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M.I.A. is an acronym for “Missing In Action”, so Danny is bragging that he skips work to vacation in Sri Lanka. M.I.A. is also the stage name of a rapper who was raised in Sri Lanka.

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Danny fancies himself as a modern day version of Sammy Davis Jr. – a well-known musician/actor and the sole black member of the “Rat Pack”, a group of influential entertainers in the 1960s led by none other than Frank Sinatra.

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“Pasta” is slang for money, but may also refer to Sinatra’s Italian descent here.

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KD is much closer to 7' than he is to 6'9", like Kevin Garnett/Tracy McGrady/Dirk Nowitzki before him he undersells his height to avoid dealing with fan expectations of what a player his height should play like. (i.e. his 7 RPG might face more scrutiny if he were listed as 6'11".)

https://twitter.com/ColeyMick/status/747516721125163009

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These darn millenials and their entitlement on a day where a party is thrown for literally coming into existence

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These vocals are sampled from “Why Can’t I Get It Too” by Six Boys in Trouble.

Robbie Chater had this to say of the intro:

I love the start of this song because I always imagined this little kid walking down the street with a pair of headphones on, he’s got a walkman, and he’s singing this song at the top of his voice. He’s so happy to be alive and he doesn’t give a f**k what anyone thinks and he’s just having a great day."

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Danny references his own track here – “Blunt After Blunt” from his debut mixtape XXX.

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Danny bends his pronunciation of Pall Mall cigarettes (“pail mail”) to fit the rhyme scheme that runs through the first half of the verse here.

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This dialogue is sampled from a commercial in the film Putney Swope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLF1Erk1_rQ

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This is a reference to a line from hip-hop classic “Rapper’s Delight”, in which the narrator has a traumatic experience with soggy macaroni, mushy peas, and chicken that tastes like wood.

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