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Lupe raps with a purpose ie a goal in mind, but is not a porpoise ie a whale or acting slow or sluggish, and that is his (tail/tale homophone rhyme) Tails never fails is also a saying when flipping a coin meaning he has a 50/50 shot

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“Bar” is a homonym: it refers to both a place that serves alcohol, and a bar in the musical sense. So in a way, working with bars makes Lupe much like a bartender.

He also pays homage to this scene from Coyote Ugly, a film from 2002:
http://youtu.be/F_hBAcOsIQg

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Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.

During the month, Muslims (including Lupe) fast from sunrise to sunset every day. Due to this, it is common for people to lose (move) weight. Lupe plays on this concept of “moving weight,” which is often used as slang for selling drugs.

Notice the intentional use of the word “fast” to refer to both “quick” and “not eating.”

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God creates by speaking into existence. In Genesis God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth,” and so it happened. Lupe makes the comparison that every time he speaks he puts his words together to create wordplay.

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A reiteration of Kanye’s blog post in February, 2010:

If we don’t do what you feel is the shit, you beat us up verbally and mentally, like a catholic school teacher beating a creative student into submission. I can hear you screaming ‘color inside the lines!!!‘ Well fuck your coloring book, color by numbers approach to life.

The white community did not like how Cassius Clay acted as a black man who often stood up for his rights and challenged the racist views of the world. He’d eventually convert to Islamism and change his name to Muhammad Ali. Kanye feels like he’s in the same situation as Ali, a black man that continues to bring racism to the forefront and encourages blacks to push for independent success.

Kanye had similar lines on his song “Chain Heavy” that had released a year prior. In the same fashion, he talks about how it’s time for those of color to stand up for themselves, citing various celebrities like Cassius Clay, who he compares himself to in both songs:

How many Cassius' will we see in one lifetime?
That’s why it’s Miles Davis, Kobe, it’s Mike time

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He makes a connection between the military march and the month March.
He’s going to step on his adversary’s face like he’s marching.

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In 1905, Albert Einstein established the theory of relativity, represented by the equation E=mc2 (Energy=Mass * the speed of Light in a vacuum)

The importance of the MC squared lined lies in the “Nigga I is we” meaning he’s two people in one body. When you breakdown MC2 it becomes 2 MC’s (MC * MC). Get it?

Lupe Fiasco and his alter-ego Emperor are both both rappers/emcees in one body. We can assume the variable “MC” is 1 in Lupe’s case. 1*1 (or 12) = 1, but there are still two 1’s in 1.

“I make it relate” –> relativity

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The belly stands for streets/hood. It’s word play on how his homies are sippin' liquor and than they hit the streets.

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He reinforces that his girlfriend is indeed a dime, and he wouldn’t break up with her.

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Since Lupe doesn’t look like a model, it wouldn’t be wise for him to dump a sexy lady. This is another homophone, using ten/tin.

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