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John McEnroe is a famous tennis player.
This could carry a few possible meanings
Tennis rackets resemble what a microphone looks like, so as a rock star usually thrashes about and swings equipment on stage, Ghost commits the same act.
“Swinging the John McEnroe” referring to the act of shooting a gun. Rock and Roll is a genre that was quite known for its violent substance, so, like McEnroe, Ghost is not afraid to act up when the time is right.
“Swing the John McEnroe” could also mean to hit the blunt hard like John McEnroe hits balls hard.
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Despite never releasing a studio album when this song was recorded, Drake is calling himself the GOAT. Ego much?
Fun fact: Em came out on stage at one of Drake’s concerts to perform his verse on this track. After Em spit his verse, Drake called him the “greatest ever”.
Blowin' on asparagus, the realest shit I ever smoked Jeezy (Ft. Kanye West) – Put On
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The plaques refer to how ‘Ye got his start in the business by purely producing. Before all the critically acclaimed albums, he was still making it big.
Kanye references this hook on the last song “Last Call” on his first studio album “The College Dropout”, in which he explains how he played this song (Wow) to Dame-Dash, Young Guru, and Cam'ron. Dame was allegedly impressed.