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She says, you say you’re a star, meaning someone claims to be the best, followed by, I’ve already seen this, which I assume means that the person isn’t all that special. She then points out her talent by saying ‘the truth is I don’t really care how you shine, cause I light up the sky’

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A capella means to sing without music playing in the background. He is saying he will a capella your left side of your chest, in other words, you won’t have a beat.

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“How you sit so long when you spew classics?”

People are concerned about his hiatus, especially considering the amount of talent that Joe possesses

They admire him, but as Joe points out, tend to overlook the amount of passion and dedication that Joe put into his music in the first place to get to this point

“I tell niggas I can’t understand it, that’s blue magic”

“Blue Magic” was a new 100% pure type of heroin introduced in the 1960s

Joe uses this metaphor to show that he doesn’t feel that these concerns are justified

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He uses a paint brush in his work, his goal is to change the way his people are viewed by outsiders.

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He is slowly becoming more popular, thus on the incline.

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“Apache (Jump On It)” is a song by the legendary rap group, The Sugarhill Gang.

Geronimo is an Apache chief. Sometimes, when people jump from a high place, they will yell his name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQObWW06VAM

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Cornel West is a philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

He is a Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion.

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The phrase the enemy of my enemy is my friend) is a proverb that indicates that someone who is the enemy of your enemy is therefore your friend. It further means that because two parties have a common enemy, one can use the other to advance their goals.

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-His rhymes are hot (good) like a desert is hot

-The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. The average temperature is 104–122 °F

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He’s mocking the industry. They’ve (the industry goons) overlooked him in the past (as cited by the previous line) but now if you want get him on your record – now that he’s (soon to be) famous – you’ll have to pay him a lot of money. This is what’s going to put you over budget.

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