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Extending the same metaphor from above: They don’t represent the excess “bloating” in the game, they’re the lean cut.
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Steroids are bad, except the metaphorical, lyrical kind Lupe is on.
Don't let the patent leather shoes fool you youngin'
I got the fully in the tux JAY-Z – 30 Something
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In 1995, Jordan came out of retirement, and 10 years later Jay did the same thing.
That same year Jordan released his Jordan XI, famous for it’s patent leather design. It’s yet another parallel between Jay and Jordan.
The “fully” is his automatic weapon. Don’t be fooled by appearances…
Tell her if she really ever cared about poor schools
About poor children, then she gotta prove that she
Ain't just another coon Uncle Tom fool Nas (Ft. Kelis) – American Way
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A coon is a derogatory term for a black person. And an “Uncle Tom fool” refers to a subservient black person as personified by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Nas is suggesting that Condoleeza Rice is just another fool under the conservative whites' rule because she serves them and not the underrepresented people in this country.
Won't discriminate – I’m getting all eight
In every color that they make Lupe Fiasco – WWJD He'd Probably LOL Like WTF!!!
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This is the conspicuous consumption he refers to just below: We can’t buy just one. We “need” all of them.
“Won’t discriminate” and “every color” refer to racism: Lupe says that the fact he’s getting every single color proves that he doesn’t discriminate against any color (obviously a facetious statement).
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Lupe Fiasco x Vans OTW Spring 2012
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Howard Zinn is the man. Historian, author, playwright and social activist, Lupe frequently endorses his ideas. In fact, he’s the visionary voice in the Friend of the People Introduction
Apparently he rolls around in a Benz listening to what Howard preached.
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