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Lupe’s real name, Wasulu Muhammad Jaco (meaning “Warrior”), was given to him by his father. He adds this after the “loop” line since that is how a lot of people pronounce his name when they first see it.

This is his memorial; Lupe’s father died of type II diabetes during the making of The Cool.

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A reference to The Lion King and Prince Simba’s song “I Just Can’t Wait to be King.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXs8OS6EdAE

By telling everyone to “check the splendor,” Cole is telling everyone to see how royal he is. This fits with how frequently J. Cole refers to himself as the next in line to Jay-Z.

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Tiger took himself out of action for the rest of the Tour. In fact, he didn’t even appear at his own charity golf event.

The Politics refers to the PGA keeping its history of decorum and “gentlemanly-ness,” as well as what his sponsors were going to do.

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Ben and Bill had their sex scandals, as well. But, you guessed it, they are white! So no one thought it was a big deal.

Bill Clinton had consensual “sex” with an intern and committed adultery. Although not cool, it’s not that bad in scheme of things.

Roethlisberger raped a woman… that’s serious..

But even so, neither of them are looked or treated with the same hostility that Tiger was

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All of these women are snitching now and telling the media that they slept with Tiger; Over 10 women total have claimed to have sexual relations with Tiger.

The crazy part is that Tiger had a squeaky clean image. He ended up losing several endorsements and, subsequently, a ton of gwap.

Wale highlights the media’s adoration of Tiger before the scandal (Mr. Woods), but not that he has dirt on his name. He is just a “nigga.” This type of portrayal of Blacks was most evident in the Katrina reportings.

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All of this began to unwind because Tiger Woods got into a car accident, which the Orlando police responded to.

From the infallible word of Wikipedia:

The story began to attract media attention when Woods had a car accident a day and a half later:[234] as he left his home around 2:30 am in his SUV, a 2009 Cadillac Escalade, Woods hit a hedge, a fire hydrant, and, finally, a tree down the street from his house.[235] Woods was treated for minor facial lacerations,[236] and cited for careless driving.[235] He refused to speak to the police and the accident fanned intense speculation for two days, until Woods released a statement on his website[237] taking blame for the crash and adding that it was a private matter; he also praised his wife, Elin, for getting him out of the car.[238]

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Before the Civil Right Era, many people would lynch black men for having sex with white women. Tiger Woods had sex with more than 10 different women, so they are lynching him like they did back in the day.

Historical Side Note: Lynchings used to be “public family affair.” How fucking horrible.

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Elin gets $750 million because Tiger cheated on her. And she bought a mansion with the money!

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Lupe Fiasco and Matthew Santos describe an apocalyptic world being swept under a massive, perhaps figurative plague of some sort. Though the “disease” can be interpreted plenty different ways, it’s most likely in allusion to depression, the HIV virus, street temptation, or government corruption.

The rough drum sample is sampled from “Amen, Brother” by The Winstons.

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For the intro and the outro, Wale samples Tiger Woods speaking. The intro is the famous voicemail urging his side dish to remove her name from her voicemail message. It also samples him making his public apology. The outro has him apologizing to everyone. He also samples a Seinfield quote when he talks about apologizing to continue with the “More About Nothing” Seinfeld theme.

Wale raps about the Tiger Woods sex scandal through the eyes of Tiger Woods and talks about some of the things he had to go through.

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