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The more Drizzy sponsors, or pays, for a woman’s wants, the more blinded the women become by the money. They turn into fiends who are only out for Drake’s wallet, or he could be suggesting that he makes monsters out of the women he’s been with in his mind after the relationship goes bad to justify his actions or its failure.

These four lines really sum up Drake’s complicated relationship with women. Referring to women as bitches in one couplet and then realizing his own role in turning them into “bitches” in the next.

He keeps making the same mistakes with the same type of girls he throws money at and he’s starting to realize it.

This could also relate to how he portrays his girls in his music: he can never seem to write songs about a healthy relationship, but he’s not aware of this until it’s too late and he’s out of the relationship. He makes a “monster” out of them when he writes a song, but he can never do that until it “all goes bad”.

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This seems ironic, as he earlier mentioned that he turned whiskey into water, which would not get you tipsy. Jay may be saying that the potency of his music alone could get you wasted

Regardless, note that Jay repeats himself in this line, like a drunk might, exemplifying the line itself

Following the game’s intoxication, it is too drunk to drive home, which is why it pays cab or bus drivers to take it home (“droppin' coins in the jitney” – a jitney is a cab or a bus).

Note: “Jitney” is also an archaic name for a nickel (coin).

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It has been documented that Rick Ross has over 2,000 pairs of sunglasses. With how often he wears them, you figure he has a lazy eye to cover up. This also could be a reference to The Notorious B.I.G. who also had a lazy eye and often wore sunglasses to cover them up.

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On television stations, a lot of old episodes are re-run. This can be applied to life in two different ways: it can either describe the monotony of everyday life, or it could be reiterating the maxim that history repeats itself and we should learn from the past

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What is “rah wah… blase blah, blase splee, you might ask? Nothing. These other rappers aren’t saying anything in the booth

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Seven Mile is in Detroit, where Jay Electronica was at the time, and Magnolia is the projects in New Orleans in which he grew up

This continues the nation-sweeping theme of the track

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Comparing his lyrics to the poetic beauty of now dead rapper Tupac Shakur known for his insightful lyrics about living in the Hood

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He used to think with a passive, patient approach, taking his time and making sure he does things the right away. He seems to still do this, as Just Blaze explains in his comments on Jay’s album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=u26_w8YwUzg#t=81

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In chess, “pawn to e-6” is a common opening move for the black side; in the following setting it’s known as the “French defense”:

Jay continues the metaphor, saying that he keeps his important players by his side and the strong quick players out on the street, and that his “queen” (possibly Erykah Badu) sticks with him

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According to the Nation of Islam, that’s how old the Earth is

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