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Chakras are known as known as the theoretic motors of the soul, there are seven primary Chakras, and if each of those basic Chakras are in tune it is said you will be more happy, energetic, and pleased with life.

The seven basic Chakras are

When Psyonik says

Siphoning my chakra

He is alluding to the female making him feel better as a whole, because she satisfies all those parts of him. Since it is not plural, and is Chakra, it could also reference just one Chakra, and most likely the Heart Chakra

This all leads up to

Make my soul sing like an Opera

Psyonik is now as soulful as Opera singers, because of the female.

It’s also a Naruto reference, as Sakura was a female ninja in the manga, where all the ninjas have ‘chakra’ which they use to perform amazing feats

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Sakura is the Japanese translation for Cherry Blossom

In Japan, Sakura’s symbolize “clouds” because of they bloom, outwards. In this line, Psyonik is metaphorically comparing the way his thoughts are “blooming” because of the female, to the way a Cherry Blossom “blooms”.

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Photosynthesize is the process of converting the energy ascertained by the Sun, into matter of resource, equivalent to food, used by plants and other living things.

In this context, Psyonik is saying that the process of photosynthesis can resemble how his spirit and the female protagonist’s spirit can, and should intertwine with each other.

In other words, they’re meant for each other.

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On 1999 in Riversdale California, Tyesha Miller was gunned down by officers, after apparentely being unresponsive. She was shot at 23 times.

Yasiin Bey is using this as an continuous example of what injustice against blacks looks like.

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On February 4th, 1999 Amadou Diallo who was 23 at that time, was shot at 41 times, 19 of which bullets hit Diallo.

Police thought he had pulled a gun out, which turned out to be a black wallet, upon doing so one of the officers shouted “Gun!” and proceeded to shoot him. During the shooting, one officer fell back and the others thought he was shot, making them shoot at Diallo even more.

The case was published on a national scale as a shooting, motivated by racism.

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In 2010, Faisal Shazad attempted bombing Times Square. The attempt wasn’t successful, the bomb was lighted but didn’t explode and was disarmed.

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A group of nameless phgts paying tribute to their favorite rap collective Money$Team. Jams301 ethered himself with a ghoulish tbh. 

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In 1998, the Iraq Liberaton Act took place in which signed by then U.S. president Bill Clinton called for a new regime change. The policy stated that it wanted to spread it’s ideology of democracy in Iraq.

Although Kweli thinks that Clinton was a better president than Bush Sr. he also disagrees with the fact that he chose to attack Iraq

Below is a video of Bill Clinton announcing the orders of attacks against Iraq &
Saddam Hussien

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAV_UoIfgc

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The L.E.P. Bogus Boys are an up-and coming Chicago hip-hop group.

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“When they lynch” sounds like “Willie Lynch”, which is the name of a white slave owner from the 18th century that gave a speech on how to control african slaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcecWMC1KJ0

Lynching was popularized during the time of slavery, and even in the time of Jim Crow Laws. Used by white-supremist groups such as the Ku-Klux-Klan, it was when mobs would form together to attack, kill, hang, shoot, etc. black people for crimes, usually innocent blacks.

Cynicism is believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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