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Kid Ink is talking about a girl he’s taken an interest in who is lying to probably try and impress him or make him believe she’s someone she isn’t. He’s saying she doesn’t have to and that he just wants her to be herself because he already knows who she is.

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Video games many times have “cheat codes” in them that allow the game to become much more easier or fun. An example of a cheat code is in Grand Theft Auto how you there are cheats to give you max health, max ammo, etc. In short, they’re called “cheat codes” because the game wasn’t meant to be played that way so it’s considered cheating. Astro is saying he’s living in the rap game, which is hard, without one.

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Astro is from Brooklyn, New York which is where Jay Z is from. There used to be rumors that Jay Z signed Astro a couple years back but Jay Z dismissed those saying he’s “never given him a check or contract”.

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To flex as hard as you can you usually have to squeeze your fists very tight. It can be assumed he’s talking about flexing because someone people can make their veins “pop out” from doing it hard enough. He also goes into the next line talking about punchlines and knockouts after just talking about flexing arms.

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Nas has been known to enjoy alcoholic drinks as well. Specifically, Hennessy.
Nas has even visited the Hennessy factory in Cognac, France

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Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, Nas, and many others are and were from New York. Which is also sometimes called “The City Of Kings”. Particularly Brooklyn. He also includes the female emcee’s saying they’re all kings and queens, everyone else is just a copy.

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Christian Lacroix is a French designer very well known around the world. Nas has been known to enjoy fine clothing and design.

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Nas is stating that he is the king of NYC.

The beef between Nas and Jay Z as who is the rightful “king” of New York was one of the most well known beefs in hip hop’s history. Many people regard Nas as the winner when he released the song, “Ether”. “Ethering” someone is now even used as slang for dissing someone to the point they can’t recover from it.

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He’s at the top of a mountain, or rap game, staring down. It’s very steep because he’s so high and above everyone else since he’s at the top. He made it there without an ounce of sleep because he worked so hard to get there.

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In American Football teams punt the ball to the other team on 4th down by kicking it down field to them. The center, who snaps the ball to the punter, performs a long snap because the punter stands 10 or so yards back instead of right behind the center like a quarterback does on a normal play.

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