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LUV may or may not be faithful, but one thing is for sure: his girl must be. In an interview with Complex, he commented:

If I’m talking about girls and stuff, it’s usually the truth. So now, you know, if you hear my songs, you are gonna appreciate it differently because usually it’s the truth. When I’m talking crazy about girls—like I’ll talk about my girlfriend, and then talk about having like a threesome right after. It’s true. It’s usually true. I’m not gonna lie to you.

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Uzi took his girl (Brittany) from a life of obscurity to fame. The kind of fame that includes diamond grills.

Uzi revealed to Nardwuar that his grandmother bought his first grill which was inspired by Marilyn Manson’s platinum grill.

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This song is dedicated to Lil Uzi Vert’s girlfriend Brittany. He sings about her ex-boyfriend Austin and how he took Brittany from him. The title of the song refers to the saying “Mind your Ps and Qs,” AKA mind your manners.

Uzi commented on his relationship with Brittany during an interview with Nardwuar:

Uzi and producer Don Cannon teased this song to fans through snippets that were posted on Snapchat & Twitter.

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The NBA D-League is a minor basketball league used as a talent farm for the NBA. However, players in the league get paid very little and often don’t make it to the NBA. Only 33% of players in the 2013–14 NBA season had played in the D-League.

When Uzi spoke to Nardwuar, he said Brittany used to play basketball down in Fairfax in L.A. but after “Lil Uzi came in the picture, she doesn’t do that no more.”

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YMCMB stands for Young Money Cash Money Billionaires. “Hocus pocus” is a term associated with magic—when the magic words are spoken, something disappears. In Lil Wayne’s case, the disappearance refers to his departure from Cash Money records.

In late December 2014, Lil Wayne declared he was leaving Cash Money records due to unpaid Young Money royalties, and that Birdman was holding his long awaited album Tha Carter V hostage.

Since then, Wayne has filed a lawsuit suing Birdman for $51 million dollars and freedom from the label. Cash Money also claims to have sued Tidal over Wayne’s Free Weezy Album, although Tidal later claimed this never occurred.

The most recent development came at Drake’s 2015 New Years Eve party. Wayne and Baby were pictured together, however rumours later swirled that Wayne was still suing Birdman. This lyric seems to confirm those rumours.

Wayne has rapped about his intention to depart from Cash Money on numerous songs since December 2014. On “CoCo,” he rapped:

All I got is Young Money, no more Cash, nigga

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In 2010, at a time when he was relatively unknown outside of the UK scene, Skepta tweeted:

https://twitter.com/Skepta/status/12189509075

Five years later, he organised a free, illegal rave in a car park in May 2015. JME recorded this video…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JQmKitwZc

Similar to DJ Khaled’s “they don’t want you to succeed” mantra, Skepta reignited his career and succeeded against all odds. His enemies want to see watch him fall from grace.

“Mandem” is a term for a group of males.

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These lyrics hold strong themes of self empowerment. Zara doesn’t need a man to pay for her rent and won’t let any man put a number on her appearance.

“What’s your code to your Wi-Fi again” is tongue-in-cheek—she’s more interested in checking Facebook or Instagram than conversing with him.

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On the surface, “Girls Like” is a lust fuelled club song. However, themes of sexual empowerment hide within collaborator Zara Larsson’s lyrics.

While Tinie Tempah delivers pop culture references and braggadocio lyrics on the refrain and verse, Swedish sensation Zara Larsson delivers the sexually empowering hook and tongue-in-cheek interlude.

Zara’s lyrics play into the stereotype that all guys want is sex, but at the same time, asserts that there’s nothing wrong with girls being comfortable with their sexuality and seeking the same thing.

In an interview with Noisey, Zara revealed she’d asked a guy out in London via Instagram (bucking the traditional “guy asks the girl out” cliché) and commented on “why boys are so annoying”:

I honestly don’t know. It’s not boys themselves—it’s just how society raised them. Y’know what I mean? It’s just the whole macho culture and like… BLERGH, URGH… I don’t like it.

Tinie Tempah filmed the music video in South Africa minus Zara, explaining:

With the video for ‘Girls Like’, we really tried to push the boat out and do something completely different to what we’d done before. We headed to some of the most beautiful parts of Africa to film this, and the participation of the locals gave it a really different energy and vibe. Africa is part of my heritage and this video shows me and aspects of my world in a way that I have never done before. I’m really inspired by South African house music at present, and this video represents that very authentically with plenty of dancing and loads of really cool moves.

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In an interview with Noisey, Zara said:

Noisey: There’s a line on “Girls Like”—that says “No Netflix and chill, that’s dead”… is it dead? Do you think Netflix and chill is over?

I just feel like it was such a big thing… in 2015. If someone actually told me : do you wanna come over for Netflix and chill, I’ll be like…

Noisey: Yeah, I like to Netflix and chill alone. I don’t want there to be any ambiguity about the situation, I just want to binge watch.

Yes! I totally agree.

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This is a reference to two songs—O.T Genasis' “CoCo” and Moloko’s 1999 hit “Sing It Back.”

Tinie’s girl doesn’t need to do cocaine, he’s her drug.

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