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We reign all year 'round from June to June
While niggas bite immediately, if not soon GZA (Ft. Method Man) – Shadowboxin'
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A play on words involving year-round rain. A rain from June to June would be more than a monsoon. GZA and RZA rule the rap game year-round and other rappers are quick to steal (bite) their style.

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could also be a double meaning like bite the dust. He kills them instantly or leaves them to injured to survive (goes will with the previous line “Before I blast the mic, RZA scratch off the serial”)

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Could also draw parallels to his line in Liquid Swords

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June to June refers to the music industry’s calendar. Sort of like a fiscal year. So when rappers say their dropping an album in the 4th quarter in the winter, really it’s the music industry’s 2nd quarter.

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And my Moms is not butt, but fuck it Beastie Boys (Ft. Q-Tip) – Get It Together
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This line can be confusing because of Tip’s delivery (which actually starts with “And my Moms” – not at the next line). Tip is saying that his moms is NOT a “topic of lust.” As in – talking about doing my mom is off limits…

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And my Moms is not buggin', fuck it

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But girl, don't sit on that couch, 'cause I treat my objects like women Bo Burnham – I'm Bo Yo
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A common feminist argument (and used often by others to describe chauvinists specifically) is that men “treat women like objects”, giving them little to no respect and using them.

“Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women. Man.” – Jeff Lebowski

On the other hand, Bo is treating his objects like he treats his women (with respect? having copious amounts of sex with them?)

He recommends not sitting on the couch because because it has semen on it.

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He’s talking about how he humped his couch

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this line is part of the previous line, the first word is but not and, so rimming is not safe so he wont let his girl rim him, so the girl cant sit on the couch because that is equivalent to sitting on someones face because he treats his object like women

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First off the lyric is BUT girl dont sit on that couch cause i treat my object like women, not And girl ETC. so with the proper word being but, it implies that its still apart of the same thought/previous line so im not sure if bo doesnt want the girl to sit on the couch cause she just got rimmed or because hes going to rim the couch,

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If he treated his objects like women, he wouldn’t want someone to sit on them. Alternatively if he treated his women like objects, he would tell them what to do (like “don’t sit on that couch.”)

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Then the only sex left is some left hand shame Bo Burnham – I'm Bo Yo
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Left hand shame is masturbation. Without tolerance of differences in religion and/or sexual orientation, pretty soon we’re all just gone be jerking off.

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Yo, overnight thugs bug ‘cause they ain't promised shit
Hungry-ass hooligans stay on that piranha shit Nas – The Message
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Refers to the fact that a swarm of piranhas will eat anything. “Hungry-ass hooligans” will eat (commit any crime to get money) like piranhas (voraciously).

In the literal sense, thugs feel severe anxiety over uncertainty of their future. Tomorrow is not promised. It also shows how quickly one can turn from civilian to criminal when wealth & resources are scarce.

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worth noting bugs usually come out when its dark at night, I think that’s kind of the “allusion” there with “overnight” “bug”

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I'ma ride to the death, do you rep that way?
Forever I'ma be a Shady 7-4 gangsta
Pussy, I'll survive everything you got in that chamber
I thrive off of danger, jumpin' in all beef
You keep talkin' shit, now the squad have called me Eminem (Ft. 50 Cent, Ca$his & Lloyd Banks) – You Don’t Know
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7-4 are the numbers for the letters G-D, and is the acronym for Gangster Disciples (criminal street gang). Even though he claims to ride with Shady forever, even in the face of danger, he departed the label in 2012, with only a writing agreement.

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P.L.O. style, hazardous, 'cause I wreck this dangerous Wu-Tang Clan – Bring da Ruckus
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Palestine Liberation Organization: a political/paramilitary organization founded in 1964. The PLO was considered by the U.S. and Israel to be a terrorist organization until 1991. In 1993, the PLO recognized Israel’s right to exist in peace and in response Israel officially recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.

Method Man would later have a track called “PLO Style” from his first album, Tical, which in turn interpolates a line from his verse on “Wu-Tang 7th Chamber”:

PLO style, buddha monks with the owls

In the Wu-Tang Manual, RZA states about the expression “P.L.O. style”

The Palestine Liberation Organization. We weren’t supporting terrorism, we just felt their guerrilla style: machine guns, ski masks, bandanas.

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All the Mocha Lattes, you gotta do Pilates Kanye West – The New Workout Plan
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Here, on one level, “mocha lattes” means mocha-latte complected women. Ironically mocha lattes — as compared to black coffee — have a lot of calories. So on another level, because of mocha lattes — the women gotta do pilates.

Kanye was referring to the caloric content of numerous Mocha lattes that have whole milk and coccoa in them. Therefore they need to do Pilates to burn it off, not the complexion of the women themselves.

One possible interpretation can be to understand “mocha lattes” as an intentional mispronunciation of “mocha ladies” used as a reference to their skin tone. The pronunciation of ladies as ‘lah-dees’ is used to rhyme better with Pilates.

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Father forgive me for my brash delivery Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
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Paraphrasing Jay-Z’s numinous sentiments..

God forgive me for my brash delivery
But I remember vividly
What these streets did to me
So picture me
Lettin these clowns nit pick at me
Paint me like a pickiny

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what’s brash delivery. Tune meant breech delivery. ya got it wrong dude

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Drazy with the books, Googley-goo where's the gravy Das EFX – They Want EFX
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Skoob is books backwards (or in reverse). And Dre is called Crazy Drazy. Basically just telling us who’s rapping in this song

Also most of the references of these first few lines require a familiarity with books. Read to achieve son.

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“Where’s the gravy?” comes from an old Looney Tunes where a bulldog bullies a smaller dog to steal meat for him and demands it always comes with gravy

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I believe the line should read “now you got the crazy Drayz with the Books”. Just hollering their names, but the word “crazy” comes first.

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