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The young'ns from the other side pulled out a gun (“bullets flyin'”) and Corey was shot and killed. Fashawn escaped, but losing his best friend was almost as bad as being shot.

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The original song this instrumental is from.

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Or, if you can’t make it to a show, you could buy his shit here.

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A common racist stereotype is that black people love fried chicken and watermelon.

However, Lupe is pointing out that these stereotypes, while often perceived as humorous, are actually quite racist (and tasteless).

Note that he points out black stereotypes and then says nigga.

Out of all the cultural foods associated with certain cultures across the world, fried chicken comes off plain or without much flavor (seasoning).

The word “tasteless” is used as a double entendre, meaning both inappropriate and literally without flavour

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Even though he’s only in high-school, this verse (32 bars) has Isaiah sounding like a seasoned veteran.

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Everyday you can find Blu “crate digging” (looking through boxes of old vinyls for sampling purposes). Just more proof that he grinds everyday to bring us good music.

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Blu has released almost 30 projects since 2007. It almost seems like he drops shit everyday. So do anuses.

Add this line to the list of literally shitty puns in rap songs.

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Blu hears a guardian angel (or maybe it’s just the weed) telling him to

Hold on John, John hold on
It’s gonna be alright

Obviously these are the lyrics to the chorus of this song, which is sampled from John Lennon’s Hold On.

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Blu is getting frustrated but his friend calls him up an talks to him, which calms him down.
“A fire inside” means and internal motivation or drive, so when Blu’s friend “fans the flames” when he calls him it means he extinguishes Blu’s anger and stress.

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Sampled from this Lennon track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLOTD7wrbtQ

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