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Michael Jackson who’s skin complexion lightened considerably during his lifetime for debated reasons.

His hair caught fire during a Pepsi commercial.
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Wordplay: * lightening up with the kids… lightening his skin complexion.

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Reference to the film “The Fly” in which Jeff Goldblum acted. The scientist in the film accidentally fuses with a fly during an experiment. A legendary quote from the film is “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

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Found on the Kendrick Lamar EP, the first project K. Dot released as Kendrick Lamar.

The song speaks of external pressure, self-betterment and believing in one’s self when others don’t and touches on a multitude of other tidbits.

It’s produced by Pete Rahk.

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This is a biblical reference to Matthew 17:20, perhaps the most popular faith-based verse in all of scripture:

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

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Kendrick would rather live like God does exist than die, find out that he does and then suffer the consequences. This concept is known as Pascal’s Wager. Pascal stated that there was more to be gained from believing in God than being an atheist

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Produced by King Blue of the group Sore Losers, “Faith” is found on the Kendrick Lamar EP, the first project he released by after the name change.

It details stories of faith and opinions on the struggle people go through with keeping said faith through trying times, as well as battling temptation.

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He wants the listener to stare inside his soul, i.e., feel his message. Meanwhile, he’s staring inside the solar system, or basically, at the sun and world at large.

This is where his wordplay comes in: he puts two sentences together – instead of saying “system” twice, he says it once:

  • While I stare inside the solar “system”
  • “System” hoping I soak up

While he watches the world, the Government (or “the system”) hopes that he falls. They just want him to be a hoodlum with so much criminal game that he could be jailed (put in a system) three times over (he compares it to the skill you’d need to play three gaming systems simultaneously by yourself). It’ll help if he’s a drunkard, but not insane, or he’d “get off” on a plea of insanity.

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The Gully (headed by Movado) and Gaza (headed by Vybz Kartel) groups in Jamaica had a long feud that was eventually stopped

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They used to buy drugs together before things went sour. Raw is uncut cocaine and had to be bought uptown in Spanish Harlem or Washington Heights because the Latin heads with connects in South America have that ish.

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Song off of Mac Miller’s Best Day Ever. He and his crew are partying all over the world and enjoying the spotlight as well dealing with the challenges that come their way.

Produced by Just Blaze.

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