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Sway is referring to dudes like this. – skip to 2:08 to bypass the Westwood skit if you can’t stand him (except Tempz is a legend)

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Sway used to make this currency comparison a lot, suggesting a superiority in skill of UK hip hop in comparison to its US counterpart. Hypocritically, he went to sign with Akon’s label, and his music has been nowhere near as good since

WAY TO SELL OUT TO UNCLE SAM!

Besides, in this economy, the pound and the dollar are approaching parity!

Check out an early remix of Thief’s Theme to get a good sense of Sway’s early brilliance

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Bad man = hard, cool and ghetto wrapped in a black hoodie and a hat

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Sway at his best. He refers to Prince Harry having an uncanny resemblance to the man whom his mother, Princess Diana had an affair with, James Hewitt, and the fact that Harry looks nothing like his proposed father, Prince Charles. British press are now banned from speculating this, but many believe James Hewitt to be Harry’s real father.

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The average life expectancy for men in East Glasgow is 54.

But I expect Sway is referring more to areas like Brixton, or Queen’s Crescent, where there is a lot of crime and high murder rates.

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A cross-eyed teacher would not be able to see straight, and thus is unable to focus on his/her class. Kids being kids, they are bound to capitalise on this and run riot — be out of control.

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Again with the holding! Pens, microphones..DO SOMETHING WITH IT!!

C'mon, hype boys..

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Sway doesn’t want them to know there is money in music, or they might start taking it more seriously, and the industry will take a turn for the worse.

It’s common to drop the “d” in words like “gold” which makes gold and goal homophones.

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Listen to tracks from this album, and some of Sway’s early mixtapes; he has an incredible flow.

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“Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum” is what a bloodthirsty giant would chant in an old English fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. Sway isn’t going for such talk from these pussies, and his referencing of a fairy tale further undermines their image

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