“One hand washes the other” is an idiom that encourages cooperation between multiple parties to benefit them all. Cyhi slid you a knowledge gem on the low, while keeping with the food/ eating/ washing theme.

“Kesha” is slang for weed. Neffe Pugh would be considered a downgrade to dirt weed in comparison to her sister, singer Keyshia Cole.

When people look at his lifestyle, they usually just see what’s visual to them (nice cars, pretty women, etc.). They have no idea what obstacles he encountered while on the way to the top (i.e. sacrificing food for studio time).

Many believe that learning about the dysfunctional world is a negative result of increasing knowledge and experience. Ignorance is bliss.

Phonte expressed the same sentiment in “Dancing in the Rain:”

Some might even say underachiever cause they are not believers
That I don’t want the world, but I done seen the world
And if you ever saw it, hell, you wouldn’t want it either

A play on crooked and straight: he has been a dishonest and immoral person in the past, but now he has gotten his shit together and is leading a more admirable life.

Playing off of the Scarface reference in the last line, Stalley references the rapper Scarface and his song “Invincible.”

Stalley is a sneakerhead (like his labelmate Wale) and is rocking his LeBrons while running down the long road to success. Fittingly, 100 Miles & Running is the name of one of Wale’s earliest releases.

Ladies love Mikey because of all the “animals” he has in his garage.