Ross has referred to himself as “fashion conscious” and claims he plans to “dabble in the fashion industry” in the future

While not quite the $1.7 million claimed here, Ross was caught on video spending $600,000 on some jewels that maybe weren’t all they seem

The real Rick Ross had a complicated relationship with the DEA, too

Ross has had a fair amount of baby momma drama over the years, including child-support court battles, paternity lawsuits, and that time his son’s mother hung out with 50 Cent and told him Ross' secrets

A pun here on the phrase humble pie, meaning “ to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error” – in this case, being jealous of/underestimating our protagonist

Stalley’s use of “bear” in the first line leads into him referencing the fairy tale sometimes known as The Story of the Three Bears

“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” is a 1905 song that has become a staple of black church services – despite being by written two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D. Martin and composer Charles H. Gabriel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM_JRAPSwVM

The “laid up like a pharaoh” line compares Stalley’s material goods to the splendors that Egyptian pharaohs were entombed with

Stalley puns about being “slept on” as a rapper by mentioning the mythical Sandman who brings children good dreams by sprinkling magical sand into their eyes

The character was famously given a goth makeover (and re-named “Dream”) by comic writer Neil Gaiman in his Sandman series

These lines could perhaps be read as a critique of the burgeoning prison-industrial complex. Staying out of jail as a person of color from the hood is also something he’s rapped about before.