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At this point you can hear a heart monitor which probably alludes to the medical connotation of “lifesaver”, same as “contacting God”.

Of course, DOOM is looking for a way to slip a mint into his lady’s drink, because her breath a-stankin'.

“Contact the God” is a Nation of Islam reference. In the numerology of NOI ‘2’ stands for wisdom, so this line can be also taken as DOOM needs to let her know about her breath. It also explains the missing “how are you doing?” premise.

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The intentional double negative is an interesting subtext to the message in the line itself.

Instead of saying “I care about who cares about me”, Dumile posits the opposite of the statement and uses a double negative. He’s actually saying he doesn’t care who’s feeling him. Essentially, “I don’t care who’s feeling me,” establishing the individual nature of Viktor.

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DOOM went to talk to this girl (breathe out) and her bad breath made him cough.

DOOM is known to allude to his marijuana as a fine dime (‘Mary Jane’), so this could be a double entendre. On “My Favorite Ladies”, he says this

Mary, you make me wanna eat you
Every time I see you, it’s like the first time I meet you
Fragrance like a flower, subtle and sweet too
Seductive and whatever, it might as well be see through

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This line is very similar to the first line of C.R.E.A.M.:

I grew up on the crime side, the New York Times side

A nickel bag is either a bag of nickels or $5 worth of weed.

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An well-known quote by John Acton (1834-1902)

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

This statement contains a profound truth: power has been found to be a causal explanation for corruption in a laboratory setting.

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Keeping with the spirit metaphor from the previous line, DOOM and Madlib are gods of rap/hiphop.

Could be a reference to the Nation of Gods and Earths, the Five Percenters. DOOM used to be an enlightened black man and may still be a muslim to this day. The word ‘G’ originates from this organization, and interestingly stood for ‘God’, not ‘gangsta’.

This lyric was later used as the title of an anthology hosted by Stones Throw records which included the unreleased music video of this song

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He keeps a razor in his mouth when walking out in the streets as a metaphor for watching carefully what he says. In the music video for ? (Question Mark) you can see him flipping one around with his tongue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldikD78vTw

From DOOMSDAY:
“C.O.’s make rounds, never have ox found
On shakedown, lock-down, wet dreams of Fox Brown”

I’m thinking when DOOM was locked up, he hide a razor in his mouth.

Possibly a reference to this line

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An ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes.

Vik seems to reference his esotericism here – rapping in Sanskrit would restrict him to a small (but highly intelligent) audience, much like his high IQ rhyme style.

One more instance of DOOM describing how and when the lyric was written.

Song Year Lyric
“Doomsday” 2000 “I wrote this one in B.C. D.C. O-section”
“Beef Rapp” 2004 “I wrote this note around New Year’s / Off a couple a shots and a few beers, but who cares?”
“Lickupon” 2004 “He wrote this one with a fever, sick in bed, with his dickhead inside a chickenhead”
“Change the Beat” 2004 “He writ this skit in Sanskrit”
“Money Folder” 2004 “Wrote this rhyme lightly off a two or three Heinies”
“Great Day” 2004 “This one he wrote in cold blood with a tooth pick”
“Mince Meat” 2006 “Wrote this one with his middle finger in wet cement”
“Batty Boyz” 2008 “Wrote this lyric from in the bed with a chick”
“Get ‘er Done” 2008 “Wrote this oath while pinching a loaf”

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