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Like his brother Chano said,

This shit my favorite song, you just don’t know the words
But I still fuck with you, you just ain’t never heard
It go like: count that stack, pop that cap then down that Jack
All my niggas hit that zan, and all my ladies ‘bout that bag

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#Double Entendre
Although people like Stevie Wonder can’t physically see, most able-sighted people can’t metaphorically see, or have foresight/ a plan for the future

As Helen Keller said,

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision

The second line refers to Wale’s literal ability to see (“my 20-20’s”) – i.e. to see another day (because where he is from blacks can die at anytime). He sprinkles a bit of wordplay in the beginning of the bar by sayign “It’s a Wonder” relating it back to Stevie

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This song ends with some sampled lyrics from the hook of the next track on the album, “Heaven’s Afternoon”

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The first half of this bar is similar to this line from “No Days Off”

And my only fear’s a wedding ring

The second half sets up the contradiction between the two

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Rivers Correction Institution is in Winton, North Carolina, relatively close to Wale’s hometown of Washington, D.C.

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Wale believes that people only listen to his old music because they like what he’s putting out now, and that the fans weren’t around when that music was originally released

However, he thinks that even his old stuff is dope, like Paint a Picture in ‘05 and Hate is the New Love in '06

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With the perpetual gun violence faced by people growing up in urban areas, KRIT turns to God for protection. As Psalm 138:7 reads:

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

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Six of which came from D. Wade

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#GBE!

Wordplay on Chief Keef’s name and a shoutout to Lil Reese

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Maybe some Gin and Juice, word to Snoop

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