Borrowing Jay-Z’s pet phrase “pause” for when he says something really gay sounding when she talked about her gun being cocked.

Pause is used by Nicki to negate the sexual conotations of what is being said

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.

Subtle reference to her celebrated verse on Kanye West’s “Monster”

NICKI: Maybe reminding us of how good you can be on a mediocre track isn’t the best way to go…

Bugs as in Bees?

Because the Queen could use a back rub.

More Lil' Kim subliminals!

The lyric just means that the guy is also able to be emotional, empathetic and knows enough about women to give Nikki what she wants.

Also means “solo”, but “dolo” refers more to keeping things on the down low. He’s still single, but doing things with women on the DL. Or he could be going down low…as in giving Nicki head.

*Fun fact: Kid Cudi goes by the name, “Mr. Solo Dolo”… so she may be referring to him here.

Nicki dedicates this verse to the guys who are actually doing numerous positive things in their lives that are making them money the legal way (polo = casual business attire)

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.

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.

Violent, raucous mobs know no color divide