Is shining in the sky! William Wordsworth – Song (She dwelt among th' untrodden ways)
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All this Polo on, I got horsepower Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T) – Mercy
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2 Chainz puns on driving sports cars (that have lots of horsepower) and wearing Polo Ralph Lauren. Polo, the Sport of Kings, is played on horses.
Horsepower is a unit of measurement first developed in the 1900s by Scottish engineer James Watt. He wanted a way to compare the power produced by steam engines to the power of draft horses.
In 2012, a company called Covert Tuning Dynamics unveiled a special, souped up 2,000 horsepower Murcielago.
Save just enough for some douche for your cooch' Nicki Minaj – Beef Stew
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A douche is a vaginal cleaner. Though it is not recommended for use in fear of throwing off the vagina’s healthy pH balance and further spreading bacteria into the reproductive tract, some women still use it to fight yeast infections. Nicki is calling these women dirty.
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And carted away across the waves Lin-Manuel Miranda – The Hamilton Mixtape
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Some interpreted this as a sign that Rihanna missed kissing ex Chris Brown in his Range Rover. This song was released nearly two years after Brown beat Rihanna in his car.
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Kenwood is the manufacturer of car stereo systems. The subwoofer of a system (that creates the bass) is often put in the trunk of a car.
Got a lot to learn in this love
Through the good and the bad, still got love
Dedicated to the one I love, hey Beyoncé – Countdown
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The swooping up and down of the lyrics matches the bounce of the song’s beat. Though there are challenges they are determined to learn and make it work.
The line “Dedicated to the one I love,” is also an allusion to a hit song from the 60s girl group The Shirelles.
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Referring to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (a score is twenty, so “five score years ago” is 100 years ago)
By saying “scores,” MLK calls back to the famous opening lines of Lincoln’s famous speech:
Invoking Lincoln’s language is the first of many rhetorical maneuvers (in this case, an ethos appeal) designed to persuade those who were reluctant to embrace King’s vision.
Prez Abe was one of the most racist presidents in American History.