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Any nigga think he gettin' G's down here
Enemy to any nigga gettin' money on my honey
Man, I heard Michael Young is the real clown here
Run upon a nigga from the back with a Mac
Gon' be strapped 'cause a nigga finna squeeze off ten
Run upon this nigga 'Lac, rat-a-tat-tat
Click-clack, where this nigga at? I needs in
Shit is going down if ever I see him Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones) – The Die
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Even his kids had meals for reals
Some rich small fries wrapped in paper since they was lil Lupe Fiasco – Gotta Eat
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Grams, man, he had a whole lot of these Lupe Fiasco – Gotta Eat
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Even Scuba Steve would find it hard to breathe
Around these leagues; Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones & Graham Burris) – Dumb It Down
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Until I feel like flowing and filling it up again Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones & Graham Burris) – Dumb It Down
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Potent, to get you open
Movin' like a nigga supposed to
Get the dough on the go with the flow that I'm holding Lupe Fiasco – Go Go Gadget Flow
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'Cause normally I don't care for it Lupe Fiasco – Sunshine
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Finishing the ‘bars’ metaphor, Lupe makes reference to yet another soap brand: Irish Spring. ‘On my green’ refers both to getting money and to the color of Irish Spring.
‘Mouth full of soap’ refers to the parenting technique of making the child wash their mouth out with soap after they cuss. To further this, Lupe deliberately says ‘fudge wit it’, instead of ‘fuck wit it’.
‘Coast’ is also a brand of soap, adding to that theme and metaphor.
I’m pretty sure this is also a reference to the movie “A Christmas Story” where the main character says “oh fudge” in slow motion and then his mom makes him wash his mouth out with soap, see: