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A song about fame and fortune, with excellent verses from both Wax and featured artist Dumbfoundead.

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Nas begins to detail the problems he sees the girl as having. First he talks about the fact that she seems to want to go quickly in a relationship, saying that she’s ‘speeding’, and insinuating that there’s no reason for the haste.

He then brings up the fact that she acts like she’s required to give sexual favours in a relationship, something that usually happens to girls with inferiority and insecurity issues, and definitely goes with the idea that she’s moving ‘too fast’.

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Nas is already planning his future with the girl who is the subject of the song.

First, he romanticises over her, talking about her soft skin, and the ‘touches’ that he seems to crave from her.

He then continues to say that he thinks they should get married, and go against everything she wants, first being broke, and then ‘blowing up’ and getting money after. It seems that he wants this so that he can prove she actually wants him, and not just his money.

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Although the girl fantasises about being rich, with extravagance and opulence, Nas doesn’t think that that’s the right decision for her.

He thinks that she needs a good, down-to-earth guy, much like himself, instead of someone rich, famous, and conceited, who could provide this kind of ‘rich girl’ lifestyle.

Maybe she could try Kanye doe, we all know he loves the gold diggers

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Nas continues to chronicle what he sees to be the subject’s downfalls or faults.

This time, he accuses her of wanting to get knocked up by a player from the Denver Nuggets, a Basketball team. This is probably a symbolization of her desire to get impregnated by ANYONE rich or famous, for the aforementioned security and money.

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Ike Turner was a prolific American singer/songwriter. In the ‘80s, he was alleged to have abused his wife, Tina Turner, and ended up being convicted for drug usage. His abuse of Tina was extremely publicised, and the use of the word 'Ike Turner’ as a verb became synonymous with ‘Wife-Beater’ for a long period of time in pop culture.

Nas uses this metaphor to say that he’d never abuse this girl, yet she turns around and abuses him emotionally, likely cheating or another form of manipulation common in relationships. .

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Here, Nas addresses abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth. He alleges her to be someone that the subject of the song could learn from, and take inspiration from, because she had a strong sense of security and moral code, much the opposite of the ‘lost girl’.

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Here, Nas gives the listener some imagery, namely the subject of the song, an obviously beautiful African-American female with cherry-red lips and a sort of innocent candor, shown by the typical childish and ingenuous cherry-flavoured lipstick.

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Coming off the bodybuilder shout out, Bronson is referencing the very expensive anabolic steroid primobolan. Primobolan exerts its effects when it is in the blood stream, transported by hemoglobin in red blood cells.

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This is a throwback to Action’s career in the cooking industry, refering to Masaharu Morimoto.

Masaharu Morimoto is a famed Japanese chef, from the television series Iron Chef, with an excellent record of 17-6-1. Since he is from the Japanese Cuisine – where they often roll ingredients in rice and nori to make rolls.

Action Bronson is suggesting that he rolls enormous blunts with the experience and meticulousness of the legendary Chef Morimoto.

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