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If you ain't million-dollar-dreaming, then we opposites Lupe Fiasco – The One
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Because Lupe is million dollar dreaming, and if you aren’t, you’re the opposite of him

Ted Dibiase was a professional wrestler known as “The Million Dollar Man”. His finishing move was known as “The Million Dollar Dream” and it was a sleeper hold-like clutch that forced people to tap out/fall asleep and submit

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You can't match a killer with that, wigger Mac Miller (Ft. Action Bronson & Loaded Lux) – Red Dot Music
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Mac doesn’t look like a killer.

The term “wigger” is a derogatory term used to label a white person who favors a majority ruled African American culture or heavily black influence. Hip-hop is an African-American-dominated community; only a few white rappers have gained notable respect.

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offend your sensibilities I meant dress smartly Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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The word swag is overused and when going after a beautiful women you probably shouldn’t use that term to describe yourself. Swag = to dress smartly. That’s essentially what people are referring to when they use the term

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And I'mma hold my baby down like a car seat Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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car seats are made to hold babies down in a car. Self explanatory.

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Let's negotiate, because my cheeks tired
From smiling all day Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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She was “killing” Lu with her kidness and sense of humour, he was smiling so long that he can barely feel his face.

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This girl makes him so happy that he can’t stop smiling

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You know that isn't fair, how you just entered here
Getting their hopes up, that they can interfere
You're so insincere, you know I got you Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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The girl comes in the room making everybody take a second look as if she is single and ready to mingle. But in fact is Lupe’s girl so it gets their hopes up.

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We're in a better place Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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we’re in a different era than the Civil Rights era. A much better place and situation.

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He’s referring to the prior line “Give you ‘get to the backs’, code name for Rosa-ses”, saying that we’re now in a better place than the days of Rosa Parks when Black people were treated like second-class citizens and forced to go to the back of the bus.

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This like a player's mate, and like a coma love Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bilal) – How Dare You
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These are both extremes. A pimps main girl and a lover of someone in a coma. Both hard to handle and it may be better to send condolences and let go. The main girl leaving the pimp and the lover letting the coma patient go to a better place.

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This line can also be referring to chess, where a a player checkmates the opponent by leaving no other move available.

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dodo birds Joey Bada$$ – Fantom
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The previous lines were talking about how fly he is. Joey compares other rappers to dodo birds – they not only can’t fly (aren’t as fly as he is), but they’re extinct.

They also look pretty ridiculous.

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The flow varies cause I studied those old from the erry
Of the gold, why I shine like that find it scary Rapsody (Ft. Ab-Soul & Raheem DeVaughn) – NonFiction
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“Erry” is slang for era. Hip Hop started in the late 70s and many emcees called the 80s the “golden era” for hip hop.

Rapsody uses a play on gold and “to shine” to express how her flow and lyricism is reminiscent of that time, which boggles her name.

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I believe she is also saying she flows in countless ways because she studied people of the ancient times in an era of gold.

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