But if I fuck him, would he, would he yell, "Squad up?" Nicki Minaj – Dreams '07
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Stack Bundles, rising Queens rapper, was fatally shot in front of his Far Rockaway home, on June 12th, 2007. Though Nicki Minaj probably penned and recorded this verse before his murder, this mixtape was released on July 5th.
He’s well know for the song Squad up!
If he get ill and pull on my ponytails Nicki Minaj – Dreams '07
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Hell Rell is a member of the rap group The Diplomats. He was coming up around the same time as Nicki—he signed with Koch records and put out his first album in 2007, the same year as Nicki’s Playtime Is Over mixtape.
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They are awesome and you have to accept it, you have no choice!
No one can deny that Ke$ha and her crew are superstars in their own way. The tautology reiterates the sentiment that they can’t, and shouldn’t, be changed.
This is also an allusion to Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses.” The phrase comes from the last stanza of the poem.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Military ranks are designated by stars, often worn on the uniform jacket.
The little pink stars could be representative of the budding female rappers that came up after Nicki Minaj. Nicki takes credit for these little starlets and proudly wears them on her jacket as a sign of rank and prestige.
That's 1 bottle, 2 bottle, 3 bottle, 4
1 bottle, 2 bottle, 3 bottle, 4
That's 1 bottle, 2 bottle, 3 bottle, 4 DJ Webstar (Ft. Nicki Minaj) – Bought The Bar
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You know, hindsight is 20/20. Looking back, his flaws and faults are very clear. But back then, she didn’t see any of that – she was blinded to how awful he actually was.
You showed your ass and I, I saw the real you Beyoncé – Best Thing I Never Had
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So it wasn’t just Bey going crazy all up in here. This guy was putting on a show, acting all nice in front of her.
She was really into this guy, though she didn’t quite love him – she was beginning to fall for him. But he eventually showed his true colors, and she didn’t like who he really was.
Hopefully he didn’t literally show his ass.
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The way Ke$ha and her crew are dancing makes it seem like they’re not intelligent people.
But in reality, Ke$ha is anything but dumb!
The More You Know…
SIMON: I’m told you had just about perfect SAT scores.
KESHA: It was close – 1,500. I was like, very studious. I was actually in the international baccalaureate program, in AP; I, like, loved physics and math, and I was in the marching band. And then after that practice, I would drive to Belmont – it’s a college in Nashville – and just for fun, listen in on Cold War history classes, just ’cause – I just think it’s so interesting.
An alternate reading could be the other meaning of the word “dumb”– unable to speak. They’re dancing with the passion of those who have no other means of expression.