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LeBron James and Dwayne Wade are both NBA basketball players in the team Miami Heat, hence “let the heat spray”

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Flask is concealed alcohol and Ray Bans are an expensive brand of (sun)glasses. Most crime bosses are known for drinking obviously and some for wearing glasses, although he’s livin' up the lifestyle he’s not really a crime boss so he’s imaginary

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An epiphany is when you envision the future, lights on and lights off could mean that it’s both good and bad sort of like Ying-Yang, or could mean he’s confused about his premonition.

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A play on words that has double meaning

A hypebeast refers to a person who follows trends, for example they would have the newest and freshest shoes, clothes, but this isn’t limited to apparel and it can count in things such as music.

By saying he’s a real “animal”, he’s saying he doesn’t follow trends and does what he wants.

The play on words is that he says “animals” and “beasts” but beasts is used as a different term.

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Drug references here, by pushing he means pushing the pound button, and in return he’s giving a ‘pound’ of whatever type drugs back to him.

The second line in this stanza is the process of which it’s being created

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Common and Kanye are both from Chicago, where Lupe is from. 2 times 2 rhymes are a play on each other, he’s shouting each of them so it’s twice, and since “times” rhymes with “rhymes” he had 2 rhymes.

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The man was “smoked,” slang for killed. Similarly, when weed is used up, the lovable pothead always asks, “where’s the weed at?” The man died like the pot gets smoked, swiftly and easily.

Also note the Tupacish stretches in the end rhymes of these three bars, in a shout out to westside.

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A strap is slang for a gun. He’s using word play when he says cock it back because uncircumcised means un-tampered with, and cock is a reference to penis.

-Strap= Gun
-Strap= can also mean condom
-An uncircumcised penis has a flap over the head and when you put on a condom for it, you have to pull back the flap, THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD LITERALLY PULL BACK A STRAP when you would COCK (get it? Cock.) it. Cock, Strap, Pull Back, Uncircumcised=

Witness the Genius of Mr. Lamar. This line is too clever.

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Schizophrenia is when people can’t depict what’s real and what’s not. Bizzy Bone is referring to himself as “Lil Pac,” saying he’s going “crazy,” a theme in a number of 2Pac’s songs such as “Krazy” from the Makaveli album.

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Here’s an accepted comment which is very much like an introduction and may help better understand the following lines and whole song in general; Lupe dives once again into the realm of politics with this line. Here he is clearly referencing the popular decision of many devoutly religious people to forego medical treatment, because god will decide whether or not they die. Lupe is suggesting here that perhaps the medicine (scientific cure) is god’s way of helping them, though they ultimately refuse the help.

-In one hand Lu is feeling sorry and hoping that the person feels better by science.
-On another hand, he’s also saying “May god bless the scientific cure” as in may God help the cure because it’s either the cause or not helpful at all.
-Also, a juxtaposition because “God” and “scientific” are strongly connected in Islam (using Fiqh); Lupe is a devout Muslim. However, Lupe could also be using this to express his anger for the way people have used medical practice (scientific cure), which is supposed to Allah’s/God’s way of helping them.

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