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In Star Wars, the Dark Side of the Force is a prominent moral, philosophical, and psychic concept in the Star Wars universe. They are the main antagonists, and believe in evil and domination of the universe, and do so by forming an empire.

He’s continuing the metaphor for them having sex with the lights off.

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Marty McFly is the protagonist in the adventure film series, Back to the Future. It is a clever play on words, as his name involves the world “Fly”, continuing the “High” theme.

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Being “gravy” means to feel happy and to live well.

I apologize in advance but gravy is the same color as shit and we know what that’s slang for. He can’t wait to he’s really the man and no longer has to work hard for recognition.

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Clever flipping of words here; XV is saying both “Hi-Life”, a term meaning living luxuriously, famously used by Southern rap group UGK, and also “Hi, Life”, where “Hi” means hello, followed by “goodbye world”.

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Track no 12 on XV’s mixtape Popular Culture. Has numerous references to the classic action film series, Star Wars.

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“Chulo” is the Spanish or Portuguese translation of Pimp.

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L7 is XV’s “gang sign”, if you will. When u make an “L” shape with one hand, and a “7” with the other, it forms a square. Vizzy often refers to himself as a square because he doesn’t fit into circles, and was known as the nerdy kid before he blew up.

L7 also stands for Love, Life, and Loyalty and living long like legends.

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On every subway line, there is a rail referred to as the “3rd Rail”, because it is not one of the two that the train rides on top of. It has an electrical charge, and is used for the train to move down the tracks on.

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This is a play on words. Mic is a homonym; it can mean both microphone, or Mike, as in a man’s name. Redman is straight, but he still does it to mics (Mike’s) like he was gay.

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Tical teams up with Funk Doctor Spock quite often, as they eventually formed a group together, releasing their debut album, Blackout!, in 1999, along with a follow up, Blackout! 2 in 2009. Besides that, they have released a few singles, had a sitcom titled Method & Red, starred together in the stoner film How High, and appear on each others albums frequently. They can’t be stopped while they’re together.

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