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Nightcrawler is a superhero who is a member of the X-Men, and has the ability to teleport. His skin is also blue:

Double Entendre:
-ex-man: ex-boyfriend
-X-Man: fits in with the Nightcrawler reference

No’s woman’s ex-boyfriend will try to get her back until he is “blue in the face,” meaning he will have tried for a very long time.

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Bus is calling you out as weak and meek, like Frodo Baggins, the protagonist in the Lord of the Rings series of books and movies.

^you a meek(er) version of this!

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Rappers are master wordsmiths, and NoCanDo and Busdriver are no exception to this rule.

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NoCanDo isn’t real big on the females. Perpetuating the misogyny (The hatred of women by men.) in the Hip-Hop genre.

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KK invested a lot into this relationship, and lost a lot of time.

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Since AB is familiar with cash, he’s is also an expert at organizing his dollar bills properly in his wallet.

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Bread is money. He is folding this “bread” when he puts it into his wallet or money clip. Bronson is real familiar with cash, he knows how to treat it well.

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Dizzee is dealing with paranoia that he will lose happiness after he worked so hard to achieve it.

May also be Dizzee worried that he’s trying to enjoy what little goodwill he currently feels but violence and chaos could erupt at any moment and ruin it.

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Not only is DR depressed (as we discover later in this verse), but he is extremely angry and fed up as well. He questions his own anger “What’s the worth?” Since Diz is “just sitting here,” it’s not like there’s much he can do.

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Dizzee doesn’t want to be sad and depressed, but the oppression and problems in the hood are just too much. They’re sad to watch.

‘Fix Up’ is a reference to Fix Up, Look Sharp, one of the most acclaimed and well-known tracks from the album and Dizzee’s first commercially successful song. He’s contrasting the bravado in his other songs with his real feelings.

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