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Rick Ross nods his head to two of the greats.

Ross is boasting that he blasts Tupac’s Makaveli album in his Ferrari.

The Biggie line refers not just to Ross’s body type, but to the late great BIG, who famously partnered with Diddy on the Bad Boy label.

Biggie spelled out his name in just this way on the track “Going Back to Cali,” which sought to reunite the East and West coasts in the same way that Ross does here.

Spell my name right, B-I, double-G, I-E

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Walnut Jones, showing pure brilliance with this elegant, clever, line. As a youth I recall playing with my legos, of course I had plenty of pieces but never enough, I would often need to resort to destroying my previous constructions to create more.

Thus he uses this nostalgic metaphor to compare his relationship to legos.

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Walnut Jones is a genius among men, clearly others don’t want him to succeed and are plotting his demise, however they themselves are like ground balls, no one wants to pick them up.

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Relating back to the topic of this song which is characterized by tragedy. When you get darker, your going through tough times and struggles. Everyday its getting worse, life is a struggle. Then Suddenly both faces look similar–both have experienced catastrophic times.

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Asking for forgiveness for everything that he has done and will do, but its not because of you. That he is asking forgiveness for–nor is it because of you.

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There isn’t a word that can define when something is going all wrong, (fun fact there is, it’s awry). Thus he doesn’t know what to tell his audience, only telling them what they want to hear.

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A typical situation that many face sorrow–a feeling of deep distress caused by loss which occurs in glory–honor. Its nothing new, but hopefully this will be the time for something new, something different, a time to stop sorrow.

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