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It's your boy ceaserlee I just wanna holla Lil' Cease – Letter to B.I.G.
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Ceaserlee or Lil Cease' is a member of Junior M.A.F.I.A and BIG’s good friend. He is portrayed by Marc John Jeffries in Notorious.

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Dear Christopher Frank White Wallace Lil' Cease – Letter to B.I.G.
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BIG’s nick name was Frank White. This is also how Jadakiss begins the song.

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But I hate jakes they mad cause I make papes Big L – Stretch & Bobbito '94
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Jakes is slang for police. The police brutality of the 90’s mixed with the war on drugs created a contentious relationship between the cops and inner city youths. Here Big L is saying that the police are after just mad because he is making money/paps.

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You remember me, when I put it on with the Kid Capri Big L – Stretch & Bobbito '94
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Refers to Big L’s “Put It On” with DJ Kid Capri off of the Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous album.

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On 139 and Lennox niggas are bananas, we got bad manners
Cops can't stand us, that's why they try to jam us Big L – Stretch & Bobbito '94
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This refers to 139th ST and Lenox Ave in Harlem. Lenox Ave is also referred to as Malcolm X Blvd. On 139th & Lenox, you can find United Fried Chicken, Subway, and Fred Samuel Playground.

139 & Lenox is also the name of Big L’s first posthumous release.

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Big L’s first posthumous release was The Big Picture ( 1. August 2000.)

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Mr. MVP is back to take over the industry Big L – Stretch & Bobbito '94
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This refers to Big L’s “MVP” off of the Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous album.

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While you out working hard, I'm putting stains in your sheets Big L – Stretch & Bobbito '94
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This refers back to Big L getting all your women. When your at work, Big L is having sex with your woman in your bed.

This is a similar to The Notorious B.I.G.’s “I Got A Story To Tell

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You wanna diss the Phifer but you still don't know the half A Tribe Called Quest – Buggin' Out
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You can’t diss Phife because you don’t even know everything about him

It is also a play on the words decipher and diss Phifer.

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It’s also nearly halfway through the verse. Maybe a coincidence, but it does make sense.

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Bitter women I'm overtextin' are PMSing
Crazy this year—fuckin' with my image
I've been tryna reach the youth so I can save 'em this year Drake – 6PM in New York
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Although earlier in the song he mentions he will turn 28 at midnight (meaning he wrote that part around the time of his birthday, October 23/24), he may be alluding to the statements made by adult actress Mia Khalifa in late January 2015 about how Drake tried to “pick her up” via Instagram Direct Message

While there may be many women attempting to fuck with Drake’s image, their actions likely have little to do with their periods because the concept of PMS is increasingly being met with skepticism by the scientific community. In fact, it seems like PMS is more of a social construct than anything else. Check the link below.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10/18/pms-study_n_1979965.html

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Cheat me on my scrilla, I send you to meet Dilla J. Cole – The Come Up
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Dilla refers to the late, great J Dilla, a legendary producer and rapper. J Dilla passed away in 2006 from lupus and TTP, an incurable blood disease.

J. Cole is saying that if you cheat him for his money, he might have to send you to meet Dilla in the afterlife.

Scrilla is another word for money.

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