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Bucking is a threatening gesture usually done before a fight to provoke and intimidate.

This could be a response to the critics of T.I. and rap in general who say it’s portraying violence. His response is that there is violence all over the world, so people would still be exposed to it even if he didn’t make music.

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Name given to Americans of Asian descent (much like that of African-Americans)

Blues is a genre of music known for dealing with the singer’s sadness. In this case, the blues described are about the abandonment of children in Vietnam by American soldiers.

The lines pose a question that can be interpreted in two ways:

  1. Do you want to join in the chorus of “There ain’t no need for ya/Go straight to hell” that only perpetuates the suffering of these children?

  2. Do you want to join the chorus of the children to show your solidarity and support for their plight?

The former interpretation is a rhetorical question to bring attention to the lack of concern the U.S. and its citizens show these children. The latter offers a solution to ending this suffering.

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A pun on Interpol, the international police organization, and international pole, as strippers sometimes use poles in their routines.

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A night owl is someone who stays up late and White Owl is a brand of cigar often used for blunts:

Bas also uses white owl to say the chick is of the caucasian persuasion, an ethnicity he hasn’t recently engaged in sexual relations with.

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Along with the chorus and previous line, while she has done bad things, like cheating on her man and giving him an STI and potentially doing the same to Cole, Cole still feels bad for her because her life is shit while he’s living in luxury. So he prays for her, probably to get her shit together as much as for her life to get better. After all:

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Cole wants the world to know that he hasn’t forgotten about where he came from, which he’s showing by going home to them. He covered a similar idea in Homecoming from his first mixtape The Come Up.

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Same as Diddy’s version. See here for annotations.

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The story of a man playing Santa outside a store when some kids attack him and demand money for Christmas. They have no use for toys as they won’t help the children and their family who are in severe poverty.

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Whether or not the man is a crackpot, he’s genuine.

This paints the man in a more positive light. He isn’t some sham who’s only pretending to be a prophet to get attention, or other benefits from society.

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The narrator, though, believes the man is the real deal.

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