In classic Kanye form, he sees himself as a “truth teller” who is constantly vilified by “the media.” The Mos Def reference relates to Kanye’s infamous Taylor Swift incident at the MTV VMA’s

According to Kanye, the night of the infamous Taylor Swift incident, Mos Def went to Kanye’s home and advised him to get out of the country. Kanye listened and disappeared from the public eye for a while until things calmed down

Kanye compares the response to his Taylor Swift incident to that of Emmitt Till, a 14 year-old African-American who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in 1955

Cam'ron drives a BMW well, works a triple beam scale weighing crack, and uses a firearm with a laser beam sight attached to it

There are so many diamonds on and around the face of his watch that he cannot see the face of his watch

But they do wear pink, apparently..

Cam'ron has previously dissed Jay-Z for wearing chankletas as well

Editor’s note: While there are photos of Jay wearing sandals, we have yet to see a picture where Jay-Z is wearing sandals with jeans

Cam is a King, hence he only dates “Queens” who understand the basics of high fashion and girls who carry Louie Handbags

2Pac Shakur was one of the finest political voices in all of rap. Lupe is asking the listener to not only agree with the poets who diagnose the problem, but to actively work to change things.

(Might also be a subtle reference to a song called “Shit Don’t Stop by a group called Thug Life… a group that was founded by 2Pac.)

As Mark Twain said: “everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it..”

73' old school Chevy.

Lupe sees no distinction when it comes to major issues like U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East. Hence, he does not vote

Despite the official statement denying this, some claim that this line was the reason Lupe was removed from the stage at Obama’s 2013 inauguration celebration. For more information, follow the link.

Again, murder is forbidden in Islam, so if you murder, please don’t do it in the name of Islam