He would get his Prada shoes dirty when the cops were chasing him for selling crack.
The stacks of hundreds around him are so tall that he can’t see around them and feels alone.
They don’t play around in Philadelphia. They will kill you without thinking twice.
Pallbearers are the people who carry the coffin.
Graves are six feet deep and that’s where you’ll be buried.
Selling crack is a great way to get jail time, but Meek didn’t care because he wanted money to buy
Polo (a brand popular enough in 1980’s NYC that a whole gang formed around stealing it):
and Adidas shell tops (named for the shell-like pattern on the toe):
As it turns out, Meek did indeed serve eight months in jail back in 2008, a fact he references constantly on this record
A reference to The Godfather characters Michael Corleone and Fredo Corleone. Michael was the Godfather, and Fredo was his traitorous younger brother. Fredo was killed on Michael’s orders, shot in the back of the head on the family lake as Michael watched from afar.
They call him Biggie referencing the size of the crack rocks that he sells them.
The real Biggie was quite a plump gentleman
Like Wayne told us on “Man of The Year,” you ain’t shit unless you’re YMCMB.
The origin of this line can be heard on Underground off UGK’s debut album Super Tight.
