New York is renowned as the birthplace of Hip-Hop and has put out some of the most influential and skilled rappers of all time. New York is home to Rakim and Nas who are credited with being the two most influential rappers due to their progression in lyricism. New York is also home to the likes of Tupac, Biggie, Big Pun, and Big L. Wu-Tang Clan, who are widely considered the best Hip-Hop collective group of all time, are from Staten Island, or referred to as “Shaolin Land” by them.

1520 Sedgwick Ave., is the street in New York where the origins of Hip-Hop first started

This line is a play on the phrase

You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk

which is a phrase used to describe someone who brags a lot about something, but do they truly back up their words with actions, or are they fake and just talk. Ag is someone who will back up his words with actions.

Ag is saying that life itself doesn’t have the ability to save someone from being killed by him. When people attend funerals, it is common for people to wear black in order to show respect and use it as a sign that they are in a state of deep sadness.

The tradition of wearing black started with during the rule of Queen Victoria, who started the trend, during the Victorian Era. However, they took it to a further extreme than we do now, wearing black for a year and one day!

A scholar is someone who is extremely skilled in one area which usually involves graduating from college or training to be considered one. A street scholar would be someone who is skilled in illegal activities of the streets, in this case, drug dealing. Someone would “graduate” to selling more quantities of a drug or selling a drug that is worth more and become a street scholar.

A key is slang for kilo, which is 1,000 grams and commonly associated with cocaine. Anyone able to acquire a large amount of cocaine like this would have to be very skilled in dealing since it is has an estimated worth of $16,000-$24,000.

Again, this is Murs showing his many beliefs and not letting himself be controlled by someone or something. Too many people are followers and don’t control their ultimate beliefs. They may truly believe in something but pretend not to because they are told not to. And in the end, we all have true purpose given to us from the Higher Up.

Wordplay between the words colons and shittin'. Your colon is the last organ in your digestive tract, which is the process of eliminating unneeded waste from your body, in simpler words, going to the bathroom. The colon takes salt and water away from solid wastes for use in the body.

Rock is using wordplay between the words shit and septic tanks. A septic tank is a small sewage system that are commonly used in suburbs or rural areas and their main job is to collect your shit and piss along with other waste.

A pump fake is a commonly used basketball move. A pump fake is when the offender uses a fake shot in order to make the defender jump in the air thinking he is going to contest or block the shot. It is used to create an open lane to the basket. Kobe Bryant is revered as being a master at the pump fake.

Some websites thrive on gossip and rumours, which half the time aren’t even true. For example, critiquing what a celebrity wears to an award show or out in public in lists such as ‘Worst Dressed’.

Ask yourself:
Is it your life they are reporting?
Does this incident concern or involve you?

The answer:
No. therefore, there is no reason to care. Such stories bear no relevence to your life.

The ghetto isn’t a place that gives an uplifting feeling. With all the violence that goes on and the poor living conditions, along with the many other hardships gives off a strong feeling of sadness to the people who live there.