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A mojito is a Spanish cocktail.
In 2011 (the year this song was released) Viviana Ortiz Pastrana was crowned Miss Puerto Rico.
So, he would be having a mojito with:
This also extends the Spanish that Game has been using, with “puntos”, “mojitos”, and Puerto Rico.
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This references Star Wars episode 5, called the Empire Strikes Back. The Jedi Mind Trick persuades people to do almost anything that the Jedi wishes them to do.
This also references the Philadelphia rap group, Jedi Mind Tricks.
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This was a term used by George H.W. Bush to refer to Reagan’s plan for the government, colloquially called Reaganomics. Reaganomics was criticized by many, just like the elections happening in England at the time.
Say the right things when electioneering Radiohead – Electioneering
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This line and song is referring to Tony Blair’s victory in the 1997 General election of the United Kingdom, when OK Computer was recorded. Blair had changed the “Labour Party”, and updated it to the “New Labour”. This system had five pledges, which you can learn more about here.
Radiohead were skeptics of this. They thought that Blair was going to not do the things that he promised, and was only doing what the public wanted him to be to get elected. “I will stop at nothing” is revealing that when politicians say they want to improve something, they end up making it worse (or not doing it at all!). This ties into the line about the I.M.F and cattle prods.
Dorian Lynskey wrote, “On May 1, 1997, Labour supporters toasted their landslide victory to the sound of ‘Things Can Only Get Better.’ A few weeks later, OK Computer appeared like Banquo’s ghost to warn: ‘No, things can only get worse.”
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A typical thing to do when people die is to pour a 40 oz. Olde English liquor on the ground or by a grave if they have one.
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Game is defeating everyone, so much that he is stripping their dignity and making them embarrassed.
This is also a play on words, if they are stripped, then they would be completely naked.
The line “ass naked like they shermin' out” is a reference to the drug sherm. Another term for sherm is butt naked, hence the wordplay.
Some of that El Dorado funk, know what I'm talking about OutKast (Ft. Black Owned C Bone, Slimm Calhoun & T-Mo) – Gangsta Shit
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The Lincoln LTD and Cadillac El Dorado are both pretty gangster cars. So by comparing this song to these cars, Big Boi is saying that the track is going to be about some gangster shit.
Lincoln LTD:
El Dorado:
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Jack Tripper is a character from the sitcom Three’s Company. He was somewhat of a lady’s man on the show, and Big Boi claims he can teach you how to get some just like Jack.
He was also a zany sort of character; hence the “wild out” line.