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A reference to the movie American Gangster based on the life of organized crime boss Frank Lucas. Frank throws his chinchilla coat in the fireplace after realizing that it’s attracted unwanted police attention to him. Jada compares himself to Frank in the sense that he must make similar decision to avoid recieving that type of attention.

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Jadakiss signed to Rocafella in 2007 and shortly after released this freestyle giving a little taste of things to come. He raps over Mos Def’s “The Panties” instrumental from The New Danger album.

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Reference to singer Rockwell’s debut album Somebody’s Watching Me.

Malice states that if it isn’t the cops keeping an eye on him, someone close by is planning on trying to rob him.

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The corner is held tightly by his crew much like the threads sewn by a seamstress. This allows them to cut their pure cocaine with Arm & Hammer baking soda without any questions from their customers. He incorporates the use of play on words to explain that their product is still very pure – seamless – a term used for when something is sewn without any obvious joins.

Also it can be seemless as the cocaine is still unseemingly pure to the customer.

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His bricks are a light brown/tan color similar to the skin tone of Sanaa Lathan.

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Perhaps a reference to his song, “Real Niggas Come First”.

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There are different social classes and salary brackets to categorize and separate the rich from poor. Women generally don’t show any love to men who don’t have much. Meek encourages you to learn this to properly understand why he’s able to do certain things and live his life.

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Reference to LeBron James and his performance in the 2012 NBA Finals and 2013 NBA Finals in which he led his Miami Heat in a series win over the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, respectively. LeBron was named the Finals MVP in both series' for his outstanding play.

Meek claims to be balling as hard as LeBron was during those games but in a different sense.

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He’s making powerful money making moves much like the extremely successful rapper/‎entrepreneur Jay-Z, who most recently launched Roc Nation Sports.

Meek has made his own entrepreneurial moves, such as getting a Puma deal.

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Dream Chaser Records, Meek’s record label, is similar to a Mafia.

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