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This line references the 90’s sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, which starred Will Smith and had one of the most memorable theme songs in television history. As much of Bel-Air is upper class and used to good lives, Cole uses this to illustrate that where he lives isn’t as easy. Where Cole is, even though he has the talent and street smarts (like Will Smith in the show), he must grind and work hard in order to make it.

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Her car is white on white, with a black clutch, which she’s expressing by way of some complex slavery imagery (“whips” for the car and the weapon used to keep slaves in line, “cotton picking” for the car’s color and for the work performed by American slaves in the Antebellum years)

Kunta Kinte was the black slave protagonist in the acclaimed Alex Haley novel and mini-series Roots

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Cory Gunz is about his paper… how many times has he told you that? Apparently, the answer is “so many.”

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Let’s examine this line using the evidence:

  1. Summer is hot.
  2. The sun is hot.
  3. Africa is hot; specifically, Ghana is only a few degrees north of the Equator.
  4. Ghanaian queen mothers are female leaders of incredible symbolic significance in the country. When a female is called a Ghana queen, they’re well respected and are probably too ‘hot’ to handle.

So put all that together and you got the heat of Gunz' gun!

Note the mutli-syllable rhyme llama scream/ ghana queen Gunz is on fire!

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Cory claims to have big manhood, so he’s happy to show it off by the urinals. In general, he’s just proud to be a man.

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“Flash” as in “style”, We don’t understand, or care, about the man behind the mask, i.e., the Dwayne behind the Lil Wayne.
It’s because, as the public, we’re too eager to consume the image of celebrities created by the paparazzi and the media.

Oh and this isn’t just a tip for photographing dark people in dimly lit places, which is that you might as well leave the lens cap on if the flash isn’t working, but that a lot of people, obviously not Rap Geniuses, don’t understand him if he doesn’t enlighten the matter.

This could also mean people don’t get it or take a situation seriously until the gun are drawn (which also causes a flash when shot)

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Cuba was bold enough to aim missiles at the United States during the Kennedy Administration

Garbled lyric also sounds like “I’m bald like Cuba” – Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Drake put Ludacris on blast for using that Big Sean “Supa Dupa Flow”:

Then a bunch of rappers started doing it and using the most terrible references in the world. I don’t want to offend somebody…I hate that rappers picked that flow up. I wish they had left that for people that know how to use it. They go like “It’s a parade! MACY’S!” (from My Chick Bad)

So you’ll be all over the flow/floor like Luda (when you get knocked the F out). Plus notice the “disturb” usage as Ludacris’s label name is Disturbing The Peace and that the next line contains some of the same verbage from Supa Dupa:

Used to the bottom, scuba
So I’m on the grind, skateboard or scooter
‘Til I am the king of my castle – Koopa
Dawg, I took a shot at the dark in the industry’s sharks
That’s surrounded by water – Cuba

I think we can all agree that the “Macy’s” line is whack, but not nearly as bad as the “I fill her up… balloons!” line after it

This line could also just be a nod to Luda’s all over the place flow, the hook of his song, “What’s Your Fantasy (Remix)”, or his character in the film Hustle and Flow, but if in doubt, err on the side of diss

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This a freestyle on Wayne’s Da Drought 3 mix tape and in this song he raps off of the beat “Down and Out.” In the song, he welcomes the new Cash Money artist, Brisco, into the fold

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Young Jeezy released a song called “Go Getta” featuring R. Kelly.

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