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A Smith & Wesson is a well-known gun manufacturer, mainly known for their pistols. Mike threatens that if he can ever get his hand on one he will come back and shoot the Cuban that impregnated Keisha.
Straight A's but straight stupid
Used to flirt with an older Cuban
Started having sex, smoking Cubans
After while Keisha was pregnant O'hene Savant (Ft. Greg Stamper) – Just Another Day
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While Keisha was very smart in school, she wasn’t smart on the streets. She used to have sex and smoke Cubans, expensive and luxurious cigars, with a man behind Mike’s back.
Due to not taking precautions she became pregnant with the Cuban’s child.
Shooting hoops to get him mad fans
Said he'd even have his own sneaker O'hene Savant (Ft. Greg Stamper) – Just Another Day
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The pain Mike goes through in the hood did not affect him as he is distracted by his one goal in life; basketball. He had dreams to make it out of the ghetto by making it on a basketball team and becoming rich and famous, so much so that even a sneaker brand would dedicate a shoe line to him like some other famous ball-players.
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People would often make fun of Mike as his mom was smoking Crack Cocaine, a very powerful and life-changing drug. The fact that his mom was on the pipe would have hurt him very much already, and people bringing it up would make it worse if not for other hobbies keeping him distracted.
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“Grass” and “Kush” are both slang terms for marijuana. XO is comparing the literal green grass waiting on the other side (representing optimism) to marijuana.
Knowing how it feels to be stressed out Shad – I Don't Like To
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A reference to the A Tribe Called Quest song “Stressed Out” featuring Faith Evans. Shad is referencing this line in the chorus:
I really know how it feels to be, stressed out, stressed out
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Shad is a badass, almost as bad as his credit (which, according to the previous lines, is not great), while these other cats bear some plain rapping styles.
Shad includes some wordplay here — Air Miles are gained from flying on air planes.
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When things literally get dark, a third eye would help by taking in more light. On the mental/spiritual level, the Third Eye, or Chakra provides vision beyond ordinary sight, being able to see past the bullshit in life.
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This line is a nod to O.C.’s classic 1994 single, “Time’s Up”, with the track opening up with,
That line essentially meant you lack any substance and are all sugars and packaging, and this line is just talking about waiting for time to end, or to die.
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