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Jay’s dad left him and drove him into a life of crime.

He is most likely referring to the incident on 2nd of December 1999, when he was accused of stabbing record executive Lance “Un” Rivera for what Jay-Z perceived was Rivera’s bootlegging of Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter. The stabbing allegedly occurred at the record release party for Q-Tip’s debut solo album Amplified at the Kit Kat Klub, in Times Square, New York City. Jay-Z’s associates at the party were accused of causing a commotion within the club, which Jay-Z allegedly used as cover when he supposedly stabbed Rivera in the stomach with a five-inch (127 mm) blade. He was also arrested on gun charge around the same time.

Check out NYPD’s confidential file on Jay-Z here!

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Questioning where his dad is and why he left. The fact there’s a little girl singing here, is probably to tell us Jay and Beanie used to ask these questions when they self were young and couldn’t fully understand.

This nostalgic hook + lyrics sung over this sorrowful beat has got to be one of the most emotional in the history of rap, probably even in the history of music.

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Ladies wanna bang Bangs!

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Bangs really loves the girls that are on Facebook (and who’ll actually meet him), especially YOU.

Bangs also dedicated Take U to Da Movies to a special girl:

And this track is dedicated to all the ladies out there
That like to go to da movies
Especially you girl

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Girls seem to love Bangs

but they actually don’t, they worship him.

We all know “OMG” is an acronym for “Oh My God”, and when they’re with Bangs they look at him as a god. This means Bangs is subliminally tricking us into one giant brainwash-operation to make all human beings worship Bangs as the only god. Bangs is most likely the leader of Illuminati, the Order of Freemasons and the Bilderberg group. The entire operation can be compared to Project MKUltra, just bigger.

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Bangs is flexing and stealing all their bitches, so they’re telling him it’s not right.

…but Bangs don’t give a fuck!

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He knows there’s haters hating on him, but Bangs treats them nice and greets them, because he knows they’re jealous.

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His “thing” is the “game” and he owns it.

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Bangs is a true gentleman and dislikes when his girls are alone.

Well actually, that’s just how it looks like on the surface. Like a previous line, Bangs has hidden a subliminal message in this line.

If you abbreviate “U sad alone”, you’ll get “USA”. And “See” isn’t actually a word, it’s an acronym for “Space Environment & Effects”, a Nasa program. He’s referring to the NASA and USA, which is most likely his next target of the entire brainwashing-project of making Bangs the god of all humans. What he plan to do with NASA or USA is unknown, but if you have any space-travels planned, cancel it.

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  • Grind = Hard Work/Dedication

  • Shine = Success

Meek is stating that one will find success if they just work hard enough for it.

Just like Nas said it:

You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy, it takes much practice

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