Yeah, you heard me I got diamonds in my chain
And it don't make a difference if you cryin' in the rain Mac Miller – Loud
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Speech impediments make you spit when you talk. The wordplay continues as “spitting” is also another term for rapping, and you can put the pieces together. He used the term “spitting” just 2 tracks later in “Hardknock”:
I like to think we playin' a long game of hide and go seek
And one day maybe I'ma find Terrance and I could lead them Chance the Rapper – Nostalgia
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One of the more haunting lines of the song – Chance likes to think that all his friends that have passed are just hiding, (in heaven), and some day, (when Chance passes), he’ll be able to join and hide with them. We all remember Rod:
They don't need a thing but they always seem to be wanna left alone (Get it? Alone? Haha) XV – 3x5's and Postcards
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How hypocritical is Liberty?
That blind bitch ain't never did shit for me 2Pac & Outlawz (Ft. Big Syke) – Letter to the President
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The Lady Justice statue is a blindfolded woman holding a sword in one hand and a scale in the other. The blindfold is a symbol for the impartiality and fairness of the of the judicial system while evidence should be weighed equally on the scales without factoring in prejudice.
2Pac feels this isn’t the case as he was sent to prison for a sexual assault he says he didn’t commit and he sees Black men getting arrested more and receiving longer jail sentences than white men for the same non-violent drug offenses.
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A reference the saying “word to the wise”. He suggests there is no need to tell the wise due to the fact they are wise, and any wise person doesn’t need to be told that the revolution won’t be televised. You also ain’t gotta tell the wise how to stay on beat, the idea that is exposed in the following line.
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The name omitted by the laughs is believed to be “Rosa”, as in Rosa Acosta. He’s been know to say this at his concerts at the Ambition Tour. He had a Twitter beef with her, hence why he laughs instead of name dropping her:
Ball every Monday through Sunday, rollin'! Gunplay (Ft. Waka Flocka Flame) – Rollin'
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This song is for all the people from the streets and drug dealers out on the corner or posted up on the block putting in work 24/7 all the time. Never taking a day off shows just how much they are rollin', it’s all apart of the hustle and grind mentality.
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The police know that a lot of people are involved in illegal activities such as drug dealing, robbery, etc. in Fayetteville.
This is a play on the word “heat flow”. Heat is slang that refers to guns. Cole is comparing the large amounts of gunplay in his hometown to the way that heat actually flows through the atmosphere.