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Bas is from Queens, New York and here he is just repping his hometown.

Also a play on the idiom, “Keep an air to the ground” which means to pay attention or listen to what is happening and going on so he is saying he still pays attention to what is happening in his hometown.

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J. Cole continues the talk of slavery, but this time he is telling those enslaved that they need to find their freedom.

This is also a reference to his song, Get Free Coleworld.

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DJ Dummy is a DJ who has toured with J. Cole on the European leg of his Cole World…World Tour & What Dreams May Come tour.

With that in mind this outro was probably recorded some time during the What Dreams May Come tour.

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Referring to Heckler & Koch, a German defense manufacturing company that makes handguns, assault rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers.

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A reference to the animated television series, The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy.

Blu is saying he used to watch cartoons all the time as a kid but now he is more focused on women like his fellow musician, Andy Allo, with whom he has worked with in the past.

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The hook is sampled from Dinah Shore’s version of “I’ll Walk Alone.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKxH0X7DaVY&feature=kp#t=140

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Assata Shakur was an African-American activist who was imprisoned(behind bars) after multiple trails for charges stemming from different crimes.

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Play on the phrase “put my 2 cents in,” which means to give your opinion.

He is saying he never keeps his opinion to his self and always speaks what’s on his mind.

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Chop cleverly ties in these two lines by using the words “sonnin” and “Maury Povich.”

Maury Povich is a Television presenter, known for hosting the show Maury. People usually go on this show to find out the truth about things, most of the times whether a baby is theirs or not.

Chop is saying he owns the game, it belongs to him so he doesn’t need to go on a show like Maury, but other rappers do!

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Wordplay on the words, “string” and “yoyo.” A Yo-yo is a toy that contains a string which is used to play with it.

Chop is giving out a series of beat-downs that one should not play around with.

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