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On this track, Das Racist takes on the beat from Ghostface Killah’s “Nutmeg”, ft. RZA from the album Supreme Clientele. The sample’s from Eddie Holman’s “It’s Over”.

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This line draws on one of the most important rule of quantum mechanics; that is, the observer by the very act of watching affects the observed reality, which is also known as the “observer effect.”

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A reference to the .30-06 Springfield, the caliber of the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. The Carbine is famously the gun Malcolm X held in this iconic photo:

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The Varsity is a famous restaurant in the Atlanta area (where Big Boi is from and not far from where Yela is from) the Varsity has sold strictly coke products for years, mainly because Coke is based out of Atlanta. So its hard to “load up” because coke is much more expensive than RC.

In addition, every year XXL Magazine announces the Freshman Class, a list of exciting new rappers. Yelawolf was not only on the 2011 list, he’s followed Big Boi’s lead and passed with flying colors.
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This line references the Lion of Judah. The Lion is a symbol of the Rastafari Faith particularly, but also of the Jews and even Christians.(mind blown: Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia is Jesus)
Jay is saying he’s hip hop’s savior.

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Lil B’s fanbase is Internet-centric. Who better, then, to write a a song about the Information Age?
This track is so raw, it is–no joke– taught at UC Berkeley!

The beat is taken from “The Grand Staircase” by Port Blue.

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Packing a cigarette pack is when you take the cigarettes and hit the bottom with one hand. This causes the tobacco to get more tightly packed in the papers which makes the smokes burn longer.

Smoking is something some people only do while drinking, hence “drink the ale”

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People that lack chromosomes often end up with physical and mental deformities such as “slack-jaws”. This is a continuation of the evolutionary talk of the previous two lines.

“Hacksaw” refers to the 1980s professional wrestler, Hacksaw Jim Duggon, who played the role of a buffonish redneck. So he was something of a “slack-jawed” yokel.

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Pharrell isn’t much of a thug himself, but he knows people who know people. For instance The Clipse’s ex-manager got 32 years for cocaine distribution.

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