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Alyssa Marie and eNVy, two astounding underground rappers, murder this collaboration about breaking out of the underground

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Obviously, that would be Eminem.

“Cracker” comes from “cracking” a whip at black people during slavery.
It is now used in a derogatory manner to offend white people, but can sometimes be embraced like in this case as “nigga” would be.

In addition, “crackers' ass” plays off of “ass crack” in the previous line, a cute reversal.

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Mary J Blige’s 2005 album, The Breakthrough, sold around 730,000 copies:

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Shamu was a Killer Whale that was promoted as entertainment at SeaWorld San Diego.

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Don’t judge a book (or a song, for that matter) for its cover (or title)… This song isn’t about cocaine.

Leaked in 2011 and presumed to have been recorded for Relapse 2 or Recovery, “Cocaine” has Em telling us his life’s story, from his rise to his fall.

Cocaine is a metaphor for how he is addicted to the limelight and cannot possibly leave.

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His astonishing success (selling 80-something million records worldwide tends to make you rich) allowed him take his daughter Haley out of the trailer which Em used to live in, achieving his goal of giving his daughter a better childhood than he had

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In a moment of compulsive honesty, Chop tells everybody exactly what he is and what he ain’t

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While it could technically be any wizard from Disney television show Wizards of Waverly Place, Tyler is most likely talking about Selena Gomez. She played one of the show’s most notable characters, Alex Russo.

Selena is Mexican American, so “munching a bunch of tacos” could be Tyler playing with the Mexican stereotype of eating tacos.

It’s also worth noting that Selena was underaged at the time of the show’s filming.

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Christopher Robin is one of the main characters in the Winnie The Pooh franchise.

In the next two lines Tyler mentions prejudices against African-American men. This could be a reference to Tom Robinson who is a discriminated character in the 1960 novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”. The extension of Christopher Robin’s last name by Tyler is probably an allusion to the character of Tom who shares the same last name commencement.

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At the time of this recording, Tyler was 19 and Earl was 16.
(SIXTEEN) Earl is asking why are they (Odd Future) so fresh in their youth and better than all the older competitors. Pertaining to Earl suggesting questions he needed to answer.

Also a reference to the Nas track “Life’s A Bitch”:

The essence of adolescence leaves my body, now I’m fresh

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