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Compares the rap game to a video game, specifically Sonic the Hedgehog.
Passing through levels = rising in the hiphop ranks.
Collecting coins = reaping the rewards (though Sonic collects rings, not coins)
Sonic’s sidekick is named Knuckles, and the game’s villain is called Dr. Robotnik.

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Don’t bother buying expensive clothes and living the high life just because you have a record deal — the label (ho) is only in it to fuck you over and you’ll soon be ass-out (no beans). R.A. speaks from experience — he told the Village Voice that he spent his six-figure advance from Jive in just such a fashion, only to end up broke a few years later.

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Joey, the character on the 1990s sitcom Blossom portrayed by Joey Lawrence, was known for his catchphrase: “Whoa!”

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Ma$e had a hit in 2004 with the song Welcome Back from the album of the same name. By saying he’s not like Ma$e, Eiht is implying that he’s not a religious man, as it’s well-known that Ma$e left the music world to become a preacher.

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MC Eiht portrayed thug A-Wax in the 1993 film Menace II Society.
Here he informs us that he was a dangerous street kid long before he was a movie star.

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Could be any automatic assault rifle, but usually refers to an AK-47. This is reinforced by the direct AK reference a few lines later.

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The narrator (god) is by no means all-powerful, he is simply more powerful than the humans he created.

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One common critique of religious morality is that god-fearing people believe that their sins can be forgiven even if they do not feel remorseful or attempt to make amends. In particular, Catholic confession is seen by many as a “get out of jail free card.”

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Jews observe the sabbath on Saturday (technically beginning at sundown on Friday). Christians used to do the same, until the Christian sabbath was changed to Sunday sometime in the 300s. Some Christian denominations, like Seventh Day Adventists, still observe the sabbath on Saturday.

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