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2nd track on Grief Pedigree. Ka is just spitting facts for all of you. This ain’t no joke.

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Job was a central figure in the Old Testament.

In the Book of Job Satan suggests that Job only sticks with his belief in God because his faith has not been tested. This prompts God to remove his protection from Job. Satan then removes everything that is a part of Job’s livelihood including his children, his livestock, his servants, and even his health (although he doesn’t kill him). Still despite all of these sufferings that Job went through he remained faithful to God. It is in this Book that one big question about religion began to arise.

Why does God allow good people to suffer?

In a similar fashion Ka began his life as a righteous being, but he was raised in a jungle where you might get capped if you weren’t careful. This changes a person’s outlook on life, and although they may become victim to the “Devil’s vices” what other choice were they really given by the higher power?

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This is a play on the first two lines of The Lord’s Prayer

Our father who art in heaven
Hallowed by thy name

The line hallowed by thy name which is really the line on which Ka plays with is difficult to sum up within the Catholic religion. Archbishop Rowan Williams may have done it the best when he said

Understand what you’re talking about when you’re talking about God, this is serious, this is the most wonderful and frightening reality that we could imagine, more wonderful and frightening than we can imagine

In this context Ka changes the word hallowed to hollows which refers to a hollow point bullet which has hit his man. Although God and bullets are obviously different things they can both leave great devestation in their paths. To bring everything together, they are both “more wonderful and frightening than we can imagine”

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Lemson’s poem about slavery

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On the final song of the original album, Nas and Damian are again joined by K'naan in addressing some of the historic and current problems that Africans, worldwide, face as well as stressing the need for both the unity of Africans and the human race as a whole.

Nas mentions the song in an interview:

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Tyrosine’s first entry into the RG Rap Battle Contest

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BET Backroom Freestyle which introduces many themes that he will eventually expand upon in good kid maad city

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#NBA FINALS MATCHUP

Utah Jazz vs Chicago Bulls

Winner: Bulls

Finals MVP: Michael Jordan

NBA MVP: Michael Jordan

NBA Rookie of the Year: Tim Duncan

NBA Defensive Player of the Year: Dikembe Mutombo

NBA Most Improved Player: Alan Henderson

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Lupe is looking for a woman who is worth fighting for. His Army Girl.

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Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen were a running back duo for the LA Raiders in the late 1980s and early 90s. They were both dynamic runners in their own respect, but unfortunately were broken up due to a personal feud between Raider’s owner Al Davis and Allen which eventually culminated with Allen going to play for the Kansas City Chiefs. Was fun while it lasted though.

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