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Mick is saying, what ever you do, the reason should be to elevate your self, or do yourself better.
So, if you do smoke weed, don’t get too high because you are not helping your self or your long term elevation.
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Mick is a Chicago native, and is referencing the song Through The Wire by Chicago artist Kanye West, who literally spit his rap through the wires that wired his jaw shut after he was in a car accident.
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The pinky ring is a status symbol for made men of the American Mafia. Mick is probably referencing The Sopranos or The Godfather series.
There's plenty as many as pennies in the futon RATKING (Ft. Kaila Paulino) – So It Goes
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There is actually about 8.3 million people who live in New York City (fun fact, 2.5 million of those people live in Brooklyn).
Either way, there’s so many different stories and life tales from the people who live in NYC, almost as many as the change you lose in a couch or a futon.
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New York City is known for its ways of transportation, which includes trains and subways. These ways are almost endless, and can take you all around different parts of New York.
Stole it from a ho, she was high on meds
Brought it to Canal, now they buying it
Recycling it on some unlicensed shit RATKING (Ft. Kaila Paulino) – So It Goes
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Nikon lenses aren’t cheap, which is why Wiki stole it from a girl who was high on meds (she wasn’t paying attention, or she got high with Wiki and he was scheming on the lens in the first place).
Wiki then brought it to Canal street, which as been mentioned before on the album, to sell it to an illegal buyer (Pawn shop or a street trader).
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In New York City, you are either in a legitimate business (stocks, restaurants, corporate) or you are doing the polar opposite (arguably for some businesses in NYC), which is stealing.
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New York’s football team, the Giants, is being used to reference the giant skyscrapers of New York City. The sky scrapers are the true giants, and Wiki is saying you don’t realize how tall the building are until you look at them directly with your eyes.
Wik could also being saying that being really high still does’t put perspective of how high the buildings are.
Carrying Russian locust, Irish locust, Puerto Rican locust RATKING (Ft. Kaila Paulino) – So It Goes
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The Hudson river flows through eastern New York. The Hudson also has Ellis Island as a destination spot. Ellis Island was the first part of American soil for Immigrants that were coming from all over the world.
Wiki’s use of the word “locust” should be noted, mostly because a Locust is a swarm of insects that reproduce and migrate rapidly.
Back to the Ox the pain up in my stomach that it gave
Made me nauseous when i'd eat, vomit when I'd speak
In school, it made me cautious when I'd sleep RATKING – Eat
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Wiki may have became dependent on the Oxycontin he was taking. Many drugs effect many people differently, and Oxy, like most pain killers, can cause nausea and vomiting.
Wiki stopped eating, starting becoming noticeably sick at school, and started to fear becoming unconscious in his sleep.
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