Lupe has always felt as if he was against everyone. Also as reference to Tupac’s album Me Against the World. Also being a virgin means that nobody fucks with him.

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September 20th, 2012

Here it sounds like Lupe says virgin me versus the globe saying no one fuck with him.

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Lupe’s hair is naturally nappy, and he doesn’t feel he needs product.

Pomades and other products are usually used to enhance waves (in your hair), a play on the surfing/waves metaphor from the previous lines.

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September 25th, 2012

As with previous reference, took on Atlantic. “with no pomade in my fro” could also be reference to staying natural/true to your values

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Like everyone else he’s done wrong in his life and is praying for forgiveness. In addition he’s also asking for forgiveness because his addictions and his materialism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto

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This line can be interpreted multiple ways:
1. Lupe stays grounded and doesn’t let success get to his head.
2. Lupe never “jumps” to conclusions.
3. He is “the shoes”, stuck with Atlantic Records which is a metaphor for “the floor”.

Reposessors put shoes on cars that owe dues. Lupe’s previous car lines

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October 2nd, 2012

Lupe also frequently uses floor as a homonym for flow (see Form Follows Function. I think this can also be applied here. Quadruple meaning?

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Lu fought Atlantic Records to release LASERS, and was working for them.

Also, the working class do all the work and create all the wealth in society, yet the ruling class keep the profits to themselves and leave the workers with just enough to survive, continue working and reproduce the next generation of workers.

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When Lupe gains confidence in a verse, he spits with passion and certainty, having no doubt whatsoever.

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A few lines before this, Lupe references his first studio album, Food & Liquor. That was #1 (his first) and this is now his 4th studio album.

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A metaphor comparing someone from the hood to a rose. They blossomed from the bottom AKA Chicago, and rose up to a dozen roses.

Reference to Tupac’s “A Rose that Grew from Concrete”

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September 23rd, 2012

He says “and a garden now there grows”.

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September 27th, 2012

The ‘rose’ could be referring to Derrick Rose who is from Chicago just like Lupe and he is considered a very humble and hard working player.

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October 9th, 2012

Also, a rose, or any flower, grows out of the dirt, from the bottom up"blossomed from the bottom"

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Kendrick’s swearing and foul language is not senseless. There is meaning and purpose behind everything that he says.

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Lady Gaga. Who he know has a track with called PARTYNASEOUS. Gaga was also on a version of Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe that failed to make the album.

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