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One thing that Michael Jackson was famous for other than his music was how he “magically” turned paler over time.
Jackson had a disease entitled Vitiligo which causes depigmintation- in other words loss of color to skin. In order to go with with his pop star image he had skin surgery.
You make it somewhere and they just grabbin' you back in Capital STEEZ (Ft. Joey Bada$$) – Talking Shit
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The phrase is often expressed as “crabs in a bucket” or “crabs in a barrel” rather than basket but it refers to the crab mentality, which is the sad fact that crabs individually could escape from their containment, but they instead drag down the others who try to escape.
STEEZ uses this to express the struggle of being a rapper.
Some people around him, whether it be friends or family, feel that if they can’t have a piece of the pie, then STEEZ can’t either.
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“Ginsu” is a brand of knife set advertised on TV. STEEZ stays pretty damn sharp.
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Operation is a game where you try to extract various things from a human body and if you mess up, it buzzes.
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A reference to XV’s famous green backpack.
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Slater, Zack, and Screech were all characters in the show Saved by the Bell. Screech is to the very left, Slater is above him, and Zack is on the very bottom right.
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Jason Voorhees is the main killer from the slasher film series Friday the 13th. The 9th installment of the series is called Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday and spoiler ends with Freddy Krueger dragging Jason to Hell.
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But I'm cool with that G
Cause that'll prevent all these broke MC's from biting me XV – Everything Is Cool
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I was just At The Disco and came up with something to get my hands in XV – Everything Is Cool
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