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This line is rooted in a popular stereotype suggesting that most Jamaicans and Haitians hold more than one job, especially those in America trying to earn enough money to support their families back home.

T.I. does in fact have more than one occupation. Having starred in movies like “ATL” and “Takers”, he has joined Will Smith in the “rappers turned actors” club.

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He went from selling dope on the corner to making bank.

His transition from rags to riches happened so fast that he didn’t know what hit him.

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Libido is another word for sex drive, which increases dramatically in women at the sight of 6 or 7-figure paychecks. In other words, money is a huge turn on.

Look at all the pretty zeros…

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I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70lH373A1NU

Also this refers to the footage of tupac yelling at the paparazzi where he was in a black car’s passenger seat being driven around with both his middle fingers up while he was hanging out the window and he was screaming fuck the police along with other profanities

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Brianna is referring to her love of short shorts (Daisy Dukes) and Louboutins (much like Trina). She can be seen strutting her stuff in both throughout the video for this track.

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Kendrick Lamar is contradictory in the sense that he’s from Compton, the home of gangster rap, and yet he’s not a gangster rapper and doesn’t promote it. His raps are not simple, but layered with intricacies, double entendres, and metaphors much beyond what is typically heard in the gangster rap subgenre. The contradiction comes in the conflict between his claim to be a substantive and conscientious rapper and his occasional tendency toward vulgar subject matter, like that typical of Eminem.

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A reference to the hit song “Shake Ya Ass” by Mystikal:

Released in 2000 as the second single from his album, Let’s Get Ready

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He would tell wack rappers to step up their games, but their careers don’t have a leg to stand on in the first place, therefore making it impossible for them to “step” anywhere.

This playfully idiomatic line suggests that Hopsin doesn’t want to waste his time with subpar rappers who have no chance of ever holding their own in the rap game.

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ex-lax is a famous brand of stimulant laxative that can be taken to relieve constipation and induce bowel movements… Or in other words, it makes you poop.

Figuratively speaking, Hopsin needs ex-lax so that he can “shit on” (diss, degrade, demoralize) other, less skilled rappers in the game with his hot bars.

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A reference to Yao Ming, a former member of the Houston Rockets basketball team

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