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Referring to the “pressure” from the last line – high blood pressure

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Young black men are killed just for wearing hoodies, and murder is unpunished and glorified.

This is an allusion to the murder of Trayvon Martin and both the alleged racism/hoodie bias that surrounded it and the following protests in which youth wore hoodies like his.

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Perhaps a reference to Amare Stoudemire’s youth sports program, Each1Teach1.

This term comes from slavery when African Americans were not given the privilege of an education; so once one slave became educated he would teach another and the tradition continues on today.

This line could also be partly be about STEEZ.

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Notice the pun on “sing” and “rap”

Wale is telling the girl she doesn’t have to brag about her sexual escapades, because he’ll be able to figure it out himself when he gets to see that she’s a bad girl in bed

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Wale plays off “boat load” in the last line mentioning “lake” and “nose up”, as a boat rides through a lake with its nose up

A double entendre Lake Shore Drive, the richest part of downtown Chicago – wear a lot of people walk through with their noses up (cocky but seemingly more confident as he’s talking about her)

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A reference to the Anita Baker song “Shake It Loose”

Chinx is shaking for money as if he’s having withdrawals from it – he’s addicted

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A play on “pot roast”

^ Not that. Wale’s making pot (marijuana) roast (burn, by smoking it)

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Maricon is the spanish word for “faggot”.

This continues the Spanish theme from he last line

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The word rack has two meanings here and shows the different in class and wealth. Wale is saying whilst you get clothes off the RACK he makes RACKS off clothing … genius

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Smooth double entendre here – Pro Era started getting power in the game, then straight up blacked out from smoking so much, or going so hard. When there’s an electric power surge, all the lights will black out

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