Paraphrasing Vanilla Ice’s hit “Ice, Ice, Baby”.

Also, Damondrick “Marion” Jack was a classmate of Lars and frequent collaborator, who used the nickname DJ. This was a reference to how Lars' friend DJ would both produce and tour with Lars. DJ helped produce this song, “iGeneration” and “Hurricane Fresh”, the first three songs from “the Laptop EP”.

Kids being led back into their classrooms once the ruckus is all done.

Just like that their little snow day was canceled…

The kids were screwing around breaking stuff (flotsam means wreckage) until the cops finished sweeping the building and gave them the all clear to re-enter the school.

This is a reference to the classic Ogden Nash poem:

I eat my peas with honey;
I’ve done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.

As a kid Aes, like most kids, didn’t much care for peas, so he did what he could to make the experience more bearable, like shoveling them in quickly, and maybe eat them with honey.

The concept of eating vegetables as a kid is explored more deeply on “Grace” later in the album.

He’s had a small taste and sight of what is to come in the next life. The idea of “tasting and seeing” is from Psalm 34:8:

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Now three years later he is finally out the hood! He uses the word swamp here intentionally as swamps have a tendency to keep you stuck where you are. The area around Atlanta is dotted with swamps, and this reference also sets up the next line where he mentions gators.

Nod to the ending of Slick Rick’s Children’s Story. Both songs have a similar theme: younglings up to no good, but learning a bit from the experiences.

“Aes” (pronounced like “Ace”) is short for “Aesop Rock.”

He and his crew are holding God close to their hearts, but even when you’re trying your best to follow God, it’s sometimes hard to know the Will of God for your life.

In addition to the Texas Hold ‘em play on words, this is also a nod to the spiritual strength of the Texas contingent of the Deepspace 5 crew (Playdough, Freddie Bruno, and Sivion).