Unthawed and thus most likely all ice. Lupe does this on various songs, especially the extended metaphor in ‘Lupe the Killer’ or his recent song ‘Super Cold’ on Friend of the People. At that time people that rocked ice, i.e. jewellery, were viewed as being cool, and obvious contrast to Lu who feels just as cool without the bling.

Once again, old anime reference: In the 1980s cartoon show Thundercats, Mumm-Ra was Lion-O’s antagonist. Actually a triple entendre:

• “Lyin'” — from the next line,
• “Lion” — as ties in with Lion-O of Thundercats, and a reference to Mum-Ra’s attempts to stop Lion-O,
• “Lying” — as in “to lie down”; Mum-Ra spends most of his days lying in a sarcophagus, only going after “Lion”-O when granted power by some evil cartoon demon-god… things.

This line ties in with the one right before it, because although used above to mean “sizzurp” or “purple drank”, it now means maple syrup. Yay for double entendres! Also, its quite nice when your girl has those bottle curves

“Hello, sexy girl..”

Cough syrup mixed with grape soda, collectively called “purpledrank”, is a common drink in the South…just ask Lil Wayne. It is said to “slow down the world” because of the effects it has on you when you consume it

Lupe is going through “rap puberty”

When this song was released, Lupe was still a fairly new rapper but he produced some buzz (hype) with his evident talent. The analogy is that his buzz is inevitably going to grow, sooner rather than later.

Additionally, at this point Lupe had a buzz cut and a peach fuzz resembling beard and mustache.

Lupe Fiasco is a known fan of anime, and “Lupin The Third” is a reference to the famous thief from the Japanese manga series Lupin III

“Lupin” is interchangeable with LUPEND, which was supposed to be Lupe Fiasco’s third and final album.

The line also sounds like “Loopin' the third” and “Lu base steal”, as if he’s like coming around to steal third base in a baseball game.

Kanye lives in a dream world with no boundaries where anything is possible, even songs about Jesus are played on the radio! It must be heaven!

Kanye was involved in a near-fatal car crash in 2002, in which his jaw was fractured in several places and had to be wired to his face during reconstructive surgery. The incident served as the inspiration to his 2004 breakthrough single: “Through the Wire”

Before Kanye came into the Roc a Fella label, rappers wore baggy jeans and jerseys — proper hood attire

Kanye broke the mold wearing preppy clothes in pink, not usually associated with being hood (unless you mean the clitoral hood). It also plays on ‘rock’, i.e., people thought that rocking pink polos could hurt one’s image at that time.

Double entendre:

• Kanye felt like a street monkey serving Bad Boy Records and the rest of the established music industry — giving up his beats just as a petty criminal tries to pick locks for the big boys. He couldn’t break into the game (the doors were locked) and he felt like he was given the lowest job at the label (promotional street team, usually unpaid “interns”);

• He also felt he got the worst projects to work on (The Lox), possibly because his image was so contradictory to that of Bad Boy and The Lox at that time (as referenced in the start of the verse). It was seemingly awkward for him and just made it harder to break in.

A reference to the thriller film The Talented Mr. Ripley starring Matt Damon, based on the book of the same name. The Ripley character is infamous for getting away with killing others, just like Drake is famous for “killing” other rappers. Or, at least, so he thinks