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When little was known about Game at the beginning, questions arose that he would gradually answer through his albums and ability as an artist. People asked if he were from Queens, given that was signed to G Unit by 50 Cent or ghostwrited for Puffy since he was almost signed to Bad Boys Records

Rumors say that Game actually ghostwrote We Gon' Make It from P. Diddy’s 2006 Press Play album

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Explaining how a drug deal late at night in 2001 almost ended his life, luckily he went “only” into coma but after that was discovered by Dr.Dre . Game specifies it better in the 3rd verse

Mel-Man, the producer, was signed to Aftermath at that time and he probably made the beat for Soldier

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A reference to Nelly’s song “Grillz” from his album Sweatsuit which features Paul Wall.

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Hurricanes is Game’s shoes contract with 310 Motoring. Possibly Game is implying that he ventured also into clothing after his initial shoe deal and introduced the Hurricane hoodies, which he gave to his associates in the hood. Thus, when he says the word, they will show up wherever he instructs to do his bidding.

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A reference to the hip hop group The Firm which included Nas, Foxy Brown and AZ. See their Rap genus page here.

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A clever usage of Beyoncé’s song “Check on It” that was included in Destiny’s Child’s compilation album #1’s. The song featured rapper Slim Thug. Game is inviting his listeners to “check up on” his status as the new king of Hip-Hop.

See/listen here

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An allusion to Game’s desire at the time to sell at least a million copies in the first week of releasing his sophomore album the Doctor’s Advocate. He did not make it but he did sell over three million records worldwide and hit top of the Billboard charts.

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A reference to the basketball tradition of hanging a retired player’s jersey to the rafters so that the ex-player’s jersey number may never be worn again as a way of honoring them for their services.

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Certain people get a head shot simply for wearing the wrong colors in the wrong places, i.e., wearing the Bloods' red in a Crip (Blue) neighborhood.

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While he learned some aspects of the gang banging lifestyle from his mother, other aspects he learned from watching the 1988 movie “Colors” starring Sean Penn.

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