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Legendary Motown Records group, the Four Tops. During the 50’s and 60’s, practically everyone signed to Motown was top of the line soul and R&B, Bronson’s soul is similar to that of the Four Tops:
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Former MLB 3rd baseman, now 1st Base coach for the Atlanta Braves. In baseball, base coaches let a runner know when to advance to the next base or stay put.
Ran numbers, tan butters, shooters, hustlers and gram cutters Action Bronson & The Alchemist – Fiends Jean Jacket
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Action uses a nice metaphor to connect food and money.
Bronson credits his own cooking skills and knowledge to his grandmother — who bakes actual bread. Whereas Bronson makes “bread”, which is slang for money; although he might be making actual bread since he was a chef!
Action makes his “bread”, or money, through various outlets:
- By running numbers, which means to operate a lottery business.
- By selling tan butters, which is crack cocaine without the impurities.
- By hiring shooters to rob and steal for him.
- Through the use of hustlers, which can be alluding to a wide array of criminal activity.
- Action has drug dealers that do his dirty work — hence gram cutters.
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Hasselhoff is an American actor, mostly known for starring in Knight Rider and Baywatch. Back in the day, maybe even still today, Hasselhoff was likely getting harassed by women left and right because of his fame and his charming looks.
He’s also a huge deal across the pond. Especially in Germany.
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Referring to a Rolex President
In Volkswagens and Bonnevilles, Chevrolets and Coupe de Villes OutKast – Aquemini
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Back in the day, Big Boi and Dre had to grind for every inch of success that they saw. But fast forward to present times, and they now have to slow down at times so that they don’t get too far ahead of themselves. BB compares this to slowing their car down as they turn the corner.
Big Boi shouts out a string of classic cars popular in the South around the time this song came out:
- Volkswagens
- Pontiac Bonevilles
- Classic Chevys
- And the Cadillac Coupe de Ville
In that 5-40i Beamer Wagon NIKO IS (Ft. Action Bronson) – Steffi Graf
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Bronson is doing well in comparison to you, who look malnourished and weak. Bronson’s large gut and luxiourous beard would have been signs of wealth and fertiflity back in the days of King Henry VIII.
“Left hand shift, right foot touch the pedal” Bronson’s car is a European car since he is shifting left handed, it implies he’s on the right side of the car.
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Referring to the film “Death Wish” which features Charles Bronson, one half of the inspiration for Action Bronson’s name. The film is about a husband who becomes a vigilante on the streets of NYC after his wife is murdered.
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Generally “busting” refers to firing your weapon at someone. But ever since OutKast put their Glocks away in exchange for their words, “bust” has come to mean spitting aggressive rhymes. And if you try to out-rap the Kast you will be sorely disappointed.
Also bigboi makes some worldplay with bust where it could be seen as ”busting a nut” since he just said testicles and nutsacks
this has nothing to do with guns get of the testicles and nut sack means get off there back or being on them you bust rhymes we bust back means if you diss them they will do the same you critiques mean nothing because they have the skill and ability to prove themselves