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He doesn’t believe in saying what others want to hear in the hopes of coming off “nice”

Tag, here, means hashtag a la twiter – #ThatAintMe

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Referring to his latest mixtape, Zero Heroes, which released in April of 2011.

Also continuing his Ninja Turtles pun, April O'Neil is one of the characters from the show.

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“Water whipped” dope is watered down/cut/stomped/impure. This makes the product last longer, but it’s less potent.

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Song by west coast group Above the Law. The song showed that you could “keep it G” and still help out your family and friends.

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Backwoods Cigars are often used to smoke weed. They are split open, the tobacco is removed, and the sticky icky is stuffed in.

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Vizzy explains some of the characteristics that describe him over some lively production.

The last 10 seconds is a sample of the last part of Electric Light Orchestra — Xanadu feat. Olivia Newton John.

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XV uses a play on words to describe how the street life (drug dealing, violence, sex) was always openly accessible to young kids.

“Open sesame” is a magical phrase spoken by Ali Baba, in the story Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves, that opens the mouth of a cave.

I hope he isn’t referring to these streets…

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  • Vizzy is smoking a joint (J), and giving blunts (L’s) to his haters.

  • He could be giving his haters losses because he’s always winning (see his song, Wichita).

  • Or he could be throwing up his Squarian sign to the haters.

This is also a reference to LL Cool J.

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He’s back like the Tyson tattoo reappearing in The Hangover 2 (along with Mike himself)

“Stu” from the last line has 3 different meanings:

  1. “Stu” woke up with the Tyson tattoo in the Hangover 2
  2. “Stew” as in the beef everyone wants
  3. “Stu” as in the studio he’s back recording in

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A variation of the phrase, “It’s a cold world.” Vizzy is taking the rap world by storm. This is also a play on the words “coal mine.”

Could this also be a playful jab at XV’s friend and competition, J. Cole?

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