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Pigeons on the roof like Ghost Dog (Huh) Rick Ross (Ft. Drake & French Montana) – Stay Schemin'
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Along with a bit of internal rhyming, French makes nice use of one of RG’s favorite literary devices, the homophone. The first “Ghost, dog” refers to the extremely expensive Rolls-Royce Ghost, which Montana now claims to be driving in place of his old, beat-up car.
The second iteration of the phrase refers to the movie called Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, a 1999 film directed by Jim Jarmusch which starred Forest Whitaker as a hit man who only communicates by homing pigeon, and thus keeps a stable of birds. Montana’s pigeons are of a different kind entirely – it’s slang for a kilo of coke
PS, as Willy Staley for the NEW YORK MOTHERFUCKING TIMES has noted (in an article that mentions us!), he’s NOT saying “fanute” (this is a mondegreen). French even cleared it up with us!
You think Drake will pull some shit like that? You never know Rick Ross (Ft. Drake & French Montana) – Stay Schemin'
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While Drake and his cohorts may not appear to be tough, they may well surprise you with weapons and/or violence. There’s also a pun here on Drizzy’s light-skinned appearance – the rapper is famously biracial. Below with his mother, Sandi Graham:
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Ross puns on the name of his label, Maybach Music Group or MMG, suggesting that the Maybach Music folks make money (G’s) and/or know real “g’s” – gangsters – on the West Coast
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The young Drizzy taking age-related shots at Common, who at the time of this song was a few months from 40.
Drake and Common did eventually run into each other at the 2012 Grammys. But according to Common, they squashed the beef once they meet face to face:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryO-eugtEBc
Drake and Common were eventually spotted together at the 2012 NBA All-Star game after the beef ended:
Drake uses a double entendre and a simile. By comparing Common to a finish line, Drake sets himself the stage to then continue the line with “we can’t wait to run into you”. One, so to say, runs into line in a marathon, often illustrated with a big piece of fabric the runners run into. However, with this Drake also suggests that he wants to run into Common and that this is a goal for him worth pursuing.