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Warmonger and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Third track from the The Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson EP

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Tyler is asking what’s her favorite color, and if she enjoys AP Government.

AP Government stands for Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics and is a college level course offered to high school students in the U.S.

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A loose interpolation of the chorus from The Crystals' 1963 doo-wop pop hit “Da Doo Ron Ron”:

Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

Big keeps the rhythm but changes the Crystals' nonsense syllables into a playful line about his rival crews being scared.

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Biggie raps about the sexy side of life, but make no mistake, he’ll still kill you if you test him.

The phrase “on the pavement"—a euphamism for murdering someone and leaving their dead body on the street—was popularized by LL Cool J on EPMD’s 1990 song “Rampage,” where he rapped about murdering his rival Kool Moe Dee:

I shoot the holster off your cowboy pants
Pure entertainment, tonight’s your arraignment
You’re guilty—face down on the pavement!

In the first half of Biggie’s line, he refers to himself in the third person, assuming the perspective a hip-hop fan who’s been waiting (“at last!”) for a rapper like him. Big switches back to the first-person to remind listeners that he’s still hardcore.

On Lil Kim’s 1996 song “We Don’t Need It,” Big’s protegé Lil Cease used a similar technique, rapping, “At last, a nigga kickin' game full blast.” It’s likely that Biggie wrote this verse for Cease.

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The first part of the line is part of the I’m out of this world/ I’m an alien meme in rap. This contrasts with the second part of the line in which Lupe says he is emotionally and spiritually calm.

Also shows the contrast between outer (outer appearances etc.) vs. inner (personality, character, what’s inside). Also he hints towards his mentality of thinking by saying that he is “in outer space” he simply rephrases that he is outside of the box, which is fine to him.

Again Lupe puns with the letter of space and inner peace (P’s). The “P” of space is again within the word and not on the outside making it a “inner P”. Seems like Lupe likes juggling with words…

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Jacqueline Onassis was married to President JFK. Following his assassination she married a Greek shipping magnate. She had some very expensive jewelery.

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Alligator skin Timberland boots

which would look something like this:

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An expensive and luxurious belt:

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