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My mind's a Warfield like Marsha or Justin Chino XL – No Complex
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‘Warfield’ is used as a synonym for ‘battlefield,’

Actress Marsha Warfield wrote for The Richard Pryor Show, but she’s probably best known for her role on Night Court.

Justin Warfield was a rapper at the time, and has since found greater success as a member of She Wants Revenge.

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these two people have one thing in common and that is their last name. Chino is using their last name by tying it into his bar.

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Your style's too old to do me like Aaliyah and R. Kelly Chino XL – No Complex
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You, Chino’s hypothetical battle opponent, have a rhyme style that’s out of date, so you won’t be able to beat him in a rap battle. Much like (checks notes) a then-27 year old R. Kelly was too old to have sex with a then-15 year old Aaliyah (and, as we’ve found out since then, many of his other partners).

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Turned hard the day Dre gave you a record deal Everlast – Whitey's Revenge (Eminem Diss)
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Eminem is known for being signed by former N.W.A member Dr. Dre.

While Eminem had some success as an underground rapper, his career really took off under Dr. Dre’s tutelage. Eminem would return the favor by ghostwriting Dre’s raps on ‘Forgot About Dre.

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Cause Ice Cube will damn sure buck 'em down N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (Clean)
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Compared to the original lyric about how Ice Cube is crazy as fuck, this line, which contains a credible threat of violence, is probably more menacing.

But it doesn’t have a swearword in it, so the FCC was like

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This ain't a Prince Paul loop from The Turtles 3rd Bass – Herbalz in Your Mouth
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A reference to De La Soul’s ‘Transmitting Live From Mars,’ produced by Prince Paul, which sampled The Turtles' ‘You Showed Me.’ The Turtles sued De La Soul over the sample–De La settled out of court for a rumored $1.7 million. De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising is one of the peak albums of the free-sampling era.

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Bitch better have my money The Diplomats – Better Have My Money
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A callback to AMG’s 1991 single

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He allows her in church, as well as state, but a subordinate position, claiming apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and, with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the church. Seneca Falls Convention (Ft. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott) – Declaration of Sentiments
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Although some religions now ordain female clergy, there are still quite a few, including Catholics and Mormons, that do not.

Even Pope Francis, despite his progressivism in this domain or that, still cleaves to the hardline exclusion of women from the priesthood.

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the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement Seneca Falls Convention (Ft. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott) – Declaration of Sentiments
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The last state to criminalize marital rape was North Carolina.

It did so in 1993.

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In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master Seneca Falls Convention (Ft. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott) – Declaration of Sentiments
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Traditional marriage vows (for the bride) include the phrase ‘love, honor and obey.’

This is rooted in the Biblical injunction from Ephesians 5:22: “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

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This line is extremely powerful, it not only tells us of the role of women in marriage, but compares her role to that of a slave. By using the word ‘master’ its almost second nature to think of the master of a slave house, especially considering this was also a movement undergoing at this time. The laws of coverture explain that a women during the time of the American Revolution was covered by her husband. She would be totally dependent on him, this law was based off the fact that a family functioned better with a male in charge of all assets. This is ironic however, due to the fact that it is the woman of the household who provides for all those in her family. Which is exactly the point Stanton and Mott are trying to make her.

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He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise. Seneca Falls Convention (Ft. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott) – Declaration of Sentiments
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In 1848, American women did not have the franchise, or the right to vote. The word “disenfranchised” also comes from this now-defunct usage.

Although the territory of Wyoming granted women suffrage (a fancy way of saying ‘the right to vote’) in 1869, women could not vote nationwide until 36 states ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920. Sadly, only two of the women at this convention would live long enough to see this.

The last state to ratify the 19th Amendment was Mississippi, which did so in 1984.

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