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He’s saying he’s from Queensbridge, NY (the home of Nas), a hood notorious for drugs. “Cookin' up the recipe” refers to producing possibly crack or meth.

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The blunts he smokes his weed in are so big that he needs the whole weed leaf to pack the blunt! He’s shouting out to Wiz Khalifa, because he’s a notorious pot-smoker.

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Some serious wordplay going on right here.

Wale’s gone off that Grey Goose vodka so this chick takes advantage of him. (She better have asked for his consent first!!!)

Mongoose is a bicycle manufacturer. So she’s riding his willy (penis) like a bike. He uses the word ‘willy’ because it sounds like ‘wheelie’ which is a cool-ass move to do on a bike.

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“Rozay” is Rick Ross' nickname, and “Milly” is short for Meek Mill. Stalley is a stage name.

Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Stalley are all members of Maybach Music Group (MMG), the label that Wale is on.

So in other words, he represents two things: His city (Washington, DC), and MMG.

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Maximus is a play on words with the previous line where Wale says “gluteus.” Gluteus maximum is another name for your ass.

He says hes going from Nissan, to Acura, to “vroom” which is likely a variable for a nice, expensive car. In other words, hes movin' on up!

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Always have been, always will be.

They say money is the root of all evil, and self-centered-ness is the cousin of greed. Therefore, greed is bad!

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You get lost in his lyrics, they’re so clever and complex. Its a-MAZE-ing

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Shots fired towards The Game. Acccording to Shyne, Game copied him.

In an interview on VladTV, Shyne claims that Game used to want him to listen to his music and ask him for a cosign.

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You’re out paying attention to dumbass wack rappers while T.I. is running shit!

Also, in the context of fashion, a lot of people now days are rocking some pretty silly outfits.

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Nas pays homage to his friends that were killed or have since passed away by having a drink in their honor.

J Cole has a very similar line to this one in his song Grown Simba. This is slightly coincidental, because J Cole’s biggest influence in rap was Nas. (However, note that Grown Simba came out before A Queens Story, so its not a reference or ripoff by J Cole).

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