Well if it's not, then the shit stop B.o.B – Beast Mode
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I got P-A-I-D, that's why my moms hate me
She was forced to kick me out, no doubt The Notorious B.I.G. – Everyday Struggle
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Didn't we have more blocks than Mutombo, Dikembe? B.o.B (Ft. Playboy Tre & T.I.) – Bet I
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Dikembe Mutombo is a former NBA player best known for his amazing blocks and subsequent finger wag. Currently, Mutombo has the 2nd-most blocks of all time, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon
Similar to the way Mutombo owned the paint on the basketball court, T.I. owned several blocks back in the day when he sold drugs for a living
In the air, off the rim I hang
Nigga, this king B.o.B (Ft. Playboy Tre & T.I.) – Bet I
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You should know this, T.I.; hanging off the rim is illegal, even for “King James”. Speaking of which, another Lebron joke? Don’t mind if I do…
Lebron loves the ring toss game at the carnival; he’s really good at throwing those rings away
ZZZZZZING!
Gathering artillery for the battle Big Boi (Ft. Yelawolf) – You Ain't No DJ
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When you’re in a rap duo with the incredibly talented and flamboyant Andre 3000, it is especially hard to break out. Since Outkast’s last record, Idlewild in 2006, Andre became something of a recluse, leaving the equally talented Big Boi to emerge like a phoenix
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I make my jeweller add a few more links Kanye West (Ft. Consequence & Talib Kweli) – Chain Heavy
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Two schools of thought:
The Great Sphinx of Giza’s nose was destroyed by a Muslim traveller who was upset that peasants were making offerings in the hopes of a better harvest.
Or to the conspiracy theory that white archaeologists removed the Sphinx’s facial features to obscure its African origins. As a “fuck you” to these alleged re-writers of history, Kanye goes extra hard. Although there’s little to back this claim up, it goes along with Kanye’s conspiracy/black history motif throughout the song.
Kanye, offended by this iconoclasm, asks his good buddy Jacob the Jeweler (see the two of them pictured below) for three or four more chain links on his chain for each inch of the nose. Given that the nose was one meter wide, that’s a shitload of links…
