"Better get down like duck feathers,
a rhyme or a crushed pepper,
a grinder, yeah that’s much better,
you a, dice game I’m a casino man
Hustla for life, u hear the lingo and
find me covered in ice like Encino Man
Only one missing is Pacino man...Get it?"
-Lupe Fiasco - Dead Presidents [Freestyle]-
i think he is referring to the movie Pacino is Missing, datkid.
ReplyDelete"Only one missing is Pacino man"
ReplyDeleteLupe is refering to the movie "Casino" which stars Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci, only one missing is Al Pacino
FnF up!
"Better get down like duck feathers, a rhyme or a crushed pepper"
ReplyDeleteI get the duck feathers bit, but the rhyme/crushed pepper...?
yea imma need help w? this 1 too
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ReplyDeletePepper is usually stored at the bottom of salt shakers, you twist it to grind the pepper and make it fall down from the bottom (that's what leads into the next line).
You a dice game I'm a casino man/
^ Self explanatory, but also a reference to the Movie Casino, one of the most badass mobster movies of all time.
Find me covered in ice like Encino Man/
^ Encino Man is another movie bout this caveman frozen in ice, so you get the idea, Lupe all pimped out ice everywhere, mobster biz.
Only one missing is Pacino man..Get it?/
Back to the last two lines; Casino was written by Martin Scorsese and the movie featured some of the great mob actors of the 90's (Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, etc), the only one that's missing is the most famous one - Al Pacino (The Godfather). Word.
- 4ziATiC
^^ Oh and I meant Scarface (although he was also in The Godfather too lol).
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