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“Steelo” is a slang word derived from the word “style”

This is a reference to Nas‘ song “N.Y. State of Mind”, which popularized the term “steelo” in hip hop culture.

Y'all know my steelo, with or without the airplay
I keep some E&J, sittin' bent up in the stairway

The same bar was also sampled in Nas' song “The Message”, which takes shots at Biggie himself, who now continues to respond to all the subliminals.

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You mocked me and my style yet secretly desired to be me. (The metaphysical imagery continues with “cursed”)

This line and the next likely refer to a freestyle battle. Biggie is accusing his opponent of using a preconceived verse while his is made up on the spot

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Biggie has more rides (cars) than the third-largest amusement park (and the closest major park to New York) in the entire United States.

Meanwhile, you’re still riding a bicycle.

Pedal –> peddle; Biggie is pushing expensive whips in part because he now deals wholesale, not retail, in the drug game.

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Whoever wants beef with Biggie should not do so lightheartedly. If you’ve been sent by someone else, you’re probably too soft to handle Biggie by yourself. Therefore, you better get whoever sent you to do the work by himself.

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Biggie is playfully tweaking show business tropes by “dedicating” this song to multiple members of the imagined audience, much like an R&B singer might dedicate a slow jam to all the ladies in the place

Since this song is actually dedicated to people Biggie is on bad terms with, the dedication is meant to cast them as bitches

(Some of these “yous” might be aimed at Nas, Raekwon, and Jeru the Damaja, but it’s probably a stretch to say that each of the ten corresponds to a particular person)

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Primarily about the desire to enter into sexual congress with women of ill repute, “Dog Shit” is notable for its multiple references to defecation as an erotic act and its gritty yet gorgeous sing-song hook containing nothing but warbled nonsense and dramatic reinterpretations of the word “ho”.

Sandwiched in between “The M.G.M.” and “Duck Seazon” on Wu-Tang Clan’s landmark double album Wu-Tang Forver, “Dog Shit” provides much needed comic relief during a dark stretch of this mostly somber record.

Truly, this is Ol' Dirty Bastard at his dirtiest.

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In 1995, during the filming of an MTV segment, Ol' Dirty Bastard famously took a limousine to pick up a welfare check, despite the fact that his solo debut was currently atop the Billboard charts. His welfare ID card also graces the cover of his debut album Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

In other words, ODB keeps it real. He has no shame, as he reiterates throughout this song and his entire body of work.

Welfare/Government cheese refers to actual cheese that the government distributed to welfare recipients from the 60s–90s. Even though ODB had “got mils” (as in millions of dollars), he still enjoyed grilled ‘welfare cheese’ sandwiches.

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ODB was a believer in the doctrine of The Five-Percent Nation. People who subscribe to this “way of living” often refer to themselves as Gods. God rested on the seventh day.

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This is most likely a reference to P-Funk’s Mothership. ODB is quite funky himself, but he is not a woman, so he refers to himself as the Fathership. When he lands on you, he is going to spoil you, much like a fly landing on a bowl of gazpacho with lump crab meat spoils it for the would-be diner

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According to an interview Method Man did with Complex in 2011, these lines were actually written by Meth. Meth claimed many of ODB’s raps were written by other members of the Clan, particularly his cousins RZA and GZA. Meth said,

I could go through the discography I could tell you which ones he wrote. Like ‘Dog Shit’ on Wu-Tang Forever? The fucking, ‘Calling me a dog/But leave a dog alone/Because nothing can stop me from burying my bones,’ I wrote that when I was 15 years old.

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