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Although Birdman’s alternate name is “Baby,” remember that Lil Wayne is his adopted son. In this case, “Baby” refers to Lil Wayne

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Gucci Mane loves the color yellow – as evidenced in “Lemonade”, so he’ll name his car Chiquita and “peel” it (i.e., turn the roof into a convertible top)

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This is also a play on the Air in Air Force 1’s.

Could also refer to the clear 1’s.

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“Street Spins”, also known as “Spreewells” after the basketball player who popularized them, are rims that keep spinning when the car comes to a stop

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A “dopehold” is a plastic bag; Gucci Mane’s Bentley presumably has a clear top

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Like the CBS logo:

(You see him stressed, right?)

Additionally, Jay might have used CBS as a homophone as a way to say “See BS”, which also ties in the next line where he says “You see me stressed right?” Jay is saying that since he is able to see through the lies and the mimicry, he is not going to stress out unlike other people.

Check out Hova and Irv Gotti speaking about this lyric here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPAFgrSZhYQ#t=115

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A reference to Bill Cosby’s ads in the 1980’s for Jello Pudding (“Pudding” also means money)

Cam'ron also frequently likens cooking drugs to baking pies and cakes; he was bored just watching other people make money, so he got into the drug business.

This also ties into the earlier Brooklyn reference. Brooklyn is the main setting of The Cosby Show, where the Huxtable family resides in a two-story brownstone at 10 Stigwood Avenue.

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George Pataki was a New York Governor known for his tough stance on drug dealers

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Pan Pan Hard Times Diner is a famous soul food restaurant chain. The flagship location in Harlem – which was located at 135th st. and Lenox ave. – burned down in 2004

Cam'ron is imitating himself as a young man, selling cocaine in front of the Pan Pan diner: a gram of yayo is $50, a dime is $10 (hence “dime”)

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There’s a triple meaning to this line. First, Jay speaks on being physically locked up in jail. He revisited this very line on his tribute to Emory Jones, “Do U Wanna Ride?”

They caught your body they can’t trap your mind
Keep your spirit alive read your books
Matter of fact, let me take you somewhere
Vibe with me, c'mon

It also refers to the crack game he’s stuck in. During his long nights selling drugs, he would right rhymes as a form of escapism, so even though he feels locked into the hustlers way of life, he’s still mentally free.

Finally, it refers to the poverty that project housing enforces upon it’s occupants. He also tackled this topic on “Do U Wanna Ride?”

You know why they call The Projects a project, because it’s a project!
An experiment, we’re in it, only as objects
And the object for us to explore our prospects
And sidestep cops on the way to the top – yes!
As kids we would daydream, sittin on our steps
Pointin at cars like yeah that’s our sex
Hustlers profits made our eyes stretch

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