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Cop is slang for buying, usually used in context with drugs.
Dro is slang for homegrown marijuana. Blacks probably refer to Black & Mild cigarillos.
But that involves knowing exactly (What you want) Talib Kweli (Ft. Outasight) – Ain't Waiting
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Kweli’s competition is sweet like sabal (a vegetable harvested from certain palm trees) and soft like mashed potatoes.
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I don’t just mean the people that I agree with Talib Kweli – 5 AM in Brooklyn
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Talib Kweli is known for being one of the most socially aware and politically insightful rappers of all time. In this line he’s saying that he’s a humanitarian – he’s kind and generous to all people of the world, not just the people who share the same ideals as him.
This also could be a reference to Chinua Achebe’s book, A Man of the People.
https://twitter.com/TalibKweli/status/318045595711451136
Posted after the death of Chinua Achebe. Achebe has been called the “father of modern African writing” for his novels speaking on social and political aspects of life in Nigeria, and has left an incredible impact on not just African culture, but on the world as a whole. It is not far-fetched to say that he and Kweli share similar traits.
A spiritual being manifested as a human, that's it Reflection Eternal – 2000 Seasons
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Kweli isn’t just another human being trying to be spiritual, he’s an actual spiritual, ethereal, and possibly other-worldly being that has taken the form of a person. In other words, he’s legit.
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Super Saiyan is an advanced transformation used by the Saiyan race in the Dragon Ball franchise.
Going/turning “Super Saiyan” has become synonymous with going crazy or berserk.
From any block, nigga from here to La Cienega Horseshoe G.A.N.G (Ft. Crooked I) – You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit Me
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He’s getting rid of any cop from “here” (most likely referring to Long Beach, where the G.A.N.G. is from) to La Cienega, a major north-south road in L.A.
As you can tell, that’s a lot of ground to kill cops in.
Necrophilia bitch, you fucking with a murderer Horseshoe G.A.N.G – Firing Squad
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These 2 lines contain an example of a multi-syllabic rhyme, “murder her” and “murderer”.
Little wordplay in the part “fucking with a murderer”. It can be taken literally and in the sense of “fucking with” as in messing with someone.
Necrophilia is the sexual attraction to corpses.
Gross!
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Llama is slang for a gun. In this case, his gun is chrome.
Nickelodean is a TV station mostly for children.
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