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This line refers to how cautious people are in this country. We have a back up plan for our back up plan because we never expect things to work out. Kendrick could also be speaking specifically about this way of thinking in Compton.

Plan A is a condom, which sometime break, hence “never relay a guarentee”. It also refers to a woman’s use of the Plan B pill at times because it is never guaranteed that she will use protection. Plan C is something Kendrick would rather not mention which is having an abortion.

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It is easy to see when someone is unhappy even if they surround themselves with material possessions or money. Kendrick relates to her because he is also a Vanity Slave at times.

Adding to that, the saying “eyes never lie” stems from the phrase “Eyes are the windows to the soul” – that is how he knows her “very well”

Kendrick also uses lie (as in being deceitful) and lie (as in lying down to sleep) in reference to lullaby, and he further repeats this in the second verse.

Green Hill is also a cemetery in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

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Kendrick’s beliefs are considered taboo to mainstream society. Songs like “Keisha’s Song,” “m.A.A.d City,” and “P&P” contain controversial themes

In another cultural sphere, him telling stories that actually have meaning is taboo to today’s rappers, since the majority of them just talk about money, cars, and other material things.

Expressed sexual thoughts are often considered taboo in public.

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Right before Macklemore had the chance to grab a contract and leave without anyone noticing, Jimmy stops him in his tracks.

Corporations are often described as soul-less, mechanical, and cold, and this entire interaction is hardly personal. Jimmy embodies this. Or perhaps Jimmy’s office is chilly.

It’s interesting to note there have been no hard feelings from this song. Iovine even offered to be in the video. Maybe he knows Macklemore is right, or maybe he’s too successful to care.

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Robin’s the lead singer of Fleet Foxes a band out of Seattle, Washington. Many people in the music industry consider this to be a big hipster band for many reasons including their nature-inspired lyrics, heavy support from music site PitchFork, and their grass-roots indie movement.

So far, Milo has produced a pretty vivid image of hipster-ism..if thats a word

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When challenged with negativity that may contradict NGE doctrine, it is considered destroying. This is the direct opposite of “Build” which is represented by the number 8 in Supreme Mathematics.

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To be civilized is to literally be a member of the five percent of mankind. These civilized young men are in direct opposition to the savage white man as well as the uncivilized asiatic man (85%) who are controlled by the rich or powerful elite (10%).

Originally it was taught that only the Asiatic Black Man could be civilized and that the white devil would never be converted. Clarence 13X would later change his feelings on this after meeting a young man by the name of John Michael Kennedy at Matteawan Insane Asylum who was made from the “grafted seed” meaning he was not 100% of African Decent.

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The concept of building involves expounding upon certain concepts in the physical universe which Gods believe support their teachings and knowledge. Building often times happens within the Nation itself and is a way to better make sense of things around them.

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For something to be born means that it is manifested into reality whether physically, spiritually, or mentally.

In the Supreme Alphabet the letter “B” is representative of “Be” or “Born” thus making it an extremely important concept.

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In traditional Islamic teachings, Allah is of course the supreme creator of all things and what westerners would call, God.

However, the early five-percenters referred to Clarence 13x as Allah. It is important to differentiate here that the Nation of Islam teaches that all of the Asiatic race are Gods but there is only one Allah, or supreme leader, which for many years was the man known as Wallace Fard Muhammad and later referred to Elijah Muhammad.

Clarence would famously say during a Nation of Islam meeting, “What Fard had given to Elijah, Elijah has given to me. I am Allah”.

Arm, Leg, Leg, Arm, and Head was the original break down of the work Allah by Clarence, which was meant to represent man himself.

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