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Sixty has previously used this adlib on the Forthwrite track ‘Name Dropper’

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“Gassing up” means to have your ego or status falsely lifted.

“Germ man” is a homophone of ‘German’ which ties into the WW2 German concentration camp “Auschwitz” reference, a place where many Jewish people were murdered via the use of gas.

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If you tried to rob someone and got caught you would have your mugshot taken at the police station.

Though Sixty is saying that if you try to rob him then you could literally get your mug (face) shot.

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This line refers to 50 cent who is known for having a strong work ethic especially when it comes to business.

50 has been an endorser/owner of a clothing line, G-Unit Records, a ringtone company, a video game, a movie studio and of course his massive Vitamin Water deal that reportedly earned him around $400 million dollars.

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Hip hop DJ’s are always searching for Vinyl to sample or make breaks with, this process is referred to as ‘digging through crates’ as vinyls are often stored in milk crates.

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Not only is Illy recognized and appreciated more now, he also runs his own record label ‘One Two Records’ and is therefore his own boss.

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“Fizzle” or M-Phazes has managed to produce for big hip hop names such as Eminem, Lupe Fiasco and Logic just to name a few.

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Illy is suggesting that in this day and age everything has been done and that the idea of ‘selling out’ doesn’t really hold any meaning.

Illy has a song called ‘Heard It All 'which covers this exact idea.

He also flips the idea of ‘selling out’ onto the listener with some wordplay by suggesting they’ll ‘buy’ into the lies without knowing the facts.

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‘Dead star shine’ refers to a phenomenon that Solo has covered on a previous Horrorshow song of the same name; how the shine from a star can still be visible to us from earth even though said star may no longer exist.

Solo may be drawing a parallel to himself here with the songs concept of time suggesting he should be seen before his shine goes out.

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This is most likely referring to this famous line from the intro to the song “Juicy” by The Notorious B.I.G..

When I was just trying to make some money to feed my daughter

Joell is sharing the same sentiment as Biggie did but personalizing it by saying he actually has sons.

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