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He is inverting the normal idea of shooting someone by saying that he will put Kendrick and the other guys he’s going at “inside of the bullet,” instead of putting the bullet inside of them. This way, they will be able to “see” (since they’ll be “inside” the bullet), a “shell” of themselves. Budden makes sure he goes colder than Kendrick, as Kendrick only said he would murder them.

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If you listen to the hook closely you can hear Roscoe Dash in the background.He is saying:

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah! Leggo! Whoah, whoah, whoah!
(Hook repeats)
Whoah, whoah, whoah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Leggo!

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Speaking on the stress from the previous line, Sean explains that he’s trying different methods to take the stress away from his life, (i.e sipping liquor, popping pills, smoking marijuana). These ways are common theme in rap and life. Notice how Sean didn’t speak on another way to relieve it has he did in his infamous “Control” verse.

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Base is short for Freebase cocaine, which is a chemically pure version with no additives. A Valve is a tube, and Nicki is substituting “valve” for the word “pipe” (crack pipe). Also, sometimes people call their dicks pipes when they have sex.

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Sean starts off the line with his signature ad-lib Finally Famous, which is also the name of three of his mixtapes and his debut album. He later explains he is flooded with his work, and therefore flooded with the money from it all.

He later explains that it did’t happen all in one night, but that it took a lot of hard work and dedication to reach this point in his career.

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Liu Kang is a Mortal Kombat character whose moves revolve around kicking.

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Kendrick and Rock channel their inner 2Pac on a remake of “Death Around the Corner”.

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The first official response to Kendrick Lamar’s highly respected verse on Control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wya7Wo3QqqM

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