Biggie draws parallels between two men having sex and doing business with your family. Engage in either and you may find yourself in serious shit—literally and figuratively!

After claiming he doesn’t speak Spanish, Ye ironically mentions “Diablo” – the Spanish word for Devil. This is also the name of another Lamborghini super-car.

While Kanye plays on the concept of selling your soul to the devil (being “in bed with the devil” is mentioned later in the album), he finds this vice powers his ego.

When Cube left N.W.A in 1989, he tried to warn Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, MC Ren and Eazy-E of Jerry Heller’s shady business strategy. They didn’t listen.

While the group never officially disbanded, Dr. Dre followed in Cube’s footsteps and left the group in 1991, the same year this song was released.

As for the meaning of “ganked"—Cube defined it on NWA’s “I Ain’t Tha 1”:

Ganked means getting took for your bank
Or your gold or your money or something

The term “house nigga” describes a slave who typically worked in their masters house, as opposed to a “field nigga,” who worked on a plantation.

The term originated from Message to the Grass Roots, a speech by Malcolm X on November 10, 1963.

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This ties into the previous line about having dinner with the President. Cube also makes an allusion to “house niggas” in the song’s first verse, and outright calls MC Ren one in the second verse.

Pronounced “ri-dick-a-lis,” this portion of the song is performed by legendary producer Swizz Beatz. Almost everyone on the track can be heard repeating the word “ridiculous” at some point.

This may have been inspired by LL Cool J’s “Ridikulus” rapper character on 30 Rock, considering West likes the show. The same episode also featured a cameo by Ghostface Killah.

Legends of The Falls is a 1994 movie staring Brad Pitt, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and Aidan Quinn. Pusha’s flow is similar to that of former rap legends – he has previously stated Big Daddy Kane and The Notorious B.I.G are his favorite rappers. He believes in having confidence and using your flaws to your advantage.

Pusha’s drug dealing exploits were revealed when his former manager, Anthony “Geezy” Gonzales was sent to prison for 32 years on 82 counts of drug trafficking.

In blackjack, an Ace can be worth 1 or 11. Since you ideally want to reach blackjack (a score of 21) and common face cards are worth 10, pulling an ace increases your chance of winning. Pusha feels like he pulled an ace in the game of life. Reports suggest that homicide rates in the U.S directly affect the life expectancy of black males. While your typical CNN news report might peg Pusha as another statistic, he beat the odds and succeeded – blackjack!