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He is talking about the Native people of the land the settlers overtook and how they can barely comprehend what it is happening or what is being told to them by the settlers since they had a different understanding of proberty and one could not own land in their beliefs. Many settlers tricked Native leaders into signing treaty’s and contracts that gave away their “ownership and right” to the land they occupied. This gave America the feeling that they werent doing anything wrong because they were “legally” obtaining their land.

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B-Legit is a rapper from California, who was known for being close to both Pimp C and 2Pac. He is the cousin of hyphy legend E-40, and made a name for himself as part of The Click with E-40 and other members of his family.

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You can tell that the person talking to him is in some sort of authoritative status, because they are referring to him by his birth name, Chad. His grandmama is telling him to become a better person and become a man of God.

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A dog’s bark often sounds like, and is spelled as, “roof”. Moreover, to “roof” means to talk shit. Lupe is implying that the dogs (people) won’t roof (talk shit). It also may have been spelled “roof” to strengthen the Form Follow Function building he is creating in the next line.

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Track 11 off of Raekwon’s early 2012 mixtape, Unexpected Victory. Featuring JD Era, a Toronto native and the first signee to Raekwon’s “Ice H20 Canada” label. The song was produced by Pro Logic & Moss, both of whom are also from Toronto. The song sample’s David Porter’s “I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over”.

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Concluding the Lord of the Flies references, almost all of the young boys eventually went crazy on the island due to the new and foreign situation they were forced into.

This is what will happen when put on the streets; all of a sudden you are on your own in a different environment, worried about money and your life. The pressure can drive men insane.

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G Rap got ambitious and sped away with the drugs and the money he feels he deserves, after risking his life day after day for his boss. He’s now rich, but he also made a ton of dangerous enemies.

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Everybody’s afraid of dying but people don’t stop and think about what happens after they die – they’re too caught up in life to think about the afterlife. People in the world today act a lot for short term pleasure, such as resorting to drugs and alcohol, which feel good for the moment but are slowly killing you.

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Frusen Gladje was a company that made ice cream in the 1980’s, but they don’t exist anymore. “Ice Cream” is also the name of one of the singles released off of Raekwon’s masterpiece, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, which featured Method Man, among others. Since then, the term Ice Cream has come to be known as an assortment of different girls, with Meth on the chorus relating girls to ice cream flavours.

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OC is from the Diggin' In The Crates Crew, along with other legends Big L, AG, Showbiz, Fat Joe, Buckwild, Lord Finesse & Diamond D.

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