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Trayvon Martin was an un-armed 17-year-old African American who was shot in Florida on February 26, 2012. His killer was a 28-year-old Hispanic American, George Zimemrman. The shooting caused a lot of outrage within the black community.

Huey P. Newton was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in 1966. He was murdered in 1989 by Tyrone Robinson, an Oakland drug dealer.

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Michael Jackson’s mother was reported missing in the summer of 2012 after a family dispute. I’m sure all of the tension mentioned in the line before had something to do with it.
More on the story can be found here

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This is a line from The Notorious B.I.G.’s song, “Kick in the Door”, from his 1997 album, Life After Death.

The 4-4 (.44) also known as the magnum

Also in reference to the hood and our need to do whatever it takes to survive.

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A well has water in it, a drought is a lack of water

Also note that the thirst is growing. It’s gone from knowing he’s good at dying of thirst, to having a cottonmouth sensation from the thirst, and now he needs an entire WELL to get enough water for the drought because the thirst has grown so large.

In John chapter 4:11-15, Jesus talks with a Samaritan Woman:

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?

12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

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Spalding is a sports equipment company that manufactures basketballs.
This is a wordplay:

  • Balling means to have much money. He always dreamed about having money, because he grew up poor.

  • Balling is also another word for playing basketball. Spalding is, as mentioned in the annotation, a sports equipment company.

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The “J” in J. Cole stands for Jermaine. Diggy is the leader of his Jet Setter movement, and thinks he might have another fan with the way Cole speaks about him so much. .

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Diggy is just 17 years old. Why would a grown man he doesn’t even know be so interested in him when he’s so young, he hasn’t even bought his first car. .

Funny thing is, Cole wasn’t initially interested in him, but rather his sister…

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Retired NBA player Reggie Miller was a 3-point machine and retired from the league as the all-time leader in 3-pointers made. Diggy is warring with those trying to steal his limelight, dropping “bombs” on them like Reggie did on court. .

“Reggie for three!” turns to Spike Lee and gives the choke/strangle Gotta love Reggie sign

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The shake weight is quite possibly the gayest product a man could ever use to work out. Here, Diggy uses it to describe fake and terrible rappers who are messing up the rap game with their unfavorable actions. .

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