What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

If you listen to m.A.A.d city, Kendrick explains how his father wanted him to work and found him a security job. He goes on to explain that

I got fired cause I was inspired by all of my friends
To stage a robbery the first Saturday I clocked in.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Like Kendrick, Jay Rock watched a lot of cartoons when he was young. In the Los Angeles area Channel 11 is Fox which is the channel that broadcasts “The Simpsons” every week.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Referencing the chorus to Ahmad’s “Back in the Day”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0WMSovOboY

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Henny is short for Hennessy.

“Drinking henny like I’m Kenny Lofton” fits together if you look at the first three letters of Hennessy – hen. This is also the first three letters of Rickey Henderson’s last name. Where’s the connection you ask? Kenny Lofton broke Rickey Henderson’s postseason record of 33 stolen bases. Both players also played for the NY Yankees at one point, making them good candidates for a Bronson shoutout.

Bronson has also referred to himself as the Rickey Henderson of rap

(This whole thing may seem like a bit of a stretch, but the more obvious meaning doesn’t work here; Kenny Lofton would never drink Henny because he was/is a teetotaler.)

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

It’s not that long since Q was a Hoover Street Crip, selling drugs and living a bad lifestyle. Also a play on the Kanye line in HAM it was all good just a week ago which was originally taken from Jay-Z’s song A Week Ago and Dead Presidents

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Kendrick used the demons that he once struggled with to turn his life around and to offer a more positive message to society. It would have been easy for him to become a gang banger, but instead he saw postive role models like Arron Afflalo and The Game, and aspired to become someone who his city could look up to like them.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Paid in Full is a 2002 film starring Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, and Cam'ron. It is a story about how a young man rises to the top of the cocaine trade in Harlem. This film shows men doing anything to put food on their plates, so this movie motivated him to do one thing and one thing only:
#EAT

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

In the Bible, God gives Eve a rib from Adam’s body. Nicole taunts God by waving around her excess rib and in turn “smelling up her neighbors' cribs” by spreading the word of Satan to them.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Notice how she uses the past tense verb “was” in this sentence. Nicole reinforces the idea that Easter which is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ now belongs to Satan.

An Easter egg which represents the idea of rebirth now means that Nicole is hatching out of Satan’s egg and spreading her ideas to other mindless teenagers.

#BEWARE

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.

What is this?

The Genius annotation is the work of the Genius Editorial project. Our editors and contributors collaborate to create the most interesting and informative explanation of any line of text. It’s also a work in progress, so leave a suggestion if this or any annotation is missing something.

To learn more about participating in the Genius Editorial project, check out the contributor guidelines.

Loading...

Who is she thanking? Satan, of course.

This video is processing – it'll appear automatically when it's done.