Should be:
All your life you must teach truth
The wordplay is correct but the lyric is:
You got to know the ledge to wise the dumb
Refers to the duty of the 5% to teach the 85%.
Also note that Jamar puts the Supreme Mathematics into rhyme form in these lines. Puba does the same thing in Wake Up.
“It’s Yours” wasn’t a proper Def Jam release. It was the first record with the Def Jam logo though.
But the point here is the bass-heavy production style of Rick Rubin (which would go on to become a signature of early Def Jam) and the scientific rhyme style of T La Rock. It’s obvious from this interview that LL was a big fan.
It’s not a reference to either. Outkast didn’t invent the “heart pumps Kool-Aid” thing. It’s an old phrase meaning shook/cowardly.
Possibly, but more likely rap was his version of blues music, giving him a creative outlet for the pain and frustration of the streets. His father’s generation had jazz and the blues, his generation had Hip Hop.
The explanation is broadly correct but the lyrics are:
React quick, spit lyrics like Macs, I hit your dome up
The “Life’s A Bitch” rapper is not the same AZ who ran with Alpo and Rich Porter and was in Mob Style. Like 50 Cent he took on the name of a famous gangster from an earlier generation.
Lyric should be:
Ice Water metallic
The explanation is correct but it should be the Now Rule Mob, (Now and Rule being the Supreme Alphabet representations of the letters N and R).