Cause it's hard to say good-bye, ooh Joey Bada$$ – Big Poppa Swank
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Joey isn’t really familiar with fear, so don’t be surprised if a threat towards him is ineffective. Also, don’t be surprised if he attacks you lyrically because he is scared of nothing.
Fear well is farewell’s homophone. Joey used this because good-bye is in the line right after this one. Since he never “knew fairwell” it’s hard to wish one so.
Yeah, I'm scared of rats, but I'm ready for anything 50 Cent – Animal Ambition
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50 is as brave as lion, and has the might/size of a elephant. There is wordplay on rats, elephants are scared of rats. Rat could also mean snitch, Snitches scare gangsters such as 50, but this doesn’t worry him since he is prepared for everything.
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So when we counting the paper it better come back correct 50 Cent – Animal Ambition
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50 always has guns on him. Keeping that in mind, If money comes short after a deal the only way you’ll be leaving is dead in a hearse.
I ain't talking or texting, I just want some head
She from a Piru set where all them niggas wear red
I ain't flying no flags, but I'm a gangster, bitch 50 Cent – Animal Ambition
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Although 50 has been selling drugs since the young age of 12, he has never been gang affiliated. This is the reason he doesn’t wave any flags, however it certainly doesn’t decrease his gangster status.
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The type of penguin your parents warned you about. Straight thuggin from the Middle East.
And I believe that science and religion
Can coexist and once we understand this
It could free us all (free us all) Schama Noel (Ft. Omoi) – Shotgun
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Schama is saying, that he believes in religion as much as he believes in science. Many people think that evolution contradicts religion, and vice versa. This thought alters people’s decisions making them believe that they can only choose one, but if they understand that they are wrong, people would come to an agreement that they are all correct.
Scratching them with my talons I deserve a turbine please Schama Noel – The Last Dragon
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This is a metaphor, Schama’s aggressive rhymes are like a dragons flame and are as sharp as a dragons claw. He is also asking for a turbine, to calm him down and make it easier on other rappers.
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Schama is saying he has with him a 40 ounce malt liquor bottle, or in other words a forty. 40 is also the nickname of OVO’s producer Noah “40” Shebib.
This line is ironic, since Schama repetitively tweets that he is going to stop drinking.
But my pedal to the metal
Revin' up the engine
So dont get offended
When I zoom past ya' Pro Era – On My Life
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Nyck isn’t one of the big names in hip hop, but he’s working at full potential until he becomes one. He isn’t going to stop until he reaches the top, so don’t get offended when he passes by you on his way there.
Caution also realizes that sucess doesn’t come instantaneously. In an interview with DJ Booth, he commented on this and said:
I see a big future in this, especially with Kirk, but I don’t think too far ahead. I just take it day by day.
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Q undoubtedly has guns everywhere. He has to protect his gang the 52 Hoover Crips, and protect himself from rival drug dealers in his area.
Nod about Ab’s line in the first verse:“Who smokin' that top shelf? Who gettin' top off top?”
ScHoolboy probably learned to keep guns on his shelves from his grandma.
In video: For the first question, Jay Rock is introduced in the music video, hinting that he keeps the guns on the top shelf.
its ‘glocks on clocks’, cause the clock usually sits on the top shelf of a bookcase or entertainment centre