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A reference to the Gaelic harvest festival known as “Samhain”.

“Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. People and their livestock would often walk between two bonfires as a cleansing ritual, and the bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames.” – (Excerpt from the linked Wikipedia article.)

This is also referring back to the previous line, Vinnie says that these snitches have no heat, yet he has heat like the huge bonfires you see on Samhain. Big guns

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This line is interesting because when Vinnie discusses himself in his raps he usually is referring his likeness to something. Yet the majority of the time he is referencing something human.

A short list:

Willie Pep (HUMAN)
Leatherface (HUMAN)
Jesus Christ (HUMAN)
Sonny Liston (HUMAN)
Sam Raimi (HUMAN)
Mark David Chapman (HUMAN)
The Anti-Christ (HUMAN)


Vinnie does mention being a vampire a few years after this song was released however. But I think we can all agree that’s not what he’s saying here.

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The double jab, right cross is a very popular and effective combination in boxing.

Vinnie’s an avid boxing fan if you couldn’t tell from his constant references in songs

and here

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A reference to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Estimated deaths range from anywhere from 186 to 2,500+ .

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Dro is a slang term for (often home-grown) marijuana.

The second half of this line is referring to the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, which is a story of how God flooded the earth and commanded Noah to build an ark, gather two of each animal on earth, and put them all on this ark so that they would be able to repopulate the earth later.

Vinnie’s team is a bunch of animals, like the ones on Noah’s ark.

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A sample from Quiet Storm by Mobb Deep

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Sam Raimi was the director of supernatural horror film “Drag Me to Hell and the cult comedy Evil Dead series.

they also could bare slight physical resemblance:

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A reference to Sonny Liston, a professional boxer.

The really interesting thing about this line however is the fact that Sonny Liston actually fought in the “Orthodox” stance, despite being left-hand dominant.

Vinnie fights in a “Southpaw” stance. Which is normally utilized by left-hand dominant fighters.

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