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John Locke is a character on the ABC show Lost.
Gambino is saying he didn’t know what to do with life, but now he has a plethora of options.
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Peyton Manning is Eli’s All-Pro Quarterback brother.
The Sick Boi mixtape came out in 2008, after Eli Manning’s Giants won the Super Bowl (Peyton couldn’t win this year). So CG is a winner like Eli this year.
Around the time of this song, Eli had a reputation as a quarterback who was less technically proficient, however, he won games just as much. He continues to have a reputation as a quarterback who is extremely clutch, and always doing things people never thought possible. However, Peyton Maqnning is commonly viewed as the best classic quarterback from a technical standpoint.
The line feeds the idea of CG winning without being technically the best, and is ironic, as he boasts about being better than most other rappers.
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This is half of the reference in the following line.
Cassie is an R&B singer who acts as a character in the step up series, as he refers to her in the next line.
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Like I'll never be blue again
And the magic moment feels so right
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you oooh! Childish Gambino – The Girl
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Like I'll never be blue again
And the magic moment feels so right
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you oooh! Childish Gambino – My Girl
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Jay pays another homage, to another of his inspirational rappers, this time KRS-ONE.
K-r-s-o-n-e is an acronym for ‘Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everything’.
Jay makes an allusion, changing his name with ‘Knowlege’, and making a clever sleight to say that he is synonymous with said knowledge.
