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Referencing an incident while Prodigy was in prison in 2008. He wrote a letter mentioning Crooked I by name in a rant about vibe.com’s best rapper alive 2008, saying:

Vibe says 920,000 people voted for it. I would personally bitch slap all 920,000 of these voters if given the opportunity. Who in the fuck picked Crooked I, Flo Rida and Rich Boy? How did Vibe approve this?

Prompting Crooked I to respond by challenging Prodigy to a fight upon his release from prison.
You can read more on the Prodigy/Crooked I controversy here

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C Note = 100 Dollar bill
Crook is saying that before his hustle dried up, at least he was making a lot of money

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This refers to the British occupation of Palestine during WWI, and the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.

The British Empire came up against the ‘primitive’ Zulus and Arabs and defeated them easily using their more advanced technology. While the Zulu tribes were still conducting warfare with bows and arrows the British army were firing back at them with this:

This verse offers solidarity for other victims of British imperialism across the globe.

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Michael was convicted and sent to a penal colony in Australia on a prison ship to serve out his sentence.

This left Mary to raise their child alone without a father.

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This was written by Brendan Behan, an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army.

It was written as a tribute to the 1916 Rising and is based on John Kells Ingram’s ‘The Memory of the Dead’

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Éamonn Ceannt , born Edward Thomas Kent, was an Irish republican, mostly known for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. He was one of the founding members of the Irish Volunteers, and was one of the Irish Republican Brotherhood members that infiltrated high positions in the Volunteers.

As such he was important in the planning of the Easter Rising of 1916, being one of the original members of the Military Committee and thus one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

He was held in Kilmainham Gaol until his execution by firing squad on 8 May 1916, aged 34.

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Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.

Following his execution along with fifteen other leaders, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion and he indeed played an integral part in the rising. Pearse was chosen by the leading IRB man Tom Clarke to be the spokesman for the Rising and it was his oration that was important in the lead-up to the 1916 rising.

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Thomas MacDonagh was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed for his part in the Rising at the age of thirty-eight.

In January 1912 he married Muriel Gifford. Muriel’s sister, Grace Gifford, was to marry Joseph Mary Plunkett hours before his execution in 1916.

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Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, a prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (popularly known as the Fenians), died in New York on 29 June 1915, aged 84. Tom Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh began planning a huge funeral as a demonstration of support for Irish independence.

Clarke chose Patrick Pearse, a barrister and schoolteacher who was known as the foremost orator of the time, to give the graveside oration. At that time republican leaders were refraining from making inflammatory speeches for fear of imprisonment at a crucial time in the preparations for a rising. When Pearse asked how far he should go, Clarke answered, “Make it hot as hell, throw discretion to the winds”

The oration roused Irish republican feeling and was a significant element in the lead-up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

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Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig Pearse) (10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. He was declared “President of the Provisional Government” of the Irish Republic in one of the bulletins issued by the Rising’s leaders, a status that was however disputed by others associated with the rebellion both then and later. Following the collapse of the Rising and the execution of Pearse, his brother (Willie Pearse), and fourteen other leaders, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.

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