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Check fraud is considered a small time hustle to some. He already gets money on a larger level than that, so he doesn’t have to try and scam people out of theirs. .

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Jumper is a movie where the main character has the ability to teleport anywhere, and he often goes across the globe with this ability. DZA’s music takes himall over the world. .

Also, notice the pun there (hopping, jumper). .

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David Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, from 2008 to 2010. He is also legally blind, which is the reference made here by Smoke DZA: his competition can’t compare to him. .

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As you can tell by the picture, that’s very slim, so you best not play him. .

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Psyonik might make your girl wet, as in get her horny. Hurricane Floyd was a powerful hurricane from 1999, so it is clear how that might wet someone

Also a reference/pun on Floyd Mayweather’s name

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Puff’s intro sets up the entire song. He’s woken up (presumably in the early morning hours) by B.I.G’s suicidal phone call. Diddy acts as the voice of reason.

The vocal effect used on Puff’s voice sounds as if it’s been ran through a telephone, while Big’s vocals sound crisp and clear as if you were in the room with him.

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This is the second single (together with Spit Your Game) from Duets: The Final Chapter, a remix album released in 2005

The original song is Suicidal Thoughts, from Ready to Die, and the Bob Marley hook was sampled from Johnny Was by Bob Marley

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Biggie wears a slimming all-black get-up, with black Timberland boots.. Johnny Cash-style

He doesn’t want to dress in white, and act all righteous, he wants to be how he is

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Instead of calling someone else to try and discuss his feeling Big decides that he has talked about he problems long enough, since his friends will lie, and his love will just talk about her problems

Unlike the original song, there is no gunshot at the end

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Biggie both feels bad about the disrespectful thought that his wife wouldn’t cry at his funeral.

In the original song, this line refers to Biggie’s mom, but it has been moved from its place in the first verse to this one

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