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Reference to the recent cult hit film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan in which Sascha Baron Cohen starred as an international journalist.

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Formula is synthetic milk made for infants.

NICKI: You should breastfeed! It’s more natural!

It’s also a double entendre, it’s together with the last line. And I'mma go and get, some pretty lids for ‘em
“Formula” also refers to instructions or an equation about how something works the way it’s supposed to.
Nicki is saying she’s gonna “breastfeed” them the fundamentals on how to rap, like how a mother sings a song to her child as she feeds them so they grow up properly.

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Invoking the penultimate line of Jay-Z’s verse on “Monster”. Which, of course, is a track that Nicki tore to shreds by all accounts.

Guess Kim wasn’t too impressed.

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“Bambino” means “baby” and “snipples” means nipples. He’s asking this busty beauty to breastfeed him, or, in layman’s terms, to let him suck on them titties.

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Double meaning: Bad bitches are begging to her “eff one,” meaning fuck one, or, since Nicki made a name for herself doing collaborations, Bad rap bitches want her “help.” F1 is the standard help key on a computer. SPOILER ALERT: She’s not, she’s just gonna eat ‘em.

Fun Fact: F1 is the standard shortcut key to a program’s support or help page. Go ahead and try it!.

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Originally released on April 5, 2011, as a Pink Friday deluxe edition cut, “Super Bass” quickly turned into a massive hit. On the song, Nicki raps about love and legitimate industry dudes.

Nicki described the song herself in this way:

“Super Bass” is about the boy that you are crushing over, […] And you kind of want to get your mack on, but you’re taking the playful approach.

In November 2021, the single was certified Diamond. It was also Nicki’s highest charting solo single at the #3 spot in the US until “Anaconda” overthrew it in 2014.

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“Dolo” refers more to keeping things on the down low. He’s still single, but doing things with women on the DL. This could also refer to going “down low” on Nicki, as in giving her oral.

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A White Russian is a delicious cocktail made with vodka, kahlua, and milk or cream.

Kanye puns on the name, implying the drink but then making it clear he’s talking about sexy Russian girls.

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There have been two female emcees who have been the loudest in criticizing Nicki: Lil' Kim and Keys. In this sense, Nicki has two bones to pick.

She’s saying here that she’s only going to pursue one of the conflicts at the moment: the one with Kim. Although Nicki’s thrown a couple subliminals around which could apply to Keys (bummy swag?), on tracks like “Roman’s Revenge” and “Did it on ‘Em”, Nicki refers to her nemesis as a has-been more so than a never-was.

Nicki’s saying here that she’s not going to help Keys blow up by beefing with her on her first album. Maybe if in two years, once she’s done setting the world on fire with Pink Friday, and if Keys still has some shine, Nicki will let herself get into a beef with her.

Once Roman Reloaded came about, Keys hadn’t actually gone up (if anything, she’d gone downwards), and no more came of it.

Also, when Nicki says “you might get addressed on the second album” she says album AL-BUM referring to “the bum” which is Keys.

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A possible reference to her father, who fell victim to drugs and alcohol when Nicki was a child.

Could also possibly be a reference to her mentor Lil Wayne’s imprisonment. He was in jail the whole time that she was recording this album, so his advice and guidance was probably missed.

Regardless of who it is about, she is trying her hardest to forgive them for leaving her.

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