“Money” is an old slang term for a male friend. “Listen up, money” is a lot like “Listen up, homie.” But in this case, Kool G Rap says the man in question doesn’t deserve the male-specific term “money,” but instead should be given the feminine distinction of “honey.” The man in question, after all, is a cross-dressing homosexual.

This opening line was later recycled by Q-Tip for “Georgie Porgie”.

This classic Kool G Rap & DJ Polo song begins with a verse about one of Kool G Rap’s ex-girlfriends, who used him until he was down on his luck, and then tossed him aside for a drug-dealing big shot. In the end, though, the drug dealer is in jail, the girl is working a menial job, and G Rap is a successful recording artist. The verse is written in the form of a letter written to the ex-girlfriend, and is basically a giant “fuck you” and “I told you so” to her.

G Rap’s ex was staying with him while planning to leave him — she had something on the side with a drug-dealing big shot. This was the “trick” she had “up her sleeve.”

Kool G Rap refers to his promiscuous ex as a “swinger” (someone who has sex outside of a monogamous relationship, normally with the consent of her long-term mate), and gives her the “middle finger” — a sign of disrespect. He says he’s neither mad nor sad, but instead, he feels vindicated.

“Truly yours” is a popular way to close a letter. This completes the theme of the verse being an open letter to G Rap’s ex.

More contrast: The girl does menial labor while G Rap has success. She should have stood by her man.

G Rap’s ex is promiscuous. She “knows” (in the Biblical sense) every Tom, Dick, and Harry — i.e., lots of men. She’s easy to get into bed — even easier than a professional adult-film actress.

80’s porn star Vanessa Del Rio. People used to think she was hot??

G Rap is not impressed with his ex’s day-job. He’s a recording artist “getting Bugs Bunny money” from Warner Bros., a label “with well-known singers in it.”

G Rap tells his ex to take her new shoes and GTFO.

“Took” and “tooken” are words the otherwise grammatically apt Kool G Rap frequently misuses in his early raps. “Tooken” is not a word. Obviously, hip-hop has a language all its own that doesn’t always conform to “proper English,” but “took” (correctly the past-tense of “take”) and “tooken,” which are both used by G Rap in place of “taken,” are not part of the hip-hop vernacular, and are just bad English.