I just tell my pilot to land it in my backyard Lil Wayne – Swag Surf

Must be a sea plane.

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We still bangin', we never lost power, tell em
Welcome to New York City, welcome to New York City Cam'ron (Ft. Jay-Z & Juelz Santana) – Welcome to New York City

Not entirely true: the East Coast actually suffered a major blackout in 2003

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At the time of this song’s release (to wit, May 14, 2002) the 2003 blackout hadn’t occurred yet.

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I own Madison Square, catch me at the fight Cam'ron (Ft. Jay-Z & Juelz Santana) – Welcome to New York City

Madison Square Garden is an arena in NY — it hosts the Knicks and a variety of other sporting events (N.Y. Rangers Hockey, Big East Tournament, boxing matches etc.)

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Coverage at Centre Street Cam'ron (Ft. Jay-Z & Juelz Santana) – Welcome to New York City

The Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (click here to Map it out)

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Mingling England, meddling the Netherlands Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

Love the elimination of prepositions here!

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Or he could be saying “mingle in England, meddle in the Netherlands”, which would make more sense.

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Roc Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

Roc-A-Fella records, Jay-Z’s label

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The black Brad Pitt, Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

Hmmm

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I take one of your chicks straight from under your armpit Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

You’ve got your arm draped over some girl’s shoulders until Jay sweeps her away

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All I do is get bread, yeah I take Wonder Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

“Bread” is money

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Before I was cabbing it there back and forth
Raw we had it all day, Papi in the hallway
Cop one on consignment to give you more yay Jay-Z – Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

Jay used to take the cab to Manhattan to sell cocaine. His projects were full of “raw” (uncut cocaine). Papi (his distributor — see other references to the mythical “Papi” here) would front you some product (“on consignment”) to sell if you were short on cash

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‘cabbing it’ is also an extension of the political metaphor from the previous line (cabinet)