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Referring to the devil who was disguised as a serpent in the Garden of Eden.
Adam & Eve let the serpent influence their actions, and in the same way humanity is allowing the world’s evils pervade righteousness. Full story can be found here at Poetry Genius!
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Because there is not much else to do in prison, a lot of criminals turn to the library to gain knowledge, allowing them to have a greater understanding life and how to better themselves.
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The only ambitions these young kids have is causing havoc, because that’s all they were surrounded by growing up.
DISCLAIMER: If you’re gonna rip up the town, know how to shoot a gun first.
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“Sellin rocks” refers to selling drugs, such as crack/cocaine. This is because it forms little pellets that look like rocks.
This leads to the simile with Monopoly, a game where you must circle around the board & purchase properties (blocks) to gain income, much like peddling crack (runnin blocks)
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Baby doll refers to the girl that’s being pimped Mattel is a toy manufacturing company that makes dolls for young children.
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Referencing the TV Show, “House” which was about a brilliant doctor who was able to diagnose seemingly impossible symptoms. In this context a girl’s pimp got her pregnant, and so will find any reason to contradict it. Basically in denial about being the father.
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Looking through his yearbook, he sees some old classmates who ended up being slaves to the streets of the ghetto, and possibly prison.
They take severe beating from their man don't puzzle Juggaknots – Romper Room
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Living in the streets is compared to being a game, a notion delved into at a much deeper level in Lupe Fiasco’s “The Cool” Saga. In this particular game the kids weren’t interested in anything except being well known to the people in the neighborhood (namely because of fear), or being “the man”. However, this way of life will take you nowhere.
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