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Technology has provided police with the ability to lift fingerprints to catch criminals. Whether Nas is in NYC or Delaware, the police know who he is.

The U.S Constitution states that suspects charged of a crime is “innocent until proven guilty”. Nas' delivery feels sarcastic – as if to imply the police will charge him solely because they found his finger print at a crime scene.

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The hottest girl in the city isn’t necessarily the smartest, so like Kanye, Pusha likes to teach his girls a thing or two. This line also serves as a backhanded compliment to her former man – i.e, it wasn’t a “bright” idea to date him.

She’ll entertain him until he’s bored. Once her time runs out, it’s back to the Ghetto University.

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This song is the second single from the Bad Meets Evil EP: Hell The Sequel. It features a radio friendly vibe courtesy of Bruno Mars that separates it from the rest of the EP.

“Lighters” was intended to be featured on Royce’s fifth solo studio album, Success Is Certain, but after Em heard the beat, he wrote a verse—the rest is history.

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Despite the struggles of both rappers, Em with his substance abuse, Royce with his struggle as an underground rapper, and the former feud between the two, they are presently in the right position to set the hip-hop world on fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCWZTRmeF0

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A play on words using “Bull-Shit”. Referring to how Chandler was drafted by the Clippers then immediately traded to the Bulls back in 01-06!

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Tyson Chandler was supposed to be traded to the Oklahoma City Thunnder early 2009 but was rejected for failing a physical because of a broken toe

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A reference to Interstate 710 (referred to as “The Seven-Ten”),that runs through Los Angeles County, California-Crooked I’s hometown

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An Uzi is a family of submachine guns and Banks' is “clean"—meaning it hasn’t been used to kill anyone, yet.

Scream is a 1996 horror film directed by Wes Craven starring Drew Barrymore. The character Ghostface (the killer) wears a mask during his killing sprees.

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.22 LR caliber pistol is a relatively tiny firearm; however, it is known for its extreme raw power in close ranges. This symbolizes Kendrick’s work; even though he is still young, his work is awe-inspiring and powerful. 22 was also his age when this was recorded.

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Kanye addresses the same subject as in “We Don’t Care”. The way in which people from the hood have low expectations so they look up to whoever deals the “rocks”

Kanye did live in Chicago as a child but mostly had a middle class upbringing highlighted by teenage years in Oak Lawn, IL, a suburb located southwest of the city

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