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Wale is from the DC area. Obama lives in the White House which is in DC too. They are like next door neighbors.

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Pro-Tools is a software that helps you produce/mix/edit music.

Wale is claiming to be one of the best (coldest) to ever record.

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Wale doesn’t want to be a gangsta rapper like Waka Flocka or 50 cent. Wale, Kid Cudi, and Drake are doing the opposite of gangsta rap. There is an article in GQ Magazine talking about it.

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Wale is one of the realest rappers out right now. He has made songs with lyrical depth such as The Kramer, 90210, and The Eye of the Tiger.

While other rappers are making songs with catchy lyrics like Pretty Boy Swag and *Oh Let’s Do It" which are not lyrical at all.

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Devin Hester is a special teams player for the Chicago Bears – punts, of course, happen on fourth downs. He broke the NFL record for a punt return on Decemeber 2010

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John Lithgow is an actor. He is in the show “3rd Rock From the Sun”.

Wale is out of this world (The 3rd rock or planet from the Sun)

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In “Chillin”, Wale says:

I got the right to be cocky
Get so much cut disc jockeys jock me

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A Maxi Pad is a product that women put on their vagina while they are menstruating.

Nice wordplay with “period”, and “flyest” since Maxi Pads have wings.

Maxi Pads are used for “periods” and Wale is the flyest nigga out here “period”

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This verse is from the GOOD Music Cypher

This verse was also later used in Snoop Dogg’s “Eyez Closed” and in Jhené Aiko’s “Sailing Not Selling”

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This is a reference to Waka Flocka’s song, ‘Hard In The Paint’

Flocka was shot in January 2010 for not giving up his chain and jewelry.

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