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Kwanzas is a holiday, celebrated by people of the Western African Diaspora. It starts on December 26 and ends on January 1, which is around Christmas. This holiday focuses on the African heritage of African Americans.

A candle holder called kinara, which contains seven candles, is one of the Kwanzaa symbols.

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R.A. is desrcibing the scenery of a Christmas night but instead of going with the traditionnal glorification, he inserts negative elements; like the children’s awful singing and the church picketers, most likely fundamentalists.

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A contradictory statement to 50 Cent’s album Get Rich or Die Tryin', which was released in 2003, on Aftermath.

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First wordplay between AR(a firearm) and A&R (record label executive). It leads to a double-meaning he could say he is hitting your label executive with a gun to kill him, or simply that he can match what you bring with something similar.

The “pissing on big dreams” part is referring to how talented lyricists are often dismissed by the capitalist industry in favour of more simplistic rappers with good beats.

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Crooked is saying he is taking out the trap rappers,trap is a sub-genre of rap that is compared to the rest of rap much less technical and lyrical.
Backpackers are basically bandwagon fans that follow basically any new rappers.

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They are at a lost or words when facing him,he is using metonymy.Using a part of something to refer to the whole i.e. use a roof to refer to a house.

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Usage of an oxymoron,Vakill says he doesn’t do punchline but then goes to exactly do that by saing he “settles wars” as a way to say his battle rapping skills are proficient enough to end any conflict.

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Pores are opening in a person’s, Vakill intends to spit darts so much that wholes in your skin will be so common it will be seen as a pore.

The darts are of course a metaphor for the insults he spits in his lyrics there hurtful nature.

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He can’t rest and be satisfied with the good that was in his life, him being depressed enables to create better and hence to reach “vast energy” which probably refers to some sort of positive outcome like money.

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The North-American Aerospace Defend Command
is a United States and Canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America. Aerospace warning includes the detection, validation, and warning of attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or space vehicles, through mutual support arrangements with other commands.

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