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Roman’s Pizza is a well-known pizza joint in South Africa that offers both thick base and thin base pizza.

Thin base, in this case, would mean little money. Which is not what the goal is here. If you’re talking to Reason, you need to bring the thick base dough. Meaning you need to bring stacks to the table. Thin base never paid the bills.

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The flat line = that sound that you hear when someone puts the phone down.

Basically, if you don’t give a good offer for Reason’s services, then don’t even bother. Money talks, bullshit walks.

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Why are you outside Sway waiting on free Blackberries?

CAUSE YOU AIN’T BUMPED THE CHEESE UP.

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Maybe AKA should shed some light on the first part…

Even if he got booed whilst trying to make it, he simply went back to the drawing board. This resulted in him creating something better and learning from his mistakes. The tape he refers to here, is his mixtape 24/7/366. It is considered to be one of the best mixtapes released by a South African rapper, and pretty much started off his career. One of the songs which jumped started it was I Want It All.

The result of all of this? Nationwide plays, including video launches on MTV Base.

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To pay dues means to work hard, whether you like it or not, until you achieve the dream. However, in as much as you need to pay dues, you also need to take risks. These could change your life for better or worse, but you take them so that you can get what you want e.g. Making a commitment to rapping. This dedicating your whole life to rapping and starting from the bottom. And so long as you have faith in it, then you’ll become a success.

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AKA actually did have a myspace. See here.

You start with the dream, and then you begin the hustle. Reaching out to people, putting in work, all in the hopes of your dream being realized one day.

Note: AKA emphasizes this point nicely with the Michael Jackson punch. MJ had a forehead lift, cheekbone surgery and had altered his lips. By 1990, he had undergone 10 procedures to his face. See here.

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This is how most rap careers start out. As Biggie best said it:

It was all a dream…

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You’re about to blow up, just like you planned. And you’re raking in the money.

Bandits, back when the wild, wild west existed , were the olden day version of robbers. They dealt in organized crime and lived lives of lawlessness. Now, even the modern bandits live lawlessly and get a lot of money from doing what they do.

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Second single off AKA’s album, Levels.

A huge contrast compared to Kontrol, this song is more of a celebratory song. Whether you’ve graduated, won the lotto, have a baby on the way, this is the song you’d play to celebrate. One can’t help but think that AKA’s going on another Victory Lap.

The song samples Ride by Harrison Crump

NOTE: This song actually kicked Eminem off the #1 spot on iTunes, twice.

See his interview on SABC News about the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvVnWe3Qp0

Buy here.

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Continuing from the previous line, Freddie’s just cornered this girl. And is most probably kidnapping her. This could be because there’s a certain man who’s been flossing a bit too much, and Gangster Gibbs wants to teach him a lesson. Talk about player killers. Jay-Z explains this in D'Evils:

He didn’t listen so in turn I’m kidnapping his baby’s mother.

The next line also clarifies the situation more.

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