Here, I layer the lyrics with pop culture references.

At surface, I’m likening my flow to a switch-blade. The very next line ties in the popular movie, Blade, by referencing the last name of the star actor, Wesley Snipes.

Then, I go on to use a play on words, while referencing the rivalry between teen super-hero, Robin, and his arch-nemesis, Slade.

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The most common advice for those following their dreams is to aim for the moon, so even if you fall, you land among the stars.

I express my discontent with aiming for the moon. I rather fall into the biggest star of our solar system. You know, the one that we, and everything else around us revolves around? Yeah, that.

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We all have those friends that support us outwardly, but behind closed doors and on the inside, they really wish the worst for you and yours.

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In my eyes, if you can’t fathom/overcome living, then death is not your worst nightmare..

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Heian-Kyo is the place of origin of the tradition of tea drinking in modern Asia

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She, like many girls her age, claim not be as freaky as they really are. Logic is wise to this front, and insists she doesn’t have to be that freaky, because he already is.

It also could a reference to Phife Dawg’s line from the original A Tribe Called Quest song.

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Logic, being the ever-faithful lyrical genius, uses a phrase coined by Frank Sinatra (the importance of that here) to give props to the chicks that love him

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Although he loves the Chi-town chicks, it’s gon' be Maryland ‘till death, dawg!

Logic plays on the sound of the word “Chi/shy” after saying “outgoing”, creating an oxymoron.
He is trying to make it seem that he is indiscriminate about the type of women he likes. She could be outgoing, extroverted and gregarious, but she could also be shy, humble and unassuming.

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It works both ways.

To ‘set stone in love’ means to get engaged or married.

To ‘set love in stone’ means to be so deeply in love that your love is etched in time forever.

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My songs are like sweet letters of love to Mica the Microphone

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