This line signifies that OC has his car completely customized, even with a strong stereo that is obviously loud; even at the egregious speeds alluded to in the song.

Chicken is a game in which two cars or people run head-on at eachother and see who is more scared, and thus will get out of the way first.

OC states that he will not be the one to get scared and turn away, and that if the other person is unintimidated, there will inevitably be a crash.

They name the insanely daring mixture ‘nitro,’ after the explosive compound Nitroglycerin.

This is a clever metaphor for a near-inability to preform. Dying is an analogy to ‘choking,’ which is colloquially used to describe a performance that is sub-par due to pressure.

However, Lupe finishes this by explaining that he didn’t hit the ground, meaning that he recovered from his ‘choke,’ and became able to perform.

In order to get people to like you, you can’t be too arrogant. Lupe acknowledges this, by saying that he’d rather be subliminal about self-proclamation, and instead let others crown him king.

Lupe refers to a common freestyle technique, using written or ad-libbed throwaway lines in order to come up with more substantial and interesting lines for a future portion of the freestyle.

He says that this track is only a fraction of a future release, probably a mixtape or album.

He pities people who cannot think for themselves, those who feel that they need to follow a crowd in order to fit in