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“Lark On My Go-Kart” is the opening track of Asher Roth’s 2009 debut album Asleep in the Bread Aisle. In this song, Asher goes on an adventure (lark) through a lyrical funhouse.

Ash demonstrates his oft-underrated lyrical prowess, as well as his ability to “get nasty.” Particularly in the music video. Lesbian mermaids, anyone?

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Teddy Roxpin is a Hip-Hop producer/DJ known with credits including: Mac Miller, Asher Roth and more. They probably chill a lot and stir up a ruckus.

However–

In the music video, Asher references the bear, Teddy Ruxpin.

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A (pretty weird) reference to Little Miss Muffet, a character from a children’s rhyme who sits on a tuffet eating curds and whey

For the record, a tuffet looks a bit like this.

Ash actually says “truffet”, which is a kind of cookie. He probably just meant “tuffet” though. Or maybe all the best cut buds he’s puffing gave him the munchies and he wants cookies

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Pimp C (R.I.P.) sends to message to everyone out there struggling: Don’t just bitch out! Stay strong, others have been where you are before, and if they can get through it so can you.

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College students typically have inexpensive pizza readily available to them when they’re in a drunken haze. Penn State has a Canyon Pizza where pizza costs a dollar per slice. It is likely Asher is referring to Canyon because he drew inspiration for this record from a party experience at PSU.

However, before dropping out of school to pursue his rap career, Asher attened West Chester University; there he may have enjoyed Riggtown Oven’s pizza.

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Three 6 Mafia, a popular Southern rap group, are major proponents of “Sizzurp,” a mixture of cough syrup and Sprite (or really any other drink, it’s the Promethazine/Codeine cough syrup that makes it sizzurp)

The line is a direct reference of Three 6 Mafia’s song “Sippin' on Some Sizzurp” featuring UGK and Project Pat.

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Asian-American production team Far East Movement teams up with California group The Cataracs and affiliate Dev for a good, mindless number one jam.

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Charlton Heston is a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, which supports the freedom of the American people to carry weapons that are only useful for killing other people. Asher Roth is opposed to this

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This is a common argument relating to gun control. Those in favor of looser restrictions on gun laws (like the NRA) say that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” The gun-control supporters rebuttal was put thusly by British transvestite comedian Eddie Izzard: “Well, yeah, but I’d imagine that the guns sort of help. It’s hard to kill people by just running at them and yelling ‘Bang!’”

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The next lines are a repetition of the first ones in the verse, making this as close to a hook as the song gets

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