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In the blame game, two people—typically a couple—argue back and forth about a single topic. These lines show the game leads the male to start calling his partner names.

These lines dictate the whole song; it starts off with Yeezy explaining his love and then explaining why he doesn’t love the female portrayed in the song.

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Jacking north faces could be rival gang territory related crimes, and it could be jacking people’s north face

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Like most people growing up in Compton, which is what the song is about, people don’t have the feelings you’re supposed to towards cops, they view them just as if they were a gang banger.

In another one of Kendricks songs Keisha’s song he explains one of the faults a police officer can have http://rapgenius.com/265371

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These following lines are full of juxtaposed ideas. In this case, it shows both the good and bad (yin/yang) of what’s happening in her life – although it’s leaning towards bad, there is some good, or in other words there is some hope.

“Bank note” refers to giving bank notes for more drugs.

“Loose change” is also an allusion to his 2010 EP Loose Change that this track appears on. It could also be taken more literally, as in laying in the streets to beg for loose change.

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Anthony knows that he has his whole life ahead of him. The only thing that puts that at risk is his addictions that are holding him back. So if he can’t kick these addictions he will end up sacrificing happiness for the rest of his life.

Also continues the Christ imagery; Jesus sacrificed his life for all of us.

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Pauly D from Jersey Shore has a haircut known as blow out

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He drops his jewelry, but picks his valuables up meaning that he doesn’t find jewelry valuable.

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Kanye is still making songs.

Even after dropping 5 solo albums, what many consider to be a reputable discography in hip-hop, as well as commercially successful collab albums Watch The THrone and Cruel Summer Kanye is still putting out songs, and is rumored to have a 6th solo album coming out.

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This is how Mos started the first song he wrote about her, “Ms. Fat Booty”, track #4 on Yasiin’s debut album Black on Both Sides

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

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Refers to the classic black comedy “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” starring Kenan Ivory Wayans, and connects to the simile from the previous line. In the film, black men in the ghetto are found dead from O.G./Overgold (wearing too many gold chains).

He’s gotten so much money (overgold), he doesnt know what to do (overload), his soul has been broken because money cant bring happiness.

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