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Bishop (2Pac) was a character in the movie Juice, who double crossed his friends for “power” aka juice. The bishop is powerful chess piece that moves in a diagonal direction. Both bishop pieces have the ability to move cross the chess board ie. double cross.
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Her body is a canvas and this guy is the paint. Paint is used on canvases and she wants this special boy on top of her, with the ability to keep a piece of him with her forever.
Look inside yours, you a king, or a pawn? Wale – Chess
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“Life is like a chess game” is one of the many metaphors to describe how in life, one has to make decisions constantly, and each move decides one’s fate.
King and pawns are pieces on the board, but can represent the strongest and the weakest, respectively. Wale could be comparing a few things; examples being: King being the power of wealth and the pawn being in poverty or a peasant and/or the King being the leader and the pawn being a follower (something he hit on not too long ago)
Ex.“How to play chess” scene from The Wire.
Sidenote: However, a king and a pawn, both can only move one space (square) at a time. Make wise decisions. Also if a pawn makes it to the other side of the board (eight rank), it can be promoted to king, queen, rook, or bishop.
Do you know what type of women I've been dealing with? Wale – The Girls on Drugs
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Wale has been getting a lot of women who seem to love drugs or are addicted to the party lifestyle. However, he’s starting to want girls that want to connect on a deeper level.
On the Festivus version it’s “man these niggas ain’t serious.”
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Continuation of the previous line about Diddy, the founder and CEO of Bad Boy Records/ Entertaiment.
He makes clever juxtaposition of bad and good. If a bad boy – problem starter – is around, it’s likely their victim will not have the best of luck. Ab wishes you the best even though he knows you’re going to receive the worst.
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For the stress, they would smoke marijuana-rolled joints (L’s). Knight pieces move in a “L” shape.
She disperse by the handful
Coco make her go up Wale – The Girls on Drugs
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She in love with the Coco
Cocaine is a dangerous drug stimulant, which causes your adrenaline to rush. Not only does she become more awake but she gets up and dances.
Bars to break, so many bars to break Wale – The Girls on Drugs
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There are points at which a party will die down for a little bit – “nothing’s poppin'”
When she is bored she pops a Zanny bar (Xanax) to make things exciting. She doesn’t hesitate to overload her supply when she’s out. This has a sad side to it, as it insinuates she’s never happy.
Notice the “laying low” to oppose the “go up” in the previous line. Probably, not on purpose, but it adds contradiction to the belief that drugs are the only things that can make one happy. He plays on these opposing natures in again in the third verse:
“bars to break” is another Xanax reference.
The 2mg variety comes in a scored bar form.
It should be Xanny if you want to call it that. There has never been a Z in Xanax.
Finally, Xanax does not make anything exciting. From Wikipedia: “Benzodiazepines enhance the effect of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at the GABAA receptor, resulting in sedative, hypnotic (sleep-inducing), anxiolytic (anti-anxiety), anticonvulsant, and muscle relaxant properties. High doses of many shorter-acting benzodiazepines may also cause anterograde amnesia and dissociation.”
Xanax has the opposite effect as the Cocaine mentioned in the line before.
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Soulo makes a joke about burying (or killing) someone underground “six feet” – the standard grave depth.
One person has two feet, so three people have six. Teaching mathematics while rhyming, always a plus. This also concludes that he can kill multiple rappers at a time.
Soulo often frequents third-eye references, which is why “three” is distorted and Wale responds with “deep.” Soul’s examples of third eye references: “Pineal Gland,” “Nothing New,” “Terrorist Threats.”
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