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“Purp” is the drink also referred to as “syrup” or “lean”. It’s a mixture that includes codeine and cough syrup, among other things.

As we know, once you get so drunk, you can hardly talk… And Gucci’s kind of hard to understand anyway!

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It is a stereotype that young, inexperienced people(Mac’s only 18 and just look at his relatively brief discography) are not as good as older, wiser people. So, this line is saying that if you just listen to him, you wouldn’t if he’s been rapping for as long as, say, Jay-Z(a looooooong time), or just as short a time as he actually has.

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Mac is known for rapping over smooth, chill beats, from the likes of people like I.D. Labs, rather than “bangers” like Lex Luger produces.

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The only alternative to facing said demons: the path of the coward

In the end, though, the main character does not run and hide – she faces what she did, and washed her hands of her deed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpPDH50P74I#t=374

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Being yourself involves facing your demons and transgressions; a man who doesn’t, doesn’t know who he is. These serve as Jay’s final words of advice to the main character: what you did doesn’t define who you are; just own up to it and everything will be alright

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Jay, like many scientists, believes in the healing power of tears, as he has mentioned multiple times in his music

This fits into the main character’s narrative – as ashamed as she is, she is sure to have spent a lot of time trying to comfort herself with tears

It is also interesting to note that the video ends with the main character washing her hands

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When Judgement comes all that you have done will be laid bare, and when it is, what will its effects be? Will you be admonished or reprimanded?

It is interesting that this question is posed here, as we learned earlier in the song that “teachers” often reject the afterlife. This seems to imply, then, that the main character decided that there is an afterlife, even though she is unsure how she will fare there

This continues to show the main character’s infatuation with judgment – she obviously feels that she deserves to be judged, but doesn’t want to own up to what she has done

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This person is struggling with moving past whatever it is that she’s done. It is crippling and paralyzing her. She’s not speaking confidently or really saying anything – leading a life that actually shows little life at all

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Waka and Gucci have a private plane to do whatever they want with the two hot girls with them…

To “run a train” means for more than one guy to have intercourse with one girl consecutively.
And Gucci wants the girl to give him “brain”/ oral sex. Note the wordplay with organ donor/ brain.

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There may be some validity to that statement, considering Gucci had to seek court- mandated physciatric help…

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