The ends Rick acquired has helped him get some good stuff in his lifetime, such as being able to pay his rent and having a little extra to have fun with!

Rick Ross makes a reference to his father being missing, much like the gold and arms given to Iran in the Iran-Contra Scandal, which Oliver North, retired U.S. Marine, was the center of

Lord of War is a 2006 movie starring Nicolas Cage about an international arms dealer. The main character is a conflation of several notorious real-life weapon sellers

Dealers stick with dealers, meaning any up and coming youth doing a good job selling dope could get what he wanted, bitches, money, bitches, a new ring, bitches…. Did I mention bitches?

Also, with the territory came the respect and power to acquire new cars:

Eat gourmet foods right from clientele:

And even get your mentor’s gal!

A lot of wordplay here as well…He said on the previous line “servers rolling” as in the computer/internet servers…Fiends was calling.. (“We was dot com”). The DOT COM line is also referring to the internet. Then he says in this line “well connected, well respected and well protected” all referring to how servers are well connected

Also note how “well connected, well respected and well protected” are three phrases all starting with w (WWW), which relates to the dot com line above

Any half-way decent dealer has a gun for protection, or they’d be robbed/killed by some strung out junkies

Often times people say they are “saved” by religion and Jesus/God. In this case Meek Mill was saved by the Glock Nine.

Being ‘raised by the stop sign’ interpreted literally implies ‘on the street corner’, where the stop sign is and where dope is sold.

On another level Meek is somewhat exposing his Philadelphia roots with this line, as you will find an exceptional number of stop signs on the side streets of Philadelphia.

An interesting and fairly subtle line in an otherwise straightforward song. Meek paints a picture of his mother providing him with good values, but he hints that the “never tell” part may have had unintended consequences when dealing with neighborhood roughs, whom he idolized

DON’T SNITCH

General Myers is a retired four-star general of the Air Force who served as a military consultant to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council on the War on Terror; Since this song was made when he was un-retired, he’s saying he’ll fix both fight pilots.

Drink it all up girl, there are kids in Africa that can’t afford Rozay

Apparently Nicki has a speech impediment for one line, and these females are messing her “swagged” out cloths…