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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.

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The ‘hog in the hedges’ is a reference to Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game character who runs at supersonic speed. Lupe compares the speed at which he thinks to that of Sonic’s speed.

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Oxy 10 is a substance commonly used to clear acne by rubbing it into your skin. Moreover, to “rub someone out” is to kill them. This is a continued description on how The Game plans to kill MYH.

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Michael Young History has been making too much money and having too much success for The Game’s liking. Gemstones, playing the role of The Game, is talking about how he’s going to take Michael down. This situation was foreshadowed in Verse 1.

The Game is married to The Streets, and now Michael Young History is getting money on ‘The Streets’, meaning he has now become her favorite. Thus, The Game has to kill him.

Once again, the Mac-11 is mentioned as the weapon used to kill him and onomatopoeias are used to further the description.

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“Seeds” is a reference to both children and hamburger buns.

MYH was so rich that even his children had money in the bank. The “meals” —pronounced like “mills”— is a continuation of the burger metaphor, as he is referring both to literal meals and millions of dollars.

On top of the word play, Lupe offers the “Wrapped in paper” imagery. This refers to what french fries are wrapped in physically, and how the MYH’s kids were “wrapped” (covered/spoiled) with “paper” (money).

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MYH made good money from hustling and selling drugs, so he shared some with his friends. Continuing the burger metaphor, “G’s” here represents both grams of food that made them fat and the aforementioned drug money that made their wallets fat.

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He shows confidence and is complex, or deep, with his lyrics. It also sets up the subsequent ocean metaphor with “excess depth”:

“Leagues” are an old nautical measurement (~ 3 miles); Lupe is so deep that not even Scuba Steve —Adam Sandler’s aquiferous character from Big Daddy— can breathe, or understand him.

Moreover, the word “leagues” is important as it furthers the nautical references, giving a shout out to the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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Lupe’s lyrics and flow, which he compared to rain, have created a massive flood that has consumed the rap industry. He has the power to stop the flood and let the water drain simply by stopping his rapping. However, he can start the rain again any time he wants.

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M-A-D-I-S-O-N is a reference to the Madison Terrace housing project on the West Side of Chicago.

This bridge is taken directly off of the track “Don’t Get It Twisted” on Fahrenheit 1/15 II: Revenge of the Nerds.

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He has taken the time to present himself outwardly as best as he can. Normally, he doesn’t put that much effort in to finding a female, so this is a rare occurrence.

In this case, he’s put on some nice shoes — he could be referring to Air Jordans or Air Force 1s — and got a hair cut.

If following the theme that this girl is a metaphor for Hip-Hop, Lupe could have put on the Airs and got the haircut due to the way Hip-Hop culture has glorified sneakers and the need to look fresh.

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