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Ice Cube is refering to Omar Epps‘ character Malik falling in love with fellow track and Field teammate Deja Tyra Banks.
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Birdman is referring to the automobile.
Birdman is one of the first rappers to purchase a Bugatti.
Birdman has also made a few references in his songs about the vehicle.
See ya picture
Now they wanna grab the guns and come and get cha Kris Kross – Da Streets Ain't Right
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We don't cause trouble, we don't bother nobody
We're just some niggas who're on the mic
And when we rock up on the mic, we rock the mic (Right) Snoop Dogg (Ft. Nanci Fletcher) – Lodi Dodi
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A nod to the record label Uptown Record
Got away with hittin me, but you ain't O.J Timbaland & Magoo – Clock Strikes
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This is referring to the OJ Trial.
OJ Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Lyle Goldman.
OJ was acquitted in October 1995
When your right hand done changed on you
And got your left hand grippin' things on it (paow!) French Montana (Ft. Mikky Ekko) – Trouble
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This is a reference to the film Scarface.
Manny “Manolo” Ribera is Tony Montana’s right hand man.
Unfortunately, Tony killed Manolo for messing around with his sister after he warned him about it earlier in the film.
Here’s the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCv9gYgWzUs
This might also be a reference to Nas' song Life’s A Bitch.
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This line was sampled from “Vapors”, the 1988 hip-hop classic by Biz Markie.
He walks into the same record shop as before
And the boss be like, “Vaughan, welcome to my store”
Offering him a job, but now he don’t want it
Damn it feels good to see people up on it
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