If we are both at the Pizza Hut, we must both be at the Taco Bell as well

It dawns on them that they are both at the same place

Is he at a standalone Pizza Hut, or the Pizza Hut part of the restaurant?

160-01 Jamaica Ave, Queens, New York (Google Maps)

Man who carries large rubberbanded wads of money

“Rubberband Man” is the title of a 1976 song by The Spinners, though it is not sampled on the track

Swizz Beatz, an occasional T.I. collaborator, titled his solo album One Man Band Man

As opposed to a “natural born killer,” as in the Oliver Stone film

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez of TLC (RIP)

This isn’t Black Rob (a rapper who had a hit song “Whoa”, but was otherwise not particularly successful)

Jay-Z seems to be describing the movement of “coming out of the blocks” at the start of a sprint race

It involves gunshots (on your mark, get set, bang!) so it gets noisy

Also, Jay is referring to “blocks” of cocaine and to the fact that cocaine, a stimulant, can keep someone awake for extended periods of time.

When Jay is hustling, he’s got enough coke to keep a small town awake for days.