“Shife” means shady, hardcore; “roll one deep” means to travel solo. Scarface keeps to himself because he trusts no one.

Some sucka MC challenges Scarface to a rap battle. He doesn’t know what is in store and the consequence of stepping to Scarface.

Redman and Erick Sermon sample the intro loop from James Brown’s classic “The Payback” in this song.

The foundation of hip-hop was built on sampling without clearance, but Redman is likely referencing the case of Biz Markie being sued in 1992 over an uncleared sample on his song “Alone Again.” This case was seen as a turning point for the sampling process in hip-hop as a lot of samples became very expensive to clear or the original artist would own the publishing to the sampling song.

Redman does not want to get caught up in a copyright infringement case so he made sure the original artists got credit as James Brown and George Clinton among others are listed as writers on the songs in which he sampled their music.

Cheeba, a somewhat antiquated colloquialism for marijuana, is probably derived from Spanish “chiva,” literally meaning a female goat, which is a slang term for heroin.

Sonny Chiba, Japanese film legend and star of the 1970s “Street Fighter” series, was known for his devastating kicks. He’s also been known to rock a wicked ‘stache at times.

Five is the highest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, which is used in the western hemisphere to classify hurricanes based on sustained wind speed.

Category five describes a storm with winds of 157 mph or higher, making the 120-mph reference a few lines down incorrect.

Coney Island, to be precise.
In August 2011, Hurricane Irene did $296 million worth of damage in the state of New York and killed at least ten people.