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Straight from the ville had to catch the train Masta Ace (Ft. Edo. G) – Wutuwankno

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The Ville is referring to Brownsville, Brooklyn, the area in which he grew up. Since the Juice Crew originated from Queensbridge, Ace probably had to travel their frequently.

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And no I never lived in the bridge
But Craig and Shante, did as kids Masta Ace (Ft. Edo. G) – Wutuwankno

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Masta Ace was a part of the group Juice Crew, the group had originated from Queensbridge, Queens. The group included largely rappers from Queens although a few were from other boroughs in New York (including Ace who was from Brooklyn).

Masta Ace is referring to Craig G and Roxanne Shante who were both a part of the Juice Crew and hailed from Queensbridge.

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And "Born to Roll" never went gold or so I'm told
I never did find out how much the shit sold Masta Ace (Ft. Edo. G) – Wutuwankno

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Masta Ace was previously leader of the group Masta Ace Incorporated, the group had released the song Born To Roll and it was their most popular song. The song appears on both their albums Slaughtahouse and Sittin' On Chrome

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The track on Slaughtahouse is called “Jeep Ass Niguh”, it’s just the same lyrics on the 2 tracks.

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I rep Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island
Queens plus the BX, Masta Ace (Ft. Mr. Lee Gee) – Enuff

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These are the 5 boroughs of New York, BX is referring to The Bronx. Ace is showing love to everybody from New York.

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Pump it in they IROC, your block to my block Masta Ace (Ft. Greg Nice) – Don't Understand

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IROC is referring to the 3rd generation Camaro IROC-Z that ran from 1985 – 1990.

This also carries on from the previous line as IROC is an acronym for “Italian Retard Out Cruisin'” a name given to people who drive the discontinued vehicle.

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They say we used to resemble each other
Both last name Jones, so we must be brothers Nas – Foul Breeze

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Follow on from the previous line where he mentions D Nice who was a member of the popular hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. D Nice real name is Derrick Jones which is also the last name of Nas' real name (Nasir Jones).

Looking at it now, you do see a slight resemblance…

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[Hook] *all Nas samples* 2x
"Nasty-Nasty-Nasty Nas is a rebel to America"
"Lyrical professor, keep ya under pressure"
"It's like that, you know it's like that"
"Nas-Nas'll catch wreck", "You got the mad fat fluid" Nas – The Second Coming

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Nasty-Nasty-Nasty Nas is a rebel to America

Is sampled from the song Live At The Barbeque

Lyrical professor, keep ya under pressure

Is sampled from the song Back To The Grill

It’s like that, you know it’s like that
“Nas-Nas’ll catch wreck”, “You got the mad fat fluid

These are all sampled from the song Halftime

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(I Am Nastradamus) Nas – Amongst Kings

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Reference to two Nas albums, I Am… and Nastradamus which are his third and fourth albums respectively.

I Am… and Nastradamus were both released in 1999, since this song appears on an unofficial compilation album, it’s probable that this song was recorded around the time he was making these two albums.

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It was supposed to the beginning of the 2nd disc of the original I Am… The Autobiography. Undying Love was his death, Amongst Kings was to be his resurrection

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this was meant to be the first track on Nastradamus after Undying Love was the ending of I Am… and his Escobar persona. There is a brief intro before this song to open up this track where Nas' spirit rises from his corpse in Undying Love and arises to the heavens to be judged. He then becomes Nastradamus after this song and has a series of songs that are reflective on being the product of his environment and simply reacting to others actions such as Life We Chose, Drunk By Myself, Pray, Ghetto Prisoners, Last Words, U Gotta Love It, The Rise and Fall, etc.

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I'm the nigga walkin' with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger Nas – I'm a Villain

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This is a slightly altered version of the original bars from “N.Y. State of Mind”:

But just a nigga, walking with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger

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He laid down this song before Illmatic, these are the original bars, not the ones on N.Y. State of Mind. N.Y. State of Mind’s bars are an altered version of these.

“I’m a Villain” and “Nas will Prevail” (a.k.a. O.G. “It Ain’t Hard to Tell”) were the two songs on his demo tape before he dropped Illmatic.

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Now, to the ladies in the house when you come in the place
It ain't a bunch of niggas all up in your face
The music is thumpin and you're feelin the bass Common – Food for Funk

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This line is possibly a homage to late rapper Notorious B.I.G. who had died in 1997, the same year One Day It’ll All Make Sense was released. This line is very similar to the opening line in Notorious B.I.G’s popular song Big Poppa

To all the ladies in the place with style and grace
Allow me to lace these lyrical douches in your bushes

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