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Royce saying that he is an underground rapper and he likes it that way. When he spits the line:

He only go up them stairs when it’s time to eat

He means that every now and then he makes a commercial song that will do well on the charts to make money to feed his family, but then it’s straight back to making songs for the streets

This is also a play on cellar/seller referring back to a few lines ago

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A similar hook to the one Lil Wayne spit on the original

And I’m grindin til I’m tired
Cause they said you ain’t grindin til you tired
So I’m grindin with my eyes wide, looking to find
A way through the day, a light for the night
Dear Lord: you done took so many of my people
I’m just wondering why you haven’t taken my life
Like what the hell am I doing right?
My life

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Big L was an underground rapper from New York who died in 1999. His debut album Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous was released in 1995 and although it received favorable reviews from critics the album did not do well commercially.

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Scoop Deville is a rapper/producer from California who is in a group with Apathy called Get Busy Committee. He also produced this track.

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Although Dj Premier produced tracks on Nas' first five solo albums he has not produced on a Nas album since Stillmatic in 2001. Nas and Dj Premier are also yet to do a collaboration album.
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Note that all of their records have been dope, and it looks like his dream might come true.

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Ap wants a new pair of Nikes

But most importantly he thinks Drake should leave the rap game, a view shared by many hip-hop heads and rap fans in general

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E.D.I. Mean was (and still is) in 2pac’s group Outlawz
and Big Syke was in 2pac’s earlier group Thug Life. After Thug Life broke up Big Syke joined the Outlawz under the alias Mussolini.

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Referencing Diddy’s former group Diddy – Dirty Money which disbanded in 2012

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A reference to Black Girl Lost from Nas' sophomore album It Was Written

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A reference to the line earlier in the verse:

Niggas thought M.O.P. stand for “mop” and shit

explaining to everyone what M.O.P stands for

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