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A common quote is “the pen is mightier than the sword,” Referring to Ras Kass' previous line he’s stating his skill with a pen for writing rhymes is where that quote comes from.
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Peel off refers to a peel out, a maneuver in a car also referred to as a burn out. To perform said maneuver, a driver keeps their vehicle stationary while still gunning the tires creating a vapor with friction between the tires and the ground.
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Mileena is a character in Mortal Kombat who hid her tarkata fangs behind her mask
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A character in Mortal Kombat, Reptile, has a move where he spits poison
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M.T.O = Media Take Out: popular hip-hop culture/gossip site.
Bossip.com is a black gossip website.
He’s telling people to keep talking all that gossip, because he’s gonna come rob them to shut them up.
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I don't think the world is aware of it Lecrae (Ft. No Malice) – Darkest Hour
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Boom. Thats for all the people fed up YC the Cynic – Driver's Seat
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Never short on ambition, Kanye expresses his larger aspirations of creating city infrastructure and hotels like the famous casinos in the previously referenced Vegas.
West reiterated this specific goal in the 2016 Life of Pablo track “Facts”
Kanye is saying he doesn’t want leave his creative concepts unfinished. He wants to see their execution through by putting in the work necessary to build them. He envisions himself as both visionary architect and laborious construction worker.
He also uses the phrase “nail it” as wordplay to mean he wants to both construct something and succeed at doing it.