A possible reference to Nas‘ “One Love” off ILLmatic, where Jerome’s niece gets shot in her dome piece (head).

Vince and his fellows are shooting your loved ones if you snitch on them.

There is a long way to go. And in fact, more education may not be the solution in the near term. Even as women have begun to overtake men in college graduation rates, higher paying jobs are where, on average, the gap is the worst.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012, full-time employed women made just 80.9% of the wages their male counterparts did.

“For every dollar earned by a white man in America, a white woman earns, on average, 77 cents, a black woman earns 69 cents, and a Latina woman earns 57 cents. ” via Lean In

Her mom doesn’t think she is old or wise enough for anything.

Being “green” (like an unripened fruit) means she’s not ready or mature enough.

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When you need a shoulder to lean on, it means you need support or reassurance in a difficult time.

But Joey isn’t looking for support. Instead he plays off this idea of “leaning” to reiterate how good he and his Beastcoast brethren are and how much pressure they’re putting on the rappers who came before them.

It’s confirmed: 2 Chainz isn’t lying in his verses

Arca aka Alejandro Ghersi, a somewhat enigmatic Venezuelan-born producer.