the verse when the mother’s son is dead. She is gazing out the window but she can not touch him, because what she is staring at is a ghost or a memory of her deceased son.

It is also important to note that she is a “lonely mother” which implies the woman is a single parent. Raising a child alone can be very exhausting mentally and economically.

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