A half day is when you get out early from school, so detention on a half day would mean it’s like you don’t even have a half day. That shit would definitely be a bad day.

A play on words, AIDS is a disease caused by HIV. Aid is also something you get when going to college to pay for your school (financial aid).

Jay-Z and Beyonce are one of the most powerful and well-known couples today.

Now that he’s famous, Chiddy has a lot more sneaky people (like a snake) in his life trying to bring him down. Chiddy plans on pushing all these snakes down the stairwell. Reference to Jake the Snake, a famous wrestler

He might be skinny, but he is the “elephant in the room”, or the thing everyone wants to talk about. Referencing back to the skeleton line.

A reference to the movie Juwanna Mann, saying that other rappers may be cool, but they are also fake.

A reference to the line from Rush Hour that Chris Tucker says to Jackie Chan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8t52ROZCxg

Chiddy and Xaphoon met while at Drexel, home of the dragons, in Philadelphia. Will Smith’s character in the Prince of Bel-Air was from Philly as well.

Jay’s got a song called “A Prayer For Michael Vick And T.I.” that’s alternatively called “San Pellegrino With Lemon”. He combines the elements of water (Pellegrino) and fire (matches).

Jay continues the metaphor, referring to the prophet Elijah’s calling forth of heavenly fire to do away with men who wanted his death in 2 Kings 1:10

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Jay could also be referring to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, former head of the Nation of Islam.

Also refers to self-immolation, performed by Buddhist Monks in protest.

A reference to Clipse’s song “Mr. Me Too”