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Why would you question fate when your life is bound by it to begin with? You are destined to die (for now, anyways).

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One Be Lo has sowed that seed of doubt into your mind, prompting you to be critical of everything (which you should be anyway).

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Slow the fuck down child, you aren’t even on Joey’s level.

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This black crew came onto the scene suddenly much like how the slaves in the boats came onto the colonial American scene rather quickly.

This is also a pun: “we came (ejaculated) like them niggas in boats (seamen/ semen).”

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The original line was:

Suspect witness don’t come outside, you might get your shit pushed back tonight

This was from Nas' Suspect from his second record, It Was Written.

They are persuading you to stay inside if you just witnessed a crime because in the hood, if you witness a crime, you’re getting killed.

Getting your wig pushed back is a clever way to say getting shot in the head. If a bullet hit you in the head and you were wearing a wig, it would fly right off. Hence the “wig pushed back”.

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What happens yesterday is too late to change but it bears relevance to today’s events.

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He has the opportunity to decide when to drop music as opposed to having to constantly drop songs to get his name out.

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The true wealth is in the truth that one finds as it will enrich your mind forever.

Gold was also used as legal tender for most of the world’s history since it was where the CREAM was. It’s obvious why if you look above. It’s shiny, looks cool, and you can use it to bash in people’s skulls.

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He ignored the timeless plea to forsake material goods and seek immaterial happiness. But the taint of money is alluring and hard to resist.

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