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Pusha’s diamonds refuse to be dislodged.

Who would’ve thought a watch would commit false imprisonment.

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Witch-doctors really do get a bad rap. They principally try to help people in rural, indigenous tribes.

Also, Pusha’s referencing his time spent dealing crack; it’s cursed him with guilt and with a penchant for the coke rap.

As demonized by Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?:

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Papoose doesn’t know that UGG boots are typically worn by women? Anyway, they do have shoes for dudes, with leather, too.

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Both the Roman Empire and the Ming Dynasty fell because of their arrogance, which allowed more ambitious armies and empires to overpower them. The causes of the downfall of Rome was the Germanic tribes, for the western empire, and the Ottoman Empire, for the eastern empire, while the downfall of the Ming Dynasty was due to the Manchurians.

The “change” ties into the preceding lines that talk about Barack Obama’s prestige as president.

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The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644. Like the Roman Empire, they eventually fell to various tribes that were newly unified, whose victory was assisted by an economic collapse due to limited supplies of silver.

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Here, Jay means the Roman emperors, although Caesar became something more than an imperial title only after Rome went through 4 emperors in one year. The Roman Empire, at least its western portion fell because the people (the Germanic tribes) forced the western emperor to abdicate.

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The first three lines of this hook mirror lyrics spit by Jay Z on “Brooklyn’s Finest”

The fuck back with them pistols
Blazin', hot like Cajun
Hotter than even holding work at the Days Inn

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Pusha’s traveled to, among other places, Panama, a tropical South American nation. He’s also seen Paris’s Avenue des Champs-Élysées, one of the world’s most expensive and famous streets. It is host to a number of famous monuments, most notably the Obelisk Of Luxor and the Arc de Triomphe.
The obelisk is in the foreground and the Arc is in the background.

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This is what happens when you force “amazing” to rhyme with “shades on” and “J’s on”.

“Amaz-on” amazon, alludes to the rainforest of the same name.

This line also connects with Ross’s comparison of urban neighborhoods to jungles, due to their violence and exoticness.

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She’s been shown the power of Jay Electronica. Also the mountain reference suggests that his power is due to God.

As it’s often said, faith can move mountains.

The “it’s a bird, it’s a plane…” part is Jay’s modification of the famous quote that pedestrians gave when they say Superman flying in the sky.

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