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Big L’s got a spinning chain and Corleone is Big L’s nickname in many of his rhymes, it refers to the mobster Corleone family.

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A reference to one of Gambino’s older songs The Longest Text Message
Also, in most cases when someone is drunk, their spelling and grammar is horrible.

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Salsa is a dance where at times you kick out, and he is also referring to this girl he accidentally spit his game too

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Bathing Ape is a high end japanese clothing brand, see next lyric.
Also this means that the guys that the female is talking to are apes, they aren’t on his level. This can also be seen as a shot on mainstream emcees, who often wear in style clothing like bapes.

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This line has too 2 different references about the Pyramids in Egypt

  • Doom is referring to one of the seven wonders of the world the Great Pyramid of Giza and it is considered one of the wonders of the world because it’s been able to “hold” up without crumbling or falling for a ridiculous amount of time. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.

  • Doom also refers to the pyramid power theory which is a theory about the supernatural powers that the pyramids in Egypt possess. It is a pseudo-scientific theory that has actually been somewhat busted

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