Another reference to selling the drugs, or work. Just as you need quick feet to dance, you must be aware and have quick feet to sell drugs. Here Lupe addresses another popular dance: percolating.

If you can’t buy the things you want you can sell drugs, or juke, like it’s your job. The juke is a popular dance where Lupe is from.

HTM was a Japanese line of sneakers made by Nike. H stands for Hiroshi Fujiwara, designer for Head Porter, Fragment Design and iDiom. T stands for Tinker Hatfield, which designed the original Air Jordans, from 1 until eleven. M stands for Mark Smith, Nike’s creative director for special projects.

Futura Nosferatus are collectible figurines.

Movies are frequently filled with propaganda and images that glamorize negative actions; furthermore, whether intended or not, these films often influence the way people think.

Maharishi is a popular street-wear clothing brand that can be very expensive. Many of their products are Japanese inspired, which continues a theme from the line about tempura.

While many people consider hip-hop to be inappropriate for children, our protagonist’s success is actually very inspirational, and therefore a very appropriate lesson to kids what work ethic and talent can do.

He’s “chucking the deuce” from his “candy-painted” Cadillac (a playful way to say “throwing up a peace sign” – which consists of two fingers).

“Chuck the deuce” could also be a reference to a .22 pistol, or deuce deuce, which the rapper can “chuck” or get rid of, because he no longer needs it.

Snakes are a biblical symbol of evil. In the presence of evil, we have to replant or essentially get back to nature and our natural selves.

In 2007, radio personality Don Imis made a reference to the Rutgers women’s basketball team; calling them, “Nappy headed hoes”. The carefree, hostile attitude used to put forth this comment is similar to the one Charles puts forth in this song.