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A reference to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson’s movie, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
This is an autobiographical film based on 50’s life, taking the viewer through his life of selling drugs, doing time in prison, and eventually making it as a rapper.
This is also the title of one of 50’s albums, info here
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He’s packin' heat
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Unless we act like our logo and go H.A.M. Crooked I – I'm Ready Freestyle
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Double entendre:
Crooked I is in the group called Slaughterhouse that bears the logo of a pig.
What are you left with when you slaughter a pig?
The acronym H.A.M stands for “hard as a motherfucka”. Unless they go all out and bring fire on every track, they won’t make it in the game.
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Clever word play between pokin' hoes, poconos, and poke ya nose.
He is sexing up girls in a resort in the Pocono Mountains, he’s trying to get away from people for awhile.
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He can draw (pull out) his glock better/faster than a supposed sketch artist actually drawing one on paper.
Now you hip-hop cuz you one-footed Slaughterhouse – DJ Green Lantern "D.O.A." Freestyle Part 2
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As a youngster, Crooked would not hesitate to start a gunfight. He is saying he took one of your legs with his pump-action shotgun.
He forever gave you a career in the industry. With one leg, all you can truly do is hip-HOP
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This is a reference to swearing on the Bible to the validity of his statements in this verse.
In a courtroom before you can be questioned, it is customary to place your left hand on a Bible, and your right hand in the air. You are then asked:
Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?
He is saying all of this is true, and he has never been about the money or the fame. On the contrary, as stated previously, he wants to be remembered as one of the best lyricists of all time.
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This can mean 2 changes. The first being the 4 quarters of slaughterhouse (Quarters being actual change/coins/currency). The second change refers to the last line, in that Slaughterhouse is going to veer away from the commercial bullshit and bring real rap back to the forefront.
