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The Sega Genesis is a 16-bit gaming console released in the US back in August of ‘89.
It played games off of 16-bit ROM cartridges. J-Roc is also referencing the above line (16 bits/bars).
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A katana is a traditional Japanese sword with a single, very sharp cutting edge, something you might typically see in ninja/samurai flicks.
Sixteen refers to the sixteen bars (or lines) typical to a rap verse, including this one.
All in all, J-Roc’s saying that he’s rapping sixteen sharp lines. They’re powerful and clever.
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This line’s got a bit to it. Both Curren$y and his bitch are smoking – maybe in the sense that they smokin' that reefer, or maybe in another regard: for instance, his bitch might be “smokin'” as in, good-looking, so hot she’s on fire. And you can’t forget his ride – he’s burning rubber, and it’s probably a nice car, too.
Curren$y is recognized as an avid automobile collector and aficionado, and takes plenty of pictures of whips and posts them up on social media sites, like Instagram.
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Queen Mab completes the task of plaiting horses' manes – a time-consuming work that involves braiding every hair of the mane to show the horse’s neck as well as keep the mane out of the way of the reins.
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Imagine the bug above wearing a long, grey coat and driving a carriage.
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A double entendre from the Masterful Mane:
- He’s starting out the day with the rolling paper, his Zig-Zags, waking and baking with a nice joint.
- He’s starting the day out with his money – which isn’t actually made out of paper, but is associated with the word, paper, in slang, so… Yeah. Anyways – maybe he sleeps with it, maybe he likes to count it… Who knows? He starts the day with the dolla bills.
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This is Mercutio, Romeo’s comical friend, in reply to Romeo’s litanies of love for Rosaline. Queen Mab is, as you will read, a small fairies' midwife who rides her chariot up into the noses of lovers while they sleep, and makes them dream of love.
This entire speech can be viewed as a reflection of the progression of events in the play. Mercutio’s monologue, based on a fairy-tale character, seems pleasant at first (as all fairy tales and romances should be). However, over the course of the speech Mercutio’s language and imagery grow darker and more aggressive, taking a turn for the morbid and the sexual.
In the same way, the play begins lightheartedly (a romcom, of sorts) but takes a turn for the worse, leading to the lovers' tragic end.
There are other Queen Mab-like characters from folklore that would have been familiar to people during Shakespeare’s time.
Queen Mab is given as a metaphor for women. It’s giving examples of falling in love with women, which at first is sweet but bitter and suffering afterwards.