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This is a shoutout to Micheal “Eyedea” Larson, a former rhymesayer signee who died of an opiate overdose. The following bullet line is a reference to “Burn Fetish” where suicide is described as:
One last goodbye before I take my .45
Shoot a hole in the sky, rip it open and climb inside
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Eddie Griffin is an American actor and “stand up” comedian. He is best known for his sitcom, Malcolm & Eddie.
Cause they thought "Kick, Push" was the name of a dance PackFM – I Fucking Hate Rappers
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The Record companies only care about sales, and dance songs sell. They don’t care about lyrical complexity or dope music. The record company signed Lupe Fiasco because they thought Kick Push was a dance song, and not the dope song it is.
Now these 'Lil-Young-Boyz' thinkin' they the fuckin' man PackFM – I Fucking Hate Rappers
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In the old school, there where groups like Juice Crew, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC…. Now there is more “rappers,” like the millions of rappers that start their name with Lil' or Young and groups that call themselves Boyz
The second of the two lines points out the contradictions between the status-boosted swagger of rappers who act like they are men, while also still making a point of emphasizing childishness – they want adulthood, but not the maturity that comes with it.
“Clan’s, Posse’s, Crew’s and Clik’s” [sic] was a track from Heltah Skeltah’s 1996 album Nocturnal )
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Refrence to the F. Scott Fitzgerald book The Great Gatsby. In the novel, the central character Jay Gatsby has lavish parties every week at his mansion on the waterfront.
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Gold teeth is usually associated with uneducated ghetto kids, so Zion I is saying that there are more and more of them
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