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Cole pays homage to the song “Notorious Thugs” once again where Biggie raps the iconic lines

Straight up weed, no angel dust
Label us “Notorious thug-ass niggas
That love to bust,” it’s strange to us

“That was 9-7” refers to the year the song dropped: 1997 or ‘97.

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A very simple chorus. 2 Chainz instructs you to look at yourself and then compare yourself to him and his crew.

Lil Wayne is estimated to be worth $110 Million
2 Chainz is estimated to be worth $2 Million

Once you add in the networths of people in their crews—YMCMB and GOOD Music—you’d end up with a whole lot of money!

What’s the difference between you and them? They’re just richer.

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Trap is a word that refers to a place where drugs are sold, and a style of rap
All of the rappers on this song have sold drugs in their pasts, and all of them make trap music

A-town refers to Atlanta, Georgia, where Trinidad, TI, Jeezy, and Chainz have all lived

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Tip is T.I.’s alter ego and nickname, most prominantly shown in the album T.I. vs T.I.P

T.I.’s stage name was originally just Tip, but he changed it to T.I. so that he wouldn’t be confused with then labelmate Q-Tip

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He’s showing how luxurious his life is at this point. He has designer sneakers (like these Louis Vuitton ones)

And leather interiors in his cars for when he’s Ridin' Round and Gettin It

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Absolutely no one is safe, not the innocent children or the pets. This line is taken from The Notorious B.I.G.

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Wordplay: Miley Cyrus recently “chopped” all of her hair off.

This is also a double entendre with referencing cocaine, cocaine, a drug that is “chopped,” and commonly referred to either as “white girl” or by naming a white, female celebrity–in this case, Miley Cyrus. Another instance can of this can be seen in Rick Ross’s “Believe It.

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The phrase “I lost my marbles” is a common way to say that you’ve gone crazy

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If you can use your gun as a crutch, that’s a giant gun.

Crutch with more than one purpose isn’t too bad…

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As he’s getting older, more and more of the people he knows are dying

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