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His insurance lapsed the other day--
Yet they got a satin box
For his head to lay. Langston Hughes – Night Funeral in Harlem
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Nine double M, them rounds we spit that Clipse (Ft. Kelis & Pharrell Williams) – You Don't Even Know
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Double Entendre Alert
- If you’re not down with the Clipse, don’t attempt to try anything malicious, or you’ll face one of these bad boys; A 9mm handgun.
- Their lyrics can be compared to 9mm bullets, which are deadly (aren’t all bullets?)
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Raekwon’s putting a bounty out for your death. This accentuates the mafioso persona that Raekwon takes on, because high ranking personnel of crime syndicates order assassinations of individuals.
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Houston Hip Hop is famous for promoting lean, an intoxicating drink made with prescription strength cough syrup containing Promethazine and codeine, accompanied by a soft drink and/or hard candies (Primarily Jolly Ranchers).
The line could also be referring to the “gangsta lean,” a classic driving pose first named in song by William DeVaughn. This defiant posture of laidback invincibility was also famously referenced by Snoop Dogg, Clipse, Joe Budden and many others.
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak Langston Hughes – Let America Be America Again
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The same things other folks like who are other races Langston Hughes – Theme for English B
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This line can be interpreted in a couple of ways (In relation with the time period)
The inability to buy anything with meager wages received from jobs that oftentimes had unsafe working conditions & unfair hours, which led to unionizing.
The African slave, who Langston has extensively referenced before, who worked backbreaking, excruciating years of work for no compensation at all.
Could use a picture.