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Pill is a slang term used for a basketball, Q-Tip is referring to Michael Jordan who is often regarded as the greatest basketball player off all time. Much like how Michael Jordan had perfected his profession in basketball, Q-Tip is perfecting his skill in emceeing.

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Two metaphors are being used here:

  • Dark coffee is used as a metaphor for black women
  • Dairy creamer is used as a metaphor for white women

Phife pursues his love for black women and has no interest in white women.

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Referring to the popular cartoon series The Jetsons

In one of the episodes Judy Jetson, who is the daughter of the family, enters a contest and wins a date with the musician Jet Screamer.

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SP is referring to the SP-1200 which is a drum machine.

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DJ/Producer Chief Xcel and MC Gift of Gab make up the rap duo Blackalicious, originally based in California’s capital city of Sacramento.

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These two opening lines were also used on the song “Stillmatic (Freestyle)”

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Visqu Allah
Fist full of dollars in the dice game, God…

The Arabic phrase translates to “Nasir, son of Olu Dara, devoted to God.”

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Elzhi needs money just as much as anyone else. This line is also very similar to the line in Nas' Represent

Nowadays, I need the green in a flash just like the next man

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Ace wanted to pursue his music career instead of earning petty cash by robbing and stealing.

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Masta Ace had started his own record label in 2003, M3 Records. The record label was still new at the time of the release of this album but Ace promises good things for fans in the future.

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Masta Ace had released the song Enuff on his 2001 album Disposable Arts

On the song, Ace had said

Like Ghostface, nigga don’t front for me

People had misinterpreted this line and thought it was directed towards the rapper Ghostface Killah when in actual fact, Ace was just quoting Ghostface for what he said on the song Shark Niggas

Like, front on, don’t front for me, man
You gon' play that role man, play it though

Because of people thinking that Masta Ace was trying to diss Ghostface killah, he has to be careful about what he is saying because listeners will act like Hellen Keller, who had Deaf-Blindness and take his lyrics the wrong way.

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