In card games the Ace cards are often the cards with the highest value, though, sometimes they are also the card with the lowest value.

This is a “Wizard Of Oz” reference where Dorothy must click here heels three times to return home, though here Common only says twice.

Common is from Chicago and Kansas City is rather close to the state of Illinois (where Chicago is inhabited) so people who move to Chicago should go back to their homes in Kansas.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are characters in the book “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. Dr Jekyll made a potion that splits personalities in two, one good and one bad. Dr Jekyll being the good half of his personality, where as Mr Hyde being the evil half. He can switch personalities back and fourth though not willingly.

This is a reference to the introduction of the song “KRS One Attacks”, the opening track to the album Return Of The Boom Bap

We will be here forever
Do you understand?
Forever
Forever and ever
And ever and ever
We will be here forever
Do you understand that?
Get what I’m saying?
Forever!

Pete Rock pays his respect to fallen rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. The new world being a reference to the afterlife.

The “new world is yours” is a clever addition by Pete Rock as it’s somewhat a homage to hook The World Is Yours which was sung by Pete Rock.

Halley’s Comet is one of the most famous Comet’s as it’s visible with the naked eye and is visible from Earth every 75-76 years.

Prior to Bon Appetite, O.C. released two underground albums, Word…Life and Jewelz, both of which gained critical acclaim. However, since neither were a commercial success, people wonder how he can afford such lavish things such as a nice car (whip) and question whether he sells drugs to afford it.

This is possibly a reference to Street Fighter, more specifically the character Blanka. The Street Fighter concept is a tournament based game with characters from across the world. Blanka first appears in Street Fight II (The most popular Street Fighter and arguably the best fighting game off all time) and is a man like monster from Brazil, him winning the tournament would make him conquer the over seas, here O.C. compares himself to him and how he gains critical fame all across the world.

Since Word…Life was an underground release with no major record company, O.C. didn’t have anyone telling him how to make his music and “sell out”

Since no one is talking they take drastic measures, a Columbian necktie is when you slice someone’s throat high enough to be able to pull their tongue through it.