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Raekwon was born and raised in New York City. The “city that never sleeps”. In NYC, there are always lights on, because there are plenty buildings everywhere.
Due to the light bulbs on in every building at night, that was his moonlight.
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After smoking a little bit of that bomb, sticky icky weed in the ‘Swisher & Sweet’ you will be “stuck”.
Stuck is a word for the level of highness when you don’t want to move at all. You just want to sleep wherever you’re at. Hense the word stuck; When something is stuck, it can’t move.
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He’s known as a legend in the streets. He also refers to the movie I Am Legend that Will Smith was the main character in.
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Some guns have lasers attached that create red dots when aimed at a surface.
Luda is saying there are so many weapons aimed at your head that you can play connect the dots.
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The Alchemist clearly produced this beat for the intro
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Lames try to act like they’re beasts but they ain’t shit compared to RZA. It’s also a reference to the difference between conservative geeks and out-there freaks.
On the show The Walking Dead, zombies are referred to by some characters as geeks.
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tunes over an un-tuned banjo, ironic.
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In Compton, if you don’t walk up to a person before you shoot them—as you do in a drive-by shooting—you’re seen as cowardly for not killing the person face-to-face.
This is reminiscent of Kendrick walking up to a killer in the video of Ignorance is Bliss.
[Chorus]
'Cause I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high Afroman – Because I Got High
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