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Rapsody compares herself to her favorite rapper, Jay-Z, and his scene-stealing performance on Rick Ross' “3 Kings.”

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In Christian Nolan’s DC universe, Morgan Freeman plays Lucius Fox, the genius behind the design of many gadgets and vehicles for Batman. Rap brings that type of genius to her raps.

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Ra’s al Ghul’s protégé and daughter is Talia al Ghul. She is a regular love interest of Batman in the comic book series. Needless to say, she was looking good during her appearance in The Dark Knight Rises.

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Stepping away from the Batman theme, Rapsody references Kevin Bacon, who played Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class. She removes people (“X-es”) out of her life who aren’t there as positive influences.

Very similar to Ab-Soul’s latest track

I took the game by storm, just to X men out

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Rapsody described the project to Genius, listing two quotes as the mixtape’s inspiration;

“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”
― Eric Berne

and;

“When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be equal”

The DJ Drama-hosted mixtape was released September 17, 2013, as her sixth project, following The Idea of Beautiful.

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The “work it” Sample throughout the song was taken from The Go Team’s “The Power is On.”

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This line is an allusion to a scene from The Rock with Sean Connery.

In the scene referenced, Sean’s character must roll through a furnace to complete his escape from Alcatraz.

This line is in direct relation to the one before it where Bronson mentioned Connery for his salt n pepper beard.

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Curren$y is known to drive old Chevys, as he mentions in other songs. He recently added a 1976 Chevy Caprice to his collection, and is riding with Pimp C in the speakers.

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Rocky is popping caps, not tags, with what he got from the thrift shop.

This could also be a play on words with fellow rapper, Macklemore, and his hit song “Thrift Shop.”

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A papilla is a nipple, so Joey needs the ladies to rub on their “headlights” for the love of the culture. This is somewhat reminiscent of a Notorious BIG line in “Player’s Anthem:”

(Bitches) Rub your titties if you love Big Poppa

Jay-Z also used a similar line in “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem),” and so did DOOM in “Old School.”

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